Adrian Constantin (born 22 April 1970) is a

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n mathematician who does research in the field of nonlinear

partial differential equations In mathematics, a partial differential equation (PDE) is an equation which involves a multivariable function and one or more of its partial derivatives. The function is often thought of as an "unknown" that solves the equation, similar to how ...

.
Wittgenstein Preis 2020 to Adrian Constantin
'' Universität Wien: Fakultät für Mathematik, 17 June 2020 He is a professor at the

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (, ) is a public university, public research university in Vienna, Austria. Founded by Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, Duke Rudolph IV in 1365, it is the oldest university in the German-speaking world and among the largest ...

and has made groundbreaking contributions to the mathematics of wave propagation. He is listed as an ISI Highly Cited Researcher with more than 160 publications and 11,000 citations.

Life and career

Adrian Constantin was born in

Timișoara Timișoara (, , ; , also or ; ; ; see #Etymology, other names) is the capital city of Timiș County, Banat, and the main economic, social and cultural center in Western Romania. Located on the Bega (Tisza), Bega River, Timișoara is consider ...

, where he studied at the Nikolaus Lenau High School. He was later educated at the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis (BSc 1991, MSc 1992) and at

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational ...

(NYU), where he got his PhD in 1996 under Henry McKean with the thesis "The Periodic Problem for the

Camassa–Holm equation In fluid dynamics, the Camassa–Holm equation is the integrable, dimensionless and non-linear partial differential equation : u_t + 2\kappa u_x - u_ + 3 u u_x = 2 u_x u_ + u u_. \, The equation was introduced by Roberto Camassa and Darryl ...

". He did post-doctoral work at the

University of Basel The University of Basel (Latin: ''Universitas Basiliensis''; German: ''Universität Basel'') is a public research university in Basel, Switzerland. Founded on 4 April 1460, it is Switzerland's oldest university and among the world's oldest univ ...

and at the

University of Zurich The University of Zurich (UZH, ) is a public university, public research university in Zurich, Switzerland. It is the largest university in Switzerland, with its 28,000 enrolled students. It was founded in 1833 from the existing colleges of the ...

. After a short period as a lecturer at the

University of Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle University (legally the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a public university, public research university based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It has overseas campuses in Singapore and Malaysia. The university is a red brick un ...

, he became a professor at the

University of Lund Lund University () is a public research university in Sweden and one of Northern Europe's oldest universities. The university is located in the city of Lund in the Swedish province of Scania. The university was officially founded in 1666 on the ...

in 2000, and then was Erasmus Smith's Professor of Mathematics at

Trinity College Dublin Trinity College Dublin (), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, and legally incorporated as Trinity College, the University of Dublin (TCD), is the sole constituent college of the Unive ...

(TCD) from 2004 to 2008, and was made a fellow in 2005. Since then he has been university professor for partial differential equations at the

, and also had a chair at

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public university, public research university in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of George IV of the United Kingdom, King George IV ...

during the period 2011-2014.
Professor Adrian Constantin's Inaugural Lecture
' King's College London, 23 January 2014 Constantin specializes in the role of mathematics in geophysics using nonlinear partial differential equations to mathematically model currents and waves in the oceans and in the atmosphere. These flows and waves play an important role in the El Niño climate phenomenon and in natural disasters such as tsunamis. His approach takes into account the fact that the surface of the earth is curved and the importance of the Coriolis force.
Adrian Constantin, the Romanian mathematician who won the 'Nobel of Austria'
' by Mihaela Stoica, Descoperă România, 22 June 2020 n Romanian/ref>
Understanding the Earth’s system of waves and currents
' Alois Pumhösel: SciLogs website

Awards and honours

* 2000: Highly Cited Researcher with more than 160 publications and 11,000 citations * 2005: Göran Gustafsson Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences * 2007:

Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (; 22 July 1784 – 17 March 1846) was a German astronomer, mathematician, physicist, and geodesist. He was the first astronomer who determined reliable values for the distance from the Sun to another star by the method ...

Research Prize from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation * 2009: Fluid Dynamics Research Prize from the Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics * 2010: Advanced Grant from the

European Research Council The European Research Council (ERC) is a public body for funding of scientific and technological research conducted within the European Union (EU). Established by the European Commission in 2007, the ERC is composed of an independent Scientific ...

