M. Gregory Forest
Grant Dahlstrom Distinguished Professor, Departments of Mathematics & Biomedical Engineering
Co-Director, Institute for Advanced Materials, NanoScience and Technology, UNC-CH
Member, Curriculum in Applied and Materials Sciences
Office: 316A Phillips Hall
Phone: (919) 962-9606
Email: forest@amath.unc.edu
Educational Background
B.S., Mathematics, Louisiana State University in New Orleans, May, 1972
M.S., Mathematics, Louisiana State University in New Orleans, December, 1973
Ph.D., Mathematics, University of Arizona, August, 1979; Advisor: David W. McLaughlin
Previous Positions
Assistant Professor, Ohio State University, September, 1979 thru August, 1984
Associate Professor, Ohio State University, September, 1984 thru August, 1989
Professor, Ohio State University, September, 1989 thru July, 1996
Senior Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, July 1, 1998 thru June 30, 2000
Research Interests
- Transport processes in the lung (with T. Elston, S. Mitran, K. Xu, I. Klapper, L. Yao, B. Lindley, J. Fricks, C. Honenegger, D. Hill, J. Cribb, R. Superfine, J. Sheehan and many collaborators in the Cystic Fibrosis Center participating in the Virtual Lung Project)
- Flow and Structure of Nano-Materials & Macromolecular Fluids (with W. Mullins, Q. Wang, H. Zhou, R. Zhou, E. Samulski, X. Zheng, E. Choate, J. Lee, Z. Cui, R. Lipton, R. Vaia, M. Arlen, H. Wang, J. Shen, X. Yang).
- Integrable Dispersive Wave Theory and Optical Fiber Applications (with K. McLaughlin, N. Kutz, O. Wright).
- Inverse Problems for Material Characterization (with S. Bechtel, H. Zhou, K. Koelling, D. Hill, K. Xu, T. Elston, J. Fricks, L. Yao, C. Hohenegger, R. Superfine, S. Mitran, B. Lindley, Q. Wang, E. Choate, R. Zhou, X. Zheng).
Collaborators
Stephen E. Bechtel, Ohio State University
Roberto Camassa, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC)
Eric Choate, UNC
Jeremy Cribb, UNC
Zhenlu Cui, UNC
David Hill, UNC
Kurt Koelling, Ohio State Universtiy
Joohee Lee, UNC
Brandon Lindley, UNC
Robert Lipton, Louisiana State University
Kenneth McLaughlin, University of Arizona
Richard McLaughlin, UNC
Casey Miller, UNC
Bill Mullins, UNC & Army Research Office
Michael Rubinstein,UNC
Jie Shen, Purdue University
Richard Superfine, UNC
Richard Vaia, Materials Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB
Hongyun Wang, University of California at Santa Cruz
Qi Wang, Florida State University
Otis Wright, Cedarville University, Cedarville, OH
Ke Xu, UNC
Xiaofeng Yang, Purdue University and UNC
Lingxing Yao, UNC
Xiaoyu Zheng, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Hong Zhou, Naval Postgraduate School
Ruhai Zhou, Old Dominion University