Bedřich Sousedík is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). He joined UMBC in 2014, transitioning from roles as a Research Associate at the University of Southern California and University of Maryland, College Park. His academic journey includes a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics (2010, University of Colorado Denver) and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (2008, Czech Technical University in Prague). Education: Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado Denver (2010) Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University (2008) M.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering, Czech Technical University (2001) Research Interests: Focuses on applied and computational mathematics, including numerical analysis, scientific computing, uncertainty quantification, stochastic finite element methods, and domain decomposition techniques. His work emphasizes scalable algorithms for complex systems with parametric uncertainty. Professional Contributions: Author of ~43 refereed publications (24 journals, 12 conferences) with an h-index of 15 (Google Scholar) Principal Investigator on NSF grants totaling $219,999 for multilevel methods research Recipient of prestigious awards including the 2010 Prof. Babuška Prize and 2020 Early Career Excellence Award Advising & Teaching: Supervised 8 Ph.D. and Master’s students since 2014 Mentored undergraduate research projects in computational fluid dynamics and epidemiological modeling






