Lorena Bociu

Professor, Department of Mathematics, NC State University

NCSU Faculty Scholar, since 2016
Sharing the fun and usefulness of mathematics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjXnF8Jt6S4
Member of Nonlinear Analysis Thematic Group

Education

Ph.D. Mathematics, 2008, University of Virginia, VA; Advisor: Irena Lasiecka

Appointments

Associate Department Head for Academic Affairs, August 2024-present, NC State University, Mathematics
Administrative Fellow, August 2023 – August 2024, NC State University, Mathematics
Professor, August 2022 – present, NC State University, Mathematics
Associate Professor, August 2017 – August 2022, NC State University, Mathematics
Assistant Professor, August 2011- August 2017, NC State University, Mathematics
NSF International Research Fellow, 2013, 2011, and 2009-2010, CNRS – Institut Non Lineaire de Nice (INLN), Sophia Antipolis, France
Edith T. Hitz Research Assistant Professor, 2010-2011, and 2008-2009, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Mathematics, NE

Honors and Awards

2021-2024 NSF DMS Collaborative Research: Analysis and Control in Multi-Scale Interface Coupling between Deformable Porous Media and Lumped Hydraulic Circuits; PI
2021-2024 NSF Infrastructure MathCREW: Mathematical Connectivity through Research and Equity for Women; co-PI
2020 NC State University College of Sciences Faculty Diversity Professional Development Award
2020 Invited Member to Sigma Xi , The Scientific Research Honor Society
2019 Presidential Early Career Award in Sciences and Engineering (PECASE) https://sciences.ncsu.edu/news/mathematician-bociu-earns-pecase-award/
2018 Mathematics Department Nominee for the NCSU Outstanding Teacher Award
2017-2018 NC State University Diversity Mentoring Fellow
2017 Mathematics Dept. Nominee for the NCSU Outstanding Teacher Award
2016-present NC State University Faculty Scholar https://math.sciences.ncsu.edu/2016/12/19/bociu-named-university-faculty-scholar/
2016-2021 NSF DMS CAREER Award – “Control and Sensitivity Analysis for Fluid-Elasticity Interactions and Fluid-Solid Mixtures ”
2016 NC State University – Equity for Women Award (Faculty)
2013 MAA Invited Address at the MD-DC-VA Section Meeting of the MAA, Fall
2013 Mathematics Dept. Nominee for the NCSU Outstanding Teacher Award
2013-2016 NSF DMS – “Optimal Control in Coupled Systems with Moving Interfaces ”
2013 Recipient of NCSU Certificate of Reflective Teaching
2012 NC State University Faculty Research and Professional Development grant
2009-2013 NSF OISE International Research Fellowship: PI
2011 AWM-NSF Travel Grant
2010-2011 Visiting Scholar Grants (3), University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2009 AWM-NSF Travel Grant
2008 University of Virginia Excellence in Scholarship in Sciences and Engineering
2007 GAANN Dissertation Fellowship
2006 Double Hoo Fellowship, University of Virginia
2006 1st Place in Physical Sciences and Math at the 6^th Annual Robert J. Huskey Graduate Research Exhibition, University of Virginia
2006 Vincent J Mastracco Fellowship, University of Virginia
2003-2004 Pratt Bequest-Mathematics Fellowship, University of Virginia
2002 Dupont Fellowship and Edwin E. Floyd Fellowship, University of Virginia