ABBREVIATED CURRICULUM VITAE

WILLIAM GREENBERG

(LAST UPDATE: DECEMBER 2006)

Mathematics Department
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061

(540) 552-0090 (home)
(540) 231-5296 (office)
(540) 231-5960 (FAX)
E-mail: greenberg@vt.edu 

EDUCATION:

1959-63 Princeton University: B.A., June 1963  
1963-64 Universität Münster-Mathematisches Institut II: (Fulbright Stipendium)
1964-70 Harvard University: M.A., June 1965; Ph.D., Jan. 1970

EMPLOYMENT:

1969-73 Indiana University: Vaclav Hlavaty asst. professor of mathematics
1973-76 Virginia Tech: assistant professor of mathematics
1976-80 Virginia Tech: associate professor of mathematics
1980--    Virginia Tech: professor of mathematics

VISITING APPOINTMENTS:

Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique, Marseille, France, 1970
Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, École Polytech. Federale, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1972-73
Applied Mathematics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, 1974
Applied Mathematics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, 1975
Istituto di Matematica, Polytecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy, 1976
Center for Theoretical Physics, Aspen, Colorado, 1977
Centro Nazionale di Energia Nucleara, Bologna, Italy, 1980
Istituto di Matematica, Università di Firenze, Firenze, Italy, 1982-83
Istituto di Matematica, Università di Firenze, Firenze, Italy, 1984
Laboratorio Ingegneria Nucleare, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy, 1984
China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, China, 1991
China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, China, 1995

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Honors:

Phi Beta Kappa (Princeton)
Sigma Xi (Princeton)
General Motors National Scholar (Princeton)
National Merit Scholar (Princeton)
Woodrow Wilson Fellow (Harvard)
National Science Foundation Fellow (Harvard)
Fulbright Scholar (Münster)
The Kusaka Memorial Prize in Physics (Princeton)
Vaclav Hlavaty Chair (Indiana)
Certificate of Teaching Excellence (Virginia Tech)
Diggs Scholar (Virginia Tech)

Other Professional Distinctions:

Associate Editor of Journal of Transport Theory and Statistical Physics, 1975-1983.
Co--chairman: Fourth National Conference on Transport Theory, 1975.
Co-chairman: National Conference on Recent Results in Kinetic Theory, 1976.
Co-chairman: Fifth International Conference on Transport Theory, 1977.
Chairman, Organizing Committee, Eleventh International Conference on Transport Theory, 1989.
Associate Director, Laboratory for Transport Theory and Mathematical Physics, 1979-1984.
Associate Director, Center for Transport Theory and Mathematical Physics, 1984-1988.
Representative, Intl. Advisory Committee for Italian American Exchange Agreement, 1978-1985..
U.S. Coordinator, Fourteenth International Transport Theory Conference, Beijing, China, 1995.
Editorial Board, Journal of Transport Theory and Statistical Physics, 1983-present;
                        International Journal of Evolution Equations, 2004-present.
Organizing Committees, 2nd, 3rd Intl. Conferences on Nonlinear Excitation, Transport, Dynamics and Control, Tver, Russia, 1996, 1998;
                        4th Intl. Conference, Moscow, Russia, 2000.
                        5th Int. Congress on Mathematical Modeling, Dubna, Russia, 2002; 6th Intl. Congress, Nishni Novgorod, 2004.
                        12th, 13th, 14th, 15th International Conferences on Transport Theory, U.S., Italy, China, Sweden, 1991-1997. 
President, Scinetific Program Committee, International Consortium for Technology and its Applications, 1999-present
Program Committee, EISTA 2006 (Education and Information Systems: Technology and Applications), 2005-present

National and International Conferences:

