Curriculum Vitae

• Research interests:
  • dynamical systems: ergodic theory, statistical properties of dynamical systems, systems with symmetry
  • stochastic processes
  • operator algebras

  One of my current interests is the area of Dynamical Systems, in particular: rigidity of group actions on manifolds, cohomology of hyperbolic actions, ergodic theory, statistical properties of dynamical systems, systems with symmetry.
  I am also studying stochastic processes that can be used to model complex systems.

• Education:
  • Ph.D.: Pennsylvania State University, 1995
  • M.S.: University of Bucharest, Romania, 1986
  • B.S.: University of Timisoara, Romania, 1985

• Professional History:
  • 2008 - present: Professor, University of Houston
  • 2003 - 2008: Associate Professor, University of Houston
  • 1999 - 2003: Assistant Professor, University of Houston
  • 1995 - 1999: Instructor, Princeton University
  • 1990 - 1995: Teaching Assistant, Pennsylvania State University
  • 1988 - 1990: Research Associate, INCREST (now Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy), Bucharest, Romania
  • 1986 - 1988: Teacher, High School Mathematics, Tîrgoviste, Romania

• Papers: see Publications page