Academic Positions

Arizona State University

Professor of Mathematics (1997-present)

Associate Professor of Mathematics (1994-97)

Duke University

Associate Professor of Computer Science (1990-94)

Assistant Professor of Computer Science (1986-90)

Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University

Associate Research Scientist (1984-86)

Bowdoin College

Assistant Professor of Physics (1982-84)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology & Wellesley College

Physics Instructor (MIT) & Assistant Professor of Physics (Wellesley) (1981/82)

Visiting Academic Positions

Rush University Medical College (Chicago)

Visiting Professor of Molecular Biophysics (nonresident, 1998-2008)

Physics and Astronomy Department, Arizona State University

CLAS Interdisciplinary Fellowship (Spring 2000)

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ph.D. in Physics (1981)

Graduate study in Physics & Mathematics (1976-81)

Duke University

Graduate study in Physics & Mathematics (1975)

University of Heidelberg

Fulbright Scholarship in Mathematics (1973/74)

Duke University

B.A. with Honors in Mathematics (1973)

Major Grants

National Science Foundation, PI: David Schaeffer, Co-PIs: Robert Behringer and Carl Gardner, ``Multidimensional Dynamic Problems in Plasticity,'' January 1, 1989-December 31, 1991

National Science Foundation, PI: Carl Gardner, ``The Hydrodynamic Model for Semiconductor Devices: Theory and Computations,'' August 1, 1989-January 31, 1992

Army Research Office, PI: Carl Gardner, ``The Quantum Hydrodynamic Model for Semiconductor Devices,'' May 1, 1991-October 31, 1994

National Science Foundation, PI: David Schaeffer, Co-PIs: Robert Behringer, Carl Gardner, Tomasz Hueckel, and John Trangenstein, ``Multidimensional Problems in Dynamic Plasticity,'' October 1, 1992-September 30, 1995

National Science Foundation, PI: Carl Gardner, ``The Hydrodynamic Model for Semiconductor Devices: Theory, Computations, and Parallel Algorithms,'' November 15, 1992-October 31, 1996

Army Research Office, PI: Carl Gardner, ``The Quantum Hydrodynamic Model for Semiconductor Devices: Theory and Computations,'' March 1, 1995-February 28, 1998

National Science Foundation, PI: Christian Ringhofer, Co-PI: Carl Gardner, ``U.S.-German Cooperative Research: Quantum Fluid Dynamical Approaches to Solid State Transport Modeling,'' May 1, 1997-April 30, 2000

National Science Foundation, PI: Carl Gardner, Co-PI: Christian Ringhofer, ``Numerical Simulation of Quantum Transport in Semiconductor Devices,'' August 1, 1997-July 31, 2001

Rush University Medical College, PI: Carl Gardner, ``Modeling of Biological Channels,'' August 15, 2003-June 30, 2004

Space Telescope Science Institute (NASA), PI: John Krist, Co-Is: Carl Gardner, Kevin Healy, Jeff Hester, Karl Staplefeldt, and Alan Watson, ``Evolution of Young Stellar Outflows: XZ Tauri and HH 30,'' January 1, 2004-December 31, 2005

National Science Foundation, PIs: Renate Mittelmann and Rosemary Renaut, Co-PIs: Carl Gardner, Anne Gelb, Hans Mittelmann, and Christian Ringhofer, ``Scientific Computing Research Environments in the Mathematical Sciences,'' August 16, 2004-August 16, 2007

National Science Foundation, PI: Steven Baer, Co-PIs: Sharon Crook, Carl Gardner, and Christian Ringhofer, ``Multiscale Modeling of the Neural Subcircuits in the Outer-Plexiform Layer of the Retina,'' September 1, 2007-August 31, 2011

National Science Foundation, PI: Eric Kostelich, Co-PIs: Dieter Armbruster, Sharon Crook, Carl Gardner, Anne Gelb, Zdzislaw Jackiewicz, Don Jones, Juan Lopez, Alex Mahalov, Christian Ringhofer, and Bruno Welfert, ``CSUMS: Undergraduate Research Experiences for Computational Math Sciences Majors at ASU,'' 2007-2012.

Ph.D. Students

Michael Johnson (Mathematics), ``Numerical Methods for Semiconductor Process Simulation in Two Spatial Dimensions: A Nonlinear Diffusion Problem with a Free Boundary,'' Duke University, May 1991

Feng Wang (Mathematics, with David Schaeffer), ``Numerical Study of Granular Flow in a Converging Hopper,'' Duke University, May 1991

Freda Locklear (Mathematics, with Michael Reed), ``A Numerical Study of Propagation of Singularities in Semilinear Hyperbolic Systems,'' Duke University, September 1991

Youngsoo Ha (Mathematics), ``Numerical Methods for Supersonic Astrophysical Jets,'' Arizona State University, May 2003

Shaojie Chang (Mathematics, with Steven Baer), ``Computational Study of the Cone-Horizontal Cell Feedback Mechanism in the Outer-Plexiform Layer of Cat Retina,'' Arizona State University, May 2012

Jeremiah Jones (Mathematics), Modeling and Simulation of Ionic Flow in the Retina, Arizona State University, in progress