Born: Jan 3 1969, England Nationalities: British & Australian
Family: Married, two children Languages: English & French (fluent)
PhD: June 1994, Cambridge U., England
Supervisor: Colin Sparrow (Cambridge)
Currently: Chargé de recherche, Equipe de topologie et dynamique, CNRS URA 1169
Education:
University of Western Australia
- BSc in Physics and Mathematics (1986-89); Honours (first class) in Mathematics (1989)
University of Cambridge
- PhD in dynamical systems theory (1990-94)
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris
- Doctoral student exchange (Oct 1992 - June 1993)
University of Amsterdam
- Doctoral student, under Prof. S. van Strien (Jan 1994 - Sep 1994)
Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques (Oct 1994 - Mar 1995)
Université de Paris-XI (Orsay)
- Post-doctoral studies with Prof. A. Douady (1995-96)
SUNY Stony Brook
- Visiting Assistant Professor (1997-1998)
Teaching Experience:
Assistant Professor, SUNY Stony Brook (1997-98):
MAT402 ``Distribution theory'' (1998); Course coordinator, MAT125 ``Calculus A'' (1997);
MAT 123 ``Intro. to Calculus'' (1997); Member, Calculus Curriculum Committee
Professeur Assistant, Université de Paris-XI (Orsay) (1996); in two thesis committees
Dynamics course, University of Amsterdam (1994)
Tutor, Cambridge University (1991)
Teaching assistant & Residential tutor, University of Western Australia (1998-90)
Invited talks:
Warwick dynamics meeting, Jan 2001; Int. Conf. on Dynamical Systems, Rio, July 2000; AMS, Baltimore, Jan 1998; Int. Conf. on Dynamical Systems, Rio, Aug 1997; AMS/Benelux meeting, Antwerp, May 1996; Finite Dimensional Dynamics Workshop, Newton Institute, Cambridge, July 1995; Ergodic Theory on Riemannian Manifolds Workshop, Warwick, July 1995; Banach Center Symposium, Warsaw, June 1995; Boston U.; Cambridge U.; City U. of New York; Cornell U.; Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon; Pennsylvania State (College Park); State U. of New York (Stony Brook); Technical U. of Delft; U. of Paris-XI (Orsay); U. of Western Australia; Warwick U.; Warsaw U.; Yale
Duncan Sands - Publications