O.T.A.N. Institute de Physique Théorique, Cargese, Corsica, 1969
Battelle Institute Rencontre in Mathematics and Physics, Seattle, WA, 1971
Fourth National Conference on Transport Theory, Blacksburg, VA, 1975
National Conf. on Recent Results in Kinetic Theories, Blacksburg, VA, 1976
Fifth National Conference on Transport Theory, Blacksburg, VA, 1977
Intl. Workshop on Math. Methods in Transport Theory, Graz, Austria, 1977
Workshop on Numerical Methods in Transport Theory, Tucson, Arizona, 1978
Sixth International Conference on Transport Theory, Tucson, Arizona, 1979
Oberwolfach Conference on the Kinetic Theory of Gases, Germany, 1979
International Workshop in Transport Theory, Vienna, Austria, 1980
Seventh International Conference on Transport Theory, Lubbock, Texas, 1981
Oberwolfach Conference on the Kinetic Theory of Gases, Germany, 1982
Natl. Conf. on Nuclear Reactor and Transport Theory, Bologna, Italy, 1983
Workshop on Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics, Camerino, Italy, 1983
Ninth Intl. Summer School on Mathematical Physics, Ravello. Italy, 1984
Oberwolfach Conference on the Kinetic Theory of Gases, Germany, 1985
International Colloquium on the Kinetics of Gases," Paris, France, 1985
Ninth Intl. Conference on Transport Theory / NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Montecatini, Italy, 1985
Tenth Intl. Summer School on Mathematical Physics, Ravello, Italy, 1985
Fifteenth Intl. Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, Grado, Italy, 1986
Oberwohlfach Conference on Wiener-Hopf Problems, Germany, 1986
Tenth International Conference on Transport Theory, La Jolla, California, 1987
Oberwolfach Conference on the Kinetic Theory, Germany, 1988
Sixteenth Intl. Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, Pasedena, CA, 1988
Twelfth International Conference on Transport Theory, Albuquerque, NM, 1991
Intl. Workshop on Nonlinear Equations and Numerical Methods in Many-Particle Systems, Lambrecht, Germany, 1991
Eighteenth Intl. Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, Vancouver, BC, 1992
Thirteenth International Conference on Transport Theory, Riccione, Italy, 1993
Nineteenth Intl. Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, Oxford, England, 1994
Southern African Math. Sciences Assn. Intl. Conference on Computers and Mathematics, Herare, Zimbabwe, 1994
Fourteenth International Conference on Transport Theory, Beijing, China, 1995
Twentieth Intl. Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, Beijing, China, 1996
Second Intl. Workshop on Nonlinear Excitation, Tranport, Dynamics and Control, Tver, Russia, 1996
Twelfth Intl. Congress of Mathematical Physics, Brisbane, Australia, 1997
Twenty-first Intl. Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, Marseille, 1998
Third Intl. Conference on Nonlinear Excitation, Transport, Dynamics and Control, Tver, Russia, 1998
Conference Nationale sur les Femmes, Science, Technologie et Developpement, Bamako, Mali, 1999
International Conference on Engineering and Computer Education, Rio de Janiero, Brazil, 1999
Sixteenth International Conference on Transport Theory, Atlanta, Georgia, 1999
Fourth Intl. Conference on Nonlinear Excitation, Transport, Dynamics and Control, Moscow, 2000
Second ICTA International Symposium on Technology and Poverty Alleviation, Bamako, Mali, 2002
Symposium Malien sur les Sciences Appliquees, Bamako, Mali, 2002
II Congreso International de Matematica Aplicada y Computacional (CIMAC II), Lima, Peru, 2003
First Intl. Multidisciplinary Congress in Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research, Lima, Peru 2003
RAMAD International Conference on Environmental Modeling and Simulation (RAMAD 5), Dakar, Senegal, 2004.
III Symposium Malien sur les Sciences Appliquees (MSAS 2004), Bamako, Mali, 2004
Third Intl. Conference on Education and Information Systems: Technologies and Applications (EISTA 05), Orlando, Florida, 2005
International Workshop on Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems, Guelph, Canada, 2005
International Conference on Differential and Difference Equations and Applications, Melbourne, Florida, 2005
International Conference in Mathematics and Applications (ICMA-MU), Bangkok, Thailand, 2005.
Fourth Mali Symposium on Applied Sciences (MSAS2006), Bamako, Mali, 2006.
International Workshop in Mathematical Modeling, Simulation, Visualization and E-learning, Bellagio, Italy, 2006.
International Conference on Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems (DEDS2006), Edinburg, Texas, 2006.

Ph.D. Theses:

David Dietz: Conditional Entropy for Statistical Systems with Long Range Interactions, Indiana University, 1975

Jacek Polewczak: Semilinear Evolution Equations in Weak Topologies of Banach Spaces and an Application to the BGK Equation, Va Tech, 1981

J. Frederick Cavalier: Analytical Solutions of Multiphase Gas Flows, Va Tech, 1983

Wlodzimierz Walus: Stationary Solutions of Abstract Kinetic Equations, Va Tech, 1985

Alexander Ganchev: Boundary Value and Wiener-Hopf Problems for Abstract Kinetic Equations with Nonregular Collision Operators, Va Tech, 1986

Lei Peng: Cauchy Problem for Vlasov-Enskog Equations, Va Tech, 1993

Rong-sheng Liu: Perturbation Theory of Generalized Enskog Systems, Va Tech, 1993

Aixiang Yau: Kinetic Theory and Global Existence in L1 for a Dense Square Well Fluid, Va Tech, 1995

Jun Chen: Discrete Dynamical Systems in Solving H-Equations, Va Tech, 1995

Degong Song, On the Spectrum of Neutron Transport Operators with Reentry Boundary Conditions, Va Tech, 2000