Curriculum Vitae Gani Trendafilov STAMOV, PhD, DSc Address: Department of Mathematics University of Texas San Antonio One UTSA Circle San Antonio, TX 78249 E-mail: [email protected] Tel. 120 458 6103 Education: Institution & Location Degree Year Conferred Field of Study University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria MS 1984 Mathematics University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria MS 1984 Mathematics Education Higher Accreditation Commission of Bulgaria PhD 1999 Mathematics University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia, Bulgaria DSc 2011 Applied Mathematics Employment and Experience: Current positions: Lecturer III, Department of Mathematics, UTSA Professional history: • Professor (Full) of Mathematics at the Technical University of Sliven (2005-2019) Chair of the Department of Mathematics (2014-2017); Professor (Full) of Mathematics at the Burgas University “Prof. Dr. A. Zlatarov” (2002-2019) • Associate Professor of Mathematics at the Burgas University, Chair of the Department of Mathematics (2002-2005); • Associate Professor of Mathematics at the Technical University of Sliven (2001- 2002); • Assistant of Professor of Mathematics at the Technical University of Sliven, Bulgaria (1985 - 2001) Visiting positions: • Visiting Professor at the Department of Mathematics, UTSA, USA, Spring 2016, Fall 2016 (organization and teaching of Calculus II classes) • Visiting Professor at the Department of Mathematics, UTSA, USA, January 15, 2012 – March 15, 2012 • SOCRATES/ ERASMUS Visiting Professor at the Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey, May, 2010; • Visiting Professor at the Department of Mathematics, UTSA, USA, January 15, 2008 – May 15, 2008; University Service: • Course Coordinator for Calculus III classes, Department of Mathematics, UTSA (since 2019); • Director of the English Language Department in Engineering at the Technical University of Sliven (2010-2019); Gani Stamov Curriculum Vitae • Expert in Accreditation, Member of the Accreditation Committees for the Accreditation of several universities in Europe (Last activity: accreditation of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan, April 2019) • Chair of the Promotion Committee at the Technical University of Sliven (from 2010); • Member of the University Assembly at the Technical University of Sofia (from 2001); • Chair of the Department of Mathematics at the University “Asen Zlatarov” of Burgas (2002- 2005); • Member of the University Assembly at the University “Asen Zlatarov” of Burgas (from 2002); • Member of the Faculty Senate at the University “Asen Zlatarov” of Burgas (from 2002); • Member of the Faculty Senate at the Technical University of Sliven (from 2005); • Member of the College Promotion and Tenure Committee at the Technical University of Sliven (from1992); • Member of the College Undergraduate Council at the Technical University of Sliven (from 1991); • Member of the Faculty Promotion and Tenure Committee for Department of Mathematics of the Technical University of Sliven (from 1995); • Member of the several search committees at the Technical University of Sliven (from 1991). Teaching Experiences Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria (since 1988) • Undergraduate Classes: College Algebra Pre-calculus, Business Calculus Mathematics of Investments Calculus I Calculus II Calculus III Engineering Calculus Complex Variables Linear Algebra Analytical Geometry Complex Numbers Differential Equations (ODE and PDE) Fourier Analysis • Graduate Classes: Complex Analysis Number Theory Probability and Statistics Numerical Analysis Burgas University “Prof. Dr. A. Zlatarov”, Bulgaria (since 2002) • Undergraduate Classes: Higher Mathematics I (Linear Algebra, Complex Numbers, Analytical Geometry, Linear Optimization) Higher Mathematics II (Differential and Integral Calculus) Gani Stamov Curriculum Vitae Higher Mathematics III (Functions of Several Variables, Vector Valued Functions, Ordinary Differential Equations Fourier Series, Fourier Integrals) Numerical Analysis • Graduate Classes: Mathematics Methods in Engineering (developed by me) Modeling in Simulations (developed by me) Modeling of Business Processes (developed by me) Department of Mathematics, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA (Spring and Fall 2016, 2019, 2020) • MAT 1214 Calculus I • MAT 1224 Calculus II • MAT 2214 Calculus III Textbooks 1. Stamov, G.T., Mathematical Methods for Engineering, Technical University-Sliven, 2011 (electronic edition) 2. Stamov, G.T., Calculus, Technical University-Sliven, English Language Faculty of Engineering, 2010 3. Stamova, I.M., Stamov, G.T., Higher Mathematics III, J. Uchkov, Yambol, 2008 (in Bulgarian) 4. Stamova, I.M., Stamov, G.T., Lecture Notes on Differential and Integral Calculus, Svetlina, Yambol, 2008 (in Bulgarian) 5. Stamova, I.M., Stamov, G.T., Lectures