Homepage of Joceline Lega

I am a professor of mathematics at The University of Arizona.

• Director of the Institute for Mathematics and Education (since 08/2009)
• Editor-in-Chief for Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena (since 2008)
  Special Issues Editor since 07/2007. Editor since 2004
• Fellow of the Institute of Physics (since 2004)
• Member of the Editorial Board for Nonlinearity (since 2004)
• Member of the Graduate Program in Applied Mathematics at the University of Arizona (since 1997)
• Director, Program in Integrated Science (since 12/2008)

Research Interests

• Modeling of nonlinear phenomena, with applications to physics and biology
• Pattern formation and instabilities
• Dynamics and stability of coherent structures

Conferences Organized

• Director, 2007 Arizona Summer Program on Mathematical Modeling
• Co-chair, 2006 SIAM conference on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures
• Co-organizer, Workshop on Patterns in Physics at The Fields Institute

Professional Memberships

• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• American Mathematical Society (AMS)
• Association des Anciens Elèves, Elèves et Amis de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure
• Institute of Physics (IOP)
• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
  Secretary of the SIAG on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Strutures (2004-06)

Current Graduate Students

• Marco Herrera-Valdez, Mathematics
• Silvia Madrid-Jaramillo, Program in Applied Mathematics