Professor Jorge P. Zubelli
Professor and Chair of the Mathematics Department at Khalifa University
Professor Zubelli obtained his PhD in Applied Mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley (1989), his MSc from the National Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IMPA – Brazil) in 1984, and his Electrical Engineering degree from IME-RJ in 1983 with specialization on Telecommunications Engineering. He has previous experience as Professor of Mathematics at IMPA and has headed the Laboratory for Analysis and Mathematical Modeling in the Physical Sciences (LAMCA – IMPA) and, from 2002 to 2017, he coordinated the Mathematical Methods in Finance Professional MSc program at IMPA.
His main research area is Inverse Problems and Mathematical Modeling with focus on its applications to real world problems. He has published research in highly selective journals such as Science, Plos One, SIAM Journal of Numerical Analysis, SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, and Physical Review B. He has coordinated a number of academic and industrial projects and research networks.
Professor Zubelli has served as a member of a number of editorial boards and currently serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of Applied Finance (IJTAF), Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, and Advances in Continuous and Discrete Models.