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ALEXANDER SADOVSKY
(For my email address, please see http://math.uci.edu/~sadovsky/docs/cv-02-2008.pdf)
103 MSTB
Department of Mathematics
University of California, Irvine, CA 92697

Education
Ph.D., Applied Mathematics (2004), University of California, Irvine
Adviser: Prof. Frederic Wan, Ph.D.
Thesis Title: A Biodynamical Study of Epidermal Wound Repair in Embryos
B.A., Mathematics (1997) & B.A., Computer Science (1997), University of California, Berkeley

Research Interests
Applied mechanics, constitutive modeling, biomechanics, applied optimal control

Technical skills
Software: FreeFem++ (Finite Element software), Mathematica, MATLAB, MPI (parallel computing interface), XMAPLE
Languages: Fortran, C/C++

Experience
Sept 2007 - present Associate Specialist (Researcher & Lecturer)
Department of Mathematics, School of Physical Sciences,
University of California, Irvine
Study constitutive and biological behavior of skin in mammalian embryos
Study human learning processes using optimal control theory
Model constitutive behavior of growing soft tissue
Teach courses in single- and multi-variable calculus

July 2004 - Sept 2007 Postdoctoral Researcher
Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics,
Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences,
University of California, Irvine
Studied constitutive and biological behavior of Angiosperm plants
Studied genetics of cancer growth using optimal control theory

Summer, 2003 Mathematics Instructor
Department of Mathematics, School of Physical Sciences,
University of California, Irvine
Taught a course in ordinary differential equations

Jul 1999 - Dec 1999 Data Mining Analyst
Western Digital
Designed complex database queries for quality control of hard drives
Trained employees in algorithms and data mining

Aug 1998 - Jan 1999 Programmer and Numerical Analyst
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, Irvine Healthcare
Used numerical methods to study diffusion at the lung blood-gas barrier

Invited talks
2007 The 9th US Congress on Computational Mechanics, San Francisco, CA
2006 43rd Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science,
State College, PA, USA
2006 15th U.S. National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Boulder, CO, USA

Conferences and workshops
2007 National Institutes of Health: Annual NLM Meeting, Stanford, CA, USA
2005 International Conference for Systems Biology 2005, Boston, MA, USA
2005 National Institutes of Health: Annual NLM Meeting, Bethesda, MD, USA
2002 International School on Biomathematics, Bioengineering and Clinical Aspects of Blood Flow
(Summer Workshop)
2000 MSRI/PMMB Short Course: Mathematical and Computational Challenges in Molecular and Cell
Biology (Summer Workshop)

Affiliations
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, member
United States Association for Computational Mechanics, member

Honors and Awards
2004 NIH BIT Postdoctoral Fellowship
Fall 2003 Dissertation Fellowship

Publications

(2008) A. Sadovsky, A mathematical model of tracheal suction with compensating injection (in progress)

(2008) N.L. Komarova, A.V. Sadovsky, F.Y.M. Wan, Genetic Instability in Cancer: an Optimal Control Problem (in progress)

(2007) A. Sadovsky, F. Wan, The Closing of an Elliptical Wound (in progress)

(2007) A.V. Sadovsky, Retention-efficient rates of information presentation: a problem in optimal control (submitted)

(2007) N.L. Komarova, A.V. Sadovsky, F.Y.M. Wan, Selective pressures for and against genetic instability in cancer: a time-dependent problem, Interface Journal of the Royal Society, 10.1098/rsif.2007.1054

(2007) Sadovsky A, Baldi P, Wan F. A Theoretical Study of the In Vivo Mechanical Properties of Angiosperm Roots: Constitutive Theories and Methods of Parameter Estimation, J. Eng. Mater. Technol. 129(3), 483-487.

(2007) Sadovsky A, Wan F. The Elastodynamics of Embryonic Epidermal Wound Closure, Studies in Applied Mathematics 118 (4), 365-395.

(2006) Sadovsky A, Wan F. The Elastodynamics of Embryonic Epidermal Wound Closure, Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science, State College, PA, USA

(2005) A. Sadovsky, A. Campilho, M. Heisler, E. Meyerowitz, E. Mjolsness, P. Baldi. Biostatics of Arabidopsis thaliana: 1-Dimensional Mathematical Models of the Growing Root, International Conference for Systems Biology 2005, Boston, MA, USA [Author order listed as printed on poster]

(2004) Agrawal V, Gor V, Heisler M, Jonnson H, Meyerowitz EM, Mjolsness E, Reddy GV, Sadovsky A, Shapiro BE. Developmental Modeling of the Arabidopsis Shoot Apical Meristem, 44th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology, Washington, DC, USA, Dec 4-8, 2004. [Author order listed as printed on poster]

(2004) A. Sadovsky. A Biodynamical Study of Epidermal Wound Repair in Embryos, Ph.D. Dissertation

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