CURRICULUM VITAE

of

Prof. DAVID NATROSHVILI

 

Permanent address

Georgian Technical University

Chair of Mathematics (99)

77, M.Kostava Str.

380075, Tbilisi

Republic of Georgia

 

 

 

Last name: Natroshvili

First name: David

Date of birth: 3.08.1945

Place of birth: Zemo-Machkhaani, Republic of Georgia

Marital status: Married, Two children

 

EDUCATION

 

School in Zemo-Machkhaani - 1955-1965.

Graduated from the Tbilisi State University in June 1970,

Diploma (M.D.) in Mathemetics.

Post graduate study in Tbilisi State University and I.Vekua Institute of Applied Mathematics (Tbilisi) 1970-1973.

Ph.D. (Candidate of Sciences) in Equations of Mathematical Physics and Theory of Elasticity, Tbilisi State University, 1973: "Explicit Solutions of Boundary Value and Contact Problems of the Elasticity Theory" (under supervision prof. M.Basheleishvili).

Doctor (Doct. Hab.) in Equations of Mathematical Physics, Tbilisi Mathematical Institute of Georgian Academy of Sciences, 1985. Thesis: "Investigation of Boundary Value and Initial Boundary Value Problems of the Theory of Elasticity and Thermoelasticity for Anisotropic Bodies by Means of Potential Methods". The full list of publications comprises more than 120 scientific papers and text books.

 

 

LANGUAGES SPOKEN: Georgian (native), English, Russian.

 

 

EMPLOYMENT

 

 

1973-1974:

Junior researcher at the I.Vekua Institute of Applied Mathematics, Tbilisi.

1974-1985 -:

Senior researcher at the I.Vekua Institute of Applied Mathematics, Tbilisi.

 

1985-1987:

Chief researcher at the I.Vekua Institute of Applied Mathematics, Tbilisi.

1987-present:

Head of the Chair of Mathematics (99) at the Georgian Technical University, Tbilisi.

1973-1985:

Part-time assistent professor at the Tbilisi State University (Faculty of Mathematics).

1985-1987:

Part-time professor (half of the full staff) at the Georgian Technical University, Tbilisi.

1987-present:

Chief researcher at the I.Vekua Institute of Applied Mathematics (half of the full-staff).

 

 

VISITING POSITIONS, LECTURE COURSES AND ADDRESSES

 

Conferences on Problems and Methods in Mathematical Physics

CHEMNITZ (Germany) - 1983, 1988, 1993.

Conferences in Mechanics and Differential Equations -

SOFIA - 1977,

ROUSSE - 1989, Bulgaria.

Conferences in Boundary Element Methods and Potential Theory –

SAPPORO (Japan) - 1990,

TULSA (USA) - 1991,

BRAUNSCHWEIG (Germany) - 1993,

SCHWERTE (Germany) - 1993,

TEHERAN (Iran) - 1994,

LISBOA (Portugal) - 1994,

OBERWOLFACH (Germany) - 1994,

STUTTGART (Germany) 1996,

FREUDENSTADT (Germany) - 1996,

WARSAW (Poland)-1996,

PARIS (France) - 1996,

NEWARK (USA) - 1997,

ROCHESTER (USA) - 1997,

MANCHESTER (UK) - 1997,

HOUGHTON (USA) - 1998.

Invited talks and lectures:

Guest of the DFG (Deutscheforschungsgemeinschaft) project "Boundary Element Methods" –

CHEMNITZ (1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998),

STUTTGART (1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997),

DARMSTADT (1992, 1994, 1996),

GOTTINGEN (1994, 1998),

BERLIN (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997).

Guest of the London Mathematical Society:

Universities of BATH, SALFORD (MANCHESTER), GLASGOW (1997).

Participant and speaker at:

the First European Congress - PARIS (France) - 1992,

the International Congress of Mathematicians - ZURICH (Switzerland) - 1994, BERLIN (Germany) - 1998

the Third International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics - HAMBURG (Germany) - 1995.

 

 

 

 

 

FIELD OF RESEARCH

 

Integral and Differential Equations of Mathematical Physics, Boundary Value and Initial Boundary Value Problems of Solid Mechanics.

 

At present time I am investigating:

 

Problems of the steady state oscillation theory of anisotropic elastic bodies;

Regularity properties of solutions of the crack type problems for anisotropic elastic bodies;

Direct and inverse scattering problems in fluid-solid interaction theory.

 

 

CURRENT PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP:

 

Member of:

the Ammerican Mathematical Society,

the European Mathematical Society,

the International Society for the Interaction of the Mechanics and Mathematics,

the International Society for Boundary Elements.

Member of the Academy of the Natural Sciences of Georgia.