(ERC)ERC Advanced Grant for Mathematician Adrian Constantin
17 November 2010, Universität Wien n German/ref> * 2012: Plenary lecture at the European Congress of Mathematicians (ECM) in KrakowAdrian Constantin Plenary Speaker at European Congress of Mathematics
July 2012, King's College London * 2020:

Wittgenstein Award The Wittgenstein Award () is an Austrian science award supporting the notion that "scientists should be guaranteed the greatest possible freedom and flexibility in the performance of their research." The prize money of up to 1.5 million euro make i ...

from The Austrian Ministry for Science
Mathematician Adrian Constantin named Austria's new Wittgenstein Prize winner
' Austrian Science Fund, 17 June 2020 * 2022: Elected corresponding member of the

Austrian Academy of Sciences The Austrian Academy of Sciences (; ÖAW) is a legal entity under the special protection of the Republic of Austria. According to the statutes of the Academy its mission is to promote the sciences and humanities in every respect and in every fi ...

, 22 April 2022 * 2022: Elected member of the

German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (), in short Leopoldina, is the national academy of Germany, and is located in Halle (Saale). Founded on 1 January 1652, based on academic models in Italy, it was originally named the ''Academi ...

, 16 March 2022 * 2022: Made an honorary citizen of the city of Timișoara * 2024: Elected full member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, 15 April 2024ÖAW Elects 34 New Members
Austrian Academy of Sciences, April 15, 2024

Selected publications

;papers * 1998: ''Wave breaking for nonlinear nonlocal shallow water equations'' (with J. Escher),

Acta Mathematica ''Acta Mathematica'' is a peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal covering research in all fields of mathematics. According to Cédric Villani, this journal is "considered by many to be the most prestigious of all mathematical research journ ...

181 229–243. * 1999: ''A shallow water equation on the circle'' (with H. P. McKean), Comm. Pure Appl. Math. 52 949–982. * 2000: ''Stability of peakons'' (with W. Strauss), Comm. Pure Appl. Math. 53 603–610. * 2004: ''Exact steady periodic water waves with vorticity'' (with W. Strauss), Comm. Pure Appl. Math. 57 481–527. * 2006: ''The trajectories of particles in Stokes waves'', Invent. Math. 166 523–535. * 2007: ''Global conservative solutions of the Camassa-Holm equation'' (with A. Bressan), Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal. 183 215–239. * 2011: ''Analyticity of periodic traveling free surface water waves with vorticity'' (with J. Escher), Ann. of Math. 173 559–568. * 2016: ''Global bifurcation of steady gravity water waves with critical layers'' (with W. Strauss and E. Varvaruca), Acta Mathematica 217 195–262. * 2019: ''Equatorial wave-current interactions'' (with R. I. Ivanov), Comm. Math. Phys. 370 1–48. * 2022: ''On the propagation of nonlinear waves in the atmosphere'' (with R. S. Johnson),

Proceedings of the Royal Society A ''Proceedings of the Royal Society'' is the main research journal of the Royal Society. The journal began in 1831 and was split into two series in 1905: * Series A: for papers in physical sciences and mathematics. * Series B: for papers in life s ...

478 (2260), 20210895 * 2022: ''Stratospheric planetary flows from the perspective of the Euler equation on a rotating sphere'' (with P. Germain), Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal., (245 587–644) ;Books * 2011: "Nonlinear Water Waves with Applications to Wave-Current Interactions and Tsunamis",

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) is a professional society dedicated to applied mathematics, computational science, and data science through research, publications, and community. SIAM is the world's largest scientific soci ...

, Philadelphia, * 2016: "Fourier Analysis. Part 1. Theory",

London Mathematical Society The London Mathematical Society (LMS) is one of the United Kingdom's Learned society, learned societies for mathematics (the others being the Royal Statistical Society (RSS), the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), the Edinburgh ...

, Cambridge University Press, * 2024: "Analysis I", Springer Spektrum, Berlin, Heidelberg,

References

External links

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Adrian Constantin's homepage

in the catalog of the German National Library {{DEFAULTSORT:Constantin, Adrian 1970 births Living people People from Timișoara Austrian mathematicians Romanian mathematicians New York University alumni Côte d'Azur University alumni Romanian emigrants to Austria Mathematical analysts Partial differential equation theorists Fluid dynamicists Academics of Trinity College Dublin Corresponding Members of the Austrian Academy of Sciences Fellows of Trinity College Dublin Professorships at King's College London Academic staff of the University of Vienna