Nikolai A. Simonov

	Leading Researcher 
	Baker Hughes Russian Science Center
	Novosibirsk, Russia

	email: nas at osmf sscc ru
	http://sab.sscc.ru/nas/

	
Major Fields of Research:

    * Stochastic computational (Monte Carlo) methods in general
	* Random walks for solving integral and partial differential equations
	* Markov chain simulations and stochastic methods for solving Schroedinger equation
	* Stochastic simulation, approximation and optimization
	* Markov chain Monte Carlo and Metropolis methods
	* Application of stochastic methods to grid generation
	* Diffusion simulation. Solution of diffusion equations in random media
	* Simulation of transport in random fields
	* Solving partial differential and integral equations with random parameters
	* Statistical modeling methods for solving problems of biology, chemistry and science in 
	general

Education:

    2010 - Doctor of Sciences in Computational Mathematics
      Saint-Petersburg State University

    1984 - Candidate of Sciences (PhD) in Computational Mathematics
      Computing Center (CC), Siberian Branch (SB) of the USSR
      Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, USSR

      Name of thesis: "Elaboration and Realization of Random Walk
      Algorithms for Solving Boundary Value Problems of Mathematical
      Physics"
      Advisors: Professor G.A.Mikhailov and Dr K.K.Sabelfeld

    1981 - 1984
      Graduate student, Computing Center SB USSR Acad.Sc.
    1973 - 1978
      Undergraduate student, Novosibirsk State University,
      Novosibirsk, USSR
      Department of Mathematics and Mechanics
      (Specialization in Probability)

Academic employment

1978-2007	Institute of Computational Mathematics
		and Mathematical Geophysics (former Computing Center)
		SB Russian Acad.Sc., Novosibirsk, Russia (Full time)

		Research fellow, Junior Researcher, Research Scientist,
		Senior Research Scientist, Acting Head of the Stochastic Problems of
            	Mathematical Physics Laboratory (1997 - 2001, 2003, 2005)

2001-2007	Florida State University
		Tallahassee, FL, USA
		(School of Computational Science, Department of Computer Science,
		Institute of Molecular Biophysics)

		Research Scientist

1988-2001	Department of Computational Mathematics,
		Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia (Part-time)

		Assistant Professor, Docent (Associate Professor)
	    	Courses taught:
			Monte Carlo methods
			Stochastic simulation
			Numerical linear algebra
			Numerical methods for ordinary and partial differential equations	
			Statistics

Other positions:

	Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics,
	Berlin, Germany

		Visiting Research Scientist: April 1998, June 1998, April-May 1999,
		April-May 2000, May-June 2001

Academic degrees and awards

    1997 - Title of Soros Associate Professor
    1993 - Title of Senior Scientist (equiv. title of Docent)
    1988 - Junior scholars award, Siberian Branch, USSR Academy of Sciences

Grants and funding:
	
	NATO Linkage Grant (2005-2006)
	NATO Linkage Grant (2002-2004)
	Leading Scientific School (2003-2005)
	INTAS Project 99-1501 (2000-2003)
	Soros Associate Professor 1997 - personal
	RFBR 97-01-00042 (1997-1999) - principal investigator
	INTAS-RFBR 95-IN-RU-726 (1997-1998)
	NPC 000 (1994-1996)
	RFBR 94-01-00209 (1994-1996)

Membership:

	"Monte Carlo Methods and Applications":
	Member of the Editorial Board

Referee service:

	Referee for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Journal of Computational Physics,
	Applied Mathematical Modelling, Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Other activities:

	1984-1990 - Member and chairman, Council of young scholars, CC SB USSR Acad.Sci.
	Master of sports in mountaineering