Boris Kramer

Boris Kramer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California San Diego, affiliated with the Jacobs School of Engineering. He leads research in computational methods for control, optimization, and uncertainty quantification of complex systems, with applications in space weather modeling, systems biology, and soft robotics.

• Center for Extreme Events Research (CEER)
• Center for Computational Mathematics (CCoM)
• Air Force Center of Excellence Multi-Fidelity Modeling

His work focuses on reduced-order modeling (ROM) and data-driven methods that preserve physical structures (e.g., energy conservation in Hamiltonian systems). Recent projects include collaborations with Samsung Electronics for semiconductor manufacturing optimization and leadership in DOE's PSAAP IV program for radiation resilience modeling.

Kramer's research has been featured in Nature Computational Science and Science News, with grants from NSF, DoD, and AFOSR. His group has advised students like Opal Issan (published in Journal of Computational Physics) and Nate Linden (Nature Communications).

Scientific awards include:

• NSF CAREER Award (2022)
• DoD Newton Award for Transformative Ideas (2020)
• Outstanding PhD Student Award (2024-2025, UCSD MAE)
• MURI funding for Digital Twins (2023)

Outreach efforts include participation in the Barrio Logan Science & Art Expo and the Southeast San Diego STEM Ecosystem, emphasizing science communication for K-12 audiences.