Notes on Linear Algebra, Demetra, Sofia, 2003 (in Bulgarian) PhD students: ◼ Rumyana Chukleva, On the Qualitative Theory of Differential Equations with Variable Structure and Impulses, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Bulgaria, 2013 ◼ Galina Doncheva, Stability and Control of Electrical Systems, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria, 2009 ◼ Hristo Kostov, Numerical Methods for Impulsive Differential Equations, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria (in progress) ◼ Ivan Torlakov, Numerical Methods for Cohen-Grossberg Neural Networks, Burgas University “Asen Zlatarov”, Bulgaria (in progress) ◼ Cvetelina Spirova, Reaction-Diffusion Neural Networks: Impulsive Effects on Stability Behavior, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria (in progress) Graduate Student’s Projects: ◼ S. Kiskinov, Second Method of Lyapunov for Stability of Impulsive Neural Networks, 2007, BFU, Bulgaria ◼ T. Ivanov, Impulsive Models for the Price Fluctuations in Single Commodity Markets, 2009, BFU, Bugaria ◼ G. Ivanova, Stability of Impulsive Neural Networks with Finite Delays, 2009, BFU ◼ M. Dimitrova, Global Asymptotic Stability of Impulsive Delay Neural Networks of General Type, 2009, BFU, Bulgaria ◼ K. Dudunov and R. Diankov, Qualitative Investigations of Impulsive Differential Equations and Modeling of Real Processes and Phenomena, 2010, BFU, Bulgaria Gani Stamov Curriculum Vitae Research Accomplishments: Research Interests: Dynamical Systems, Differential Equations, Qualitative Properties (Almost periodicity, Invariant Manifolds, Asymptotic Properties, Stability), Impulsive Perturbations, Delays, Fractional Differential Equations, Population Dynamics, Neural Networks, Economic Models Current citation indices: Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=tmVITz0AAAAJ&hl=en SCOPUS Author ID 35614265800 https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=35614265800 Research Grants and Funding: • COBASE Grant of NSF, 2003-2004 • Travel Grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation to attend the International Conference on Differential Equations: From Theory to Computational Science and Engineering, October 20-22, 2005 ETH Zurich, Switzerland • Grants from Burgas Free University, 2002-2009 • Grants from Technical University, Sofia, 2001-2011 • Grants from Burgas University “Prof. Dr. A. Zlatarov”, 2005-2011 • Grants from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences ММ61, ММ422, ММ7, ММ8, ММ31, ММ52 и ММ511 Projects: • Population Dynamics and Impulsive Differential Equations, NSF, USA, 2003-2004 • Dynamics of Lotka-Volterra Models, UTSA, USA, 2005-2008 • Cointegrating, Kalman-Filtering and Stability Analysis of Economic Time Series, The University of Fribourg, Switzerland, 2005-2008; • Impulsive Control of Neural Networks, BFU, Bulgaria, 2007 • Using of Neural Networks and Generalized Networks for Education and Analytic Investigations, BFU, Bulgaria, 2009 • Impulsive Differential Equations: Qualitative Properties and Applications, BFU, 2010 • The Reliability Theory and Education, TU-Sofia, Bulgaria, 2009 • Computer Modeling of Physical Processes, Burgas University “Prof. Dr. A. Zlatarov”, 2011 Editorial Work Serving on Editorial Boards for: • Conference Papers in Mathematics (2012-current) • The Scientific World Journal (2013-current) • Journal of Applied Mathematics (2014-current) • Open Engineering (2014-current) • German Journal of Advanced Mathematical Sciences (2014-current) Guest Editor for: • Special Issue “Qualitative Analysis of Dynamic Activity Patterns in Neural Networks” of the Journal of Applied Mathematics, 2011 • Special Issue “Uncertain Dynamical Systems:2014” of Abstract and Applied Analysis, 2014 • Special Issue “Uncertain Dynamical Systems: Analysis and Applications” of Abstract and Applied Analysis, 2013 (Leading Editor) Gani Stamov Curriculum Vitae • Special Issue “Fractional Dynamical Systems: Recent Trends in Theory and Applications”, European Physical Journal Special Topics, 2018 • Special Issue “Impulsive Control Systems and Complexity”, Entropy, 2020 • Special Issue “Impulsive Control Systems and Complexity”, Mathematics, 2020 • Special Issue “Advances and New Trends in Modeling and Control of Neural Network Models”, Mathematics, 2020 (Leading Editor) • Member of: • American Mathematical Society • Union of Scientists in Bulgaria • Union of Mathematicians in Bulgaria Referee for: • Zentralblatt MATH • Mathematical Reviews Reviewer for numerous refereed academic journals including Journal of Computer Systems Sciences; Electronic Journal of Differential Equations; Mathematics and Computers in Simulation; Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems A; Bulletin of the Allahabad Mathematical Society; Physics Letters A; Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computing; Communications