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I earned my bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1986 and my Ph.D. at Yale University in 1990. I’m a Distinguished Research Professor (DRP) in the Mathematics Department. My primary departmental duties include conducting mathematical research, presenting my work outside of UGA, advising Ph.D. students, mentoring postdoctoral fellows and teaching graduate and undergraduate courses.  I’m also…
I am a principal lecturer teaching various undergraduate courses. 
My major research areas are: (1) Multivariate Splines and Their Applications, (2) Sparse Solutions of Linear System and  Their Applications and (3) Others. (4) Recently, I am mainly working on mathematical study of tooth surfaces.   (1) Multivariate Splines and Their Applications. Multivariate splines are piecewise polynomial functions defined on a collection of triangles in 2D or tetrahedrons in 3D and spherical triangles in the…
Modeling biological and ecological systems, studying system-wide properties of these systems, and working on mathematical and computational solutions to questions of interest, such as control, effects of modifications, evolution and reverse engineering. Biological and ecological modeling, simulation and analysis. Numerical analysis, dynamical systems. Ecological network analysis (ENA), ecological thermodynamics. Stochastic modeling tools,…