People
Anna Lawniczak
Professor
Department: MathematicsOffice: MACN 522
Extension: 53287
Email: alawnicz at uoguelph dot ca
Website: http://www.uoguelph.ca/~alawnicz
Education
Ph.D. Department of Mathematics, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, USA
M.Sc. (Eng.), Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw, Poland
Research
M.Sc. (Eng.), Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw, Poland
Mathematical modeling; lattice gas automata theory; dynamical systems; stochastic processes; statistical physics; mathematical biology
Biography
Prof. Dr. Anna T. Lawniczak holds a M.Eng. (summa cum laude) in Mathematics from the Institute of Mathematics, Faculty of Fundamental Problems in Technology, Wroclaw University of Technology (Poland) and a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Southern Illinois University (USA). She has been a professor at Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA), at the University of Toronto, and since 1989 at the University of Guelph.
Dr. Lawniczak has held a number of visiting positions at various institutions. She has been a visitor, a collaborator, and a consultant at the Center for Nonlinear Studies of Los Alamos National Laboratory. Dr. Lawniczak has been both program visitor and non-program visitor at The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, both in Waterloo and in Toronto, where she has organised various scientific activities and has served on the Board of Directors and on the Council. She also has been a program fellow at Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM), University of California, Los Angeles, USA. Currently, Dr. Lawniczak is also a Principal Investigator in Mathematics at the Energenius Centre for Advanced Nanotechnology, University of Toronto and Member of the Research Council of the Hugo Steinhaus Center, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland.
Dr. Lawniczak was invited to visit various universities (i.e. University of Bonn, Cecter for Stochastic Processes at the University of North Carolina, Bartol Research Institute at the University of Delaware, the University of Roma, etc).
Dr. Lawniczak has been president of CAIMS (Canadian Applied and Industrial Society) and active in SIAM, IEEE, and CMS. She is also a member of other scientific societies such as AMS, APS, IMACS, and SMB. As a result of her work, Dr. Lawniczak has been made a Senior Member of the IEEE, a Fellow of The Fields Institute For Research In Mathematical Sciences, and has received the CAIMS/SCMAI Arthur Beaumont Distinguished Service Award, for service to the Applied & Industrial Mathematics community.
Prof. Lawniczak has been an invited speaker at various scientific conferences, has authored and co-authored many scientific papers, and has been asked to referee the work of other scientists in her area of expertise.
For more information see: http://anna.lawniczak.googlepages.com/
Past Students (within 2 years)Dr. Lawniczak has held a number of visiting positions at various institutions. She has been a visitor, a collaborator, and a consultant at the Center for Nonlinear Studies of Los Alamos National Laboratory. Dr. Lawniczak has been both program visitor and non-program visitor at The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, both in Waterloo and in Toronto, where she has organised various scientific activities and has served on the Board of Directors and on the Council. She also has been a program fellow at Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM), University of California, Los Angeles, USA. Currently, Dr. Lawniczak is also a Principal Investigator in Mathematics at the Energenius Centre for Advanced Nanotechnology, University of Toronto and Member of the Research Council of the Hugo Steinhaus Center, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland.
Dr. Lawniczak was invited to visit various universities (i.e. University of Bonn, Cecter for Stochastic Processes at the University of North Carolina, Bartol Research Institute at the University of Delaware, the University of Roma, etc).
Dr. Lawniczak has been president of CAIMS (Canadian Applied and Industrial Society) and active in SIAM, IEEE, and CMS. She is also a member of other scientific societies such as AMS, APS, IMACS, and SMB. As a result of her work, Dr. Lawniczak has been made a Senior Member of the IEEE, a Fellow of The Fields Institute For Research In Mathematical Sciences, and has received the CAIMS/SCMAI Arthur Beaumont Distinguished Service Award, for service to the Applied & Industrial Mathematics community.
Prof. Lawniczak has been an invited speaker at various scientific conferences, has authored and co-authored many scientific papers, and has been asked to referee the work of other scientists in her area of expertise.
For more information see: http://anna.lawniczak.googlepages.com/
Shengkun Xie, Ph.D. (Summer 2010)