Gang Bao
Professor of Mathematics

Contact Information

• Office: D318 Wells Hall
  
• Phone: 517-432-7743
  
• Fax: 517-432-1562
• Mailing address:
  Department of Mathematics
  Michigan State University
  East Lansing, MI 48824-1027
• Email: bao@math.msu.edu

Conferences Organized

• International Conference on Numerical and Applied PDEs, Changchun, China, June 23-28, 2004
• SIAM Great Lakes Section 2005 Spring Meeting, East Lansing, MI, Apri 16, 2005
• Recent Mathematical and Computational Developments of Maxwell's Equations: Challenges and Frontiers, Weihai, China, July 23-28, 2006
• International Workshop on Challenges and Opportunities in Nano-Optics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, January 5-9, 2007
• MCIAM Workshop on Multiscale Modeling, Analysis, and Simulations, Michigan Center for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Michigan State University, March 27-28, 2008
• Workshop on Mathematical and Computational Challenges in PDE Eigenvalue Problems, Beijing, China, May 26-28, 2008
• International Conference on Applied Mathematics, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, June 1-5, 2008
• The First International Conference on Frontiers in Computational Mathematics, Guilin, China, December 2008
• MCIAM Workshop on Nano Optics, East Lansing, MI, March 2011
• MCIAM Workshop on Computational Wave Propagation, East Lansing, MI, April 2011
• International Conference on Interdisciplinary Applied and Computational Mathematics,Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, June 2011
• MCIAM workshop on Multiscale Modeling, Analysis, and Computation of Nano-Optics, East Lansing, MI, April 2012
• International Conference on Inverse Problems and Applications, Hanzhou, China, September 2012.
• The 2nd MCIAM Workshop on Nano Optics, East Lansing, MI, March 2013
• The 2nd International Conference on Interdisciplinary Applied and Computational Mathematics,Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, June 2011

Research Interests

• Inverse and design problems in partial differential equations
• Diffractive, nonlinear, near-field, and nano optics
• Electromagnetic and acoustic wave propagation
• Applied and numerical analysis
• Multi-scale, multi-physics scientific computing

Professional Experience

• Director
  Michigan Center for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (MCIAM), Michigan State University
  (March 2006-present)
• Professor
  Department of Mathematics, Michigan State University
  (August 1999-present)
• Visiting Professor
  Department of Mathematics, City University of Hong Kong
  (May 2002-November 2002)
• Member
  Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI), Berkeley
  (October, November 2001)
• Associate Professor
  Department of Mathematics, University of Florida
  (August 1997-August 1999)
• Visiting Professor
  CMAP, Ecole Polytechnique, France
  (April, May 1998)
• Assistant Professor
  Department of Mathematics, University of Florida
  (August 1994-August 1997)
• Research Associate
  Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota
  (September 1992-August 1994)
• Research Associate
  Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University
  (January 1991-August 1992)
• Full CV

Education

• Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, Rice University, May 1991
• M.A., Mathematical Sciences, Rice University, May 1990
• B.S., Computational Mathematics, Jilin University, China, July 1985

Awards and Honors:

• Research and Development Award, University of Florida, 1995
• Faculty Bonus Pay Award, University of Florida, 1997.
• Guest Professor, Jilin University, 1998 --; Fudan University, 2002 --.
• Meritorious Performance Award, University of Florida, 1998.
• Cheung Kong Scholar, Li Ka Shing Foundation, Hong Kong, 2001.
• The Feng Kang Prize of Scientific Computing, 2003
• Distinguished Overseas Young Researcher Award, National Science Foundation of China, 2004.
• University Distinguished Faculty Award, Michigan State University, 2007.
• College of Natural Science Distinguished Faculty Award, Michigan State University, 2007.
• Plenary Speaker, Applied Inverse Problems Conference (AIP 2011), 2011.

Selected Research Grants:

• NSF Focused Research Group Programs (2010-2013)
• NSF Applied Mathematics Programs (1995-2015)
• Office of Naval Research (1999-2015)
• NSF Theoretical Foundations Programs (2005-2011)
• NSF US-China Collaboration in Mathematical Research (CMR) Programs (2007-2009)
• NSF Collaboration in Mathematical Geosciences (CMG) Programs (2007-2010)
• NSF University-Industry Cooperative Research Programs (1997-2001)
• NSF US-France Cooperative Research Programs (1999-2002)
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (2006-2009)
• Intramural Research Grant Program, MSU (2000-2002)
• KLA-Tencor Foundation (2004)
• STTR, Air Force Office on Scientific Research (AFOSR) (2002-2003)

Editorial Boards:

• SIAM J. on Applied Math. (2011-2014)
• Communications in Computational Physics (2005-)
• Journal of Computational Mathematics (2006-): Co-Managing Editor
• Evolution Equations and Control Theory (EECT) (2011-)
• International Journal on Numerical Analysis and Modeling (2004-)
• Journal of Applied Mathematics and Statistics (2012-)
• Frontiers of Mathematics in China (2004-)
• Journal of Chinese Universities on Applied Math (2012-)
• Journal on Information and Computational Science (2004-2011)
• Multiscale Modeling and Simulation: A SIAM Interdisciplinary Journal (2001-2005)

Former PhD Students, First Employments, Current Positions:

• Tri Van, University of Florida, 1999: Postdoc at AFIT; Senior Research Scientist, BerrieHill Research Co.
• John Fleming, 2001; Postdoc at AFIT; Associate Professor, Duqesne University
• Kai Huang, 2002; Postdoc at UC Irvine; Associate Professor, Florida International University
• Peijun Li, 2005; Postdoc at Univ of Michigan; Associate Professor, Purdue University
• Weiwei Zhang, 2006; Associate Professor, King's College
• Ying Li, 2007; Postdoc at UC Irvine; Assistant Professor, Saint Francis University
• Yuanchang Sun, 2009; Postdoc at UC Urvine; Assistant Professor, Florida International University
• Li Zhao, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2010; Research Scientist, KLA Tencor, Shanghai, China
• Junshan Lin, 2011; Postdoc at IMA; Assistant Professor, Auburn University
• Hai Zhang, 2013; Postodc at Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris
• Jun Lai, 2013; Postodc at Courant Institute, NYU
• Yuliang Wang, 2013; Postdoc at Purdue University

Former Postdocs:

• Karim Ramdani (1999-2000)
• Hsiu-Chuan Wei (2000-2001)
• Hyeona Lim (2001-2003)
• Faouzi Triki(2003-2005)
• Haijun Wu (2003-2004)
• Songming Hou (2005-2007)
• Yanbo Wang (2007-2008)
• Kihyun Yun (2007-2010)
• Zhengfu Xu (2008-2010)
• Jianhua Yuan (2008-2009)
• Sonting Luo (2009-2012)
• Guanghui Hu (2009-2012)
• Russell Richins (2010-2012)
• Xiang Xu (2010-2013)
• Junliang Lv (ZJU, 2011-2013)
• Yixian Gao(ZJU, 2011-2013)

Publication

• Reprints
• Preprints

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