معرفی
Natasha Sharma is an Associate Professor with tenure in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). Her research focuses on numerical analysis and computational methods for material sciences, particularly crystal growth and drug delivery systems. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Houston (2011) and completed postdoctoral work at Heidelberg University (2014).
- Education:
- Ph.D., University of Houston, 2011
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Heidelberg, 2014
- Bachelor's and Master's, University of Delhi, India
Research Interests: Development of adaptive numerical methods (C0 interior penalty, discontinuous Galerkin) for solving differential equations in material science, microemulsions modeling, and phase field crystal equations. Emphasis on efficiency and accuracy through adaptive mesh and time-step refinement techniques.
Funding & Grants:
- DOE NNSA/MSIPP: Co-PI for the Rio Grande Consortium for Advanced Research on Exascale Simulation (2022–2027)
- NSF DMS-2110774: PI for Numerical Methods for Sixth-Order Phase Field Models (2021–2024)
Publications: Focus on numerical methods for phase field models, error analysis, and adaptive algorithms. Recent work includes stability analysis for phase field crystal equations and microemulsions modeling.
