Applied Mathematics

Björn Sandstede

Alumni-Alumnae University Professor of Applied Mathematics
Room 212, 170 Hope Street
By appointment: Virtual or in person in Room 212, 170 Hope Street

Biography

Bjorn Sandstede is the Alumni-Alumnae University Professor of Applied Mathematics in the Division of Applied Mathematics at Brown University. His research focuses on applied dynamical systems, data science, and computational and mathematical biology. Before moving to Brown, he held faculty positions at The Ohio State University and the University of Surrey. Sandstede received an Alfred P Sloan Research Fellowship, the SIAM JD Crawford Prize, a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award, the Elsevier Jack Hale Award, and teaching and mentoring awards from Brown University. He was selected as a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. At Brown, Sandstede served for nine years as Department Chair and for two years as Director of Brown's Data Science Initiative.