CURRÍCULUM VÍTAE
Hermann Mena is an Ecuadorian mathematician, with contributions to applied mathematics, numerical analysis and optimal control. He studied pure mathematics at Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ecuador. Following a Ph.D. in applied Mathematics in the same university within a joint program with Technische Universität Berlin, Germany and a postdoctoral position at Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany; he took up a position as Associate Professor with tenure at Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ecuador (2008). In the period 01.2013/08.2016 he was Universitätsassistent at University of Innsbruck, Austria where he completed his Habilitation in Mathematics. From 09.2016 until 12.2020 he was Professor at Yachay Tech, Ecuador where he served as Rector and Head of the Board of Trustees in the period 08.2019/12.2020; being one of the youngest Rectors in Ecuador. He was principal investigator of one the first funded research projects in Ecuador “Simulation of Glyphosate Aerial Spray Drift at the Ecuador-Colombia border” that attracted the attention of the international community due to the political conflict involved. He has taught courses in the undergraduate and PhD program in Austria, Ecuador, Croatia, Uruguay and China and he has been scientific visitor at several universities in Europe and USA including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT. Currently, he is Humboldt Fellow at Technische Universität Berlin, Germany. He is also an amateur triathlete, swimmer, chess player, scuba diver and painter.
- 02.2021 - present
Humboldt Fellow, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
- 08.2019 - 12.2020
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Rector, Yachay Tech, San Miguel de Uricuquí, Ecuador
- 08.2019 - 12.2020
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Head of de Board of Trustees, Yachay Tech, San Miguel de Uricuquí, Ecuador
- 06.2019 - 07.2019
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Member of de Board of Trustees, Yachay Tech, San Miguel de Uricuquí, Ecuador
- 09.2016 - 07.2019
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Professor, School of Mathematical Sciences and Information Technology, Yachay Tech, San Miguel de Uricuquí, Ecuador
- 01.2013 - 08.2016
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Universitätsassistent, Numerical Analysis, Department of Mathematics, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
- 06.2016
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Habilitation (habil./Priv.-Doz.) in Mathematics at University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
- 2013 - 2015
- Guest Lecturer at:
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University of Electronic Science and Technology of China**, Chengdu, China (2015)
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Universidad de la República*, Montevideo, Uruguay (2014)
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Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek*, Osijek, Croatia (2013)
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* PhD program, **Bachelor program
- 01.2008 - 12.2012
Associate Professor, Departamento de Matemática , Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador
- 12.2008 - 04.2009
Scientific Visitor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge MA, USA.Host: Prof. Gilbert Strang
- 01.2007 - 12.2007
Postdoctoral Position at Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany
- 08.2007
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D./Dr. rer. nat.) in Applied Mathematics at Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador; partnership program with Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
- 2007 - 2016
Scientific Visitor at:
Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, Spain (2016)
Université Paris Dauphine, Paris, France (2016)
RICAM Austrian Academy of Sciences, Linz, Austria (2016)
Temple University, Philadelphia, USA (2015)
Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary (2015/2014)
University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany (2014)
Lund University, Lund, Sweeden (2014)
Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay (2014/2011)
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg, Germany (2016-2010)
Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia (2013)
Universidad Jaime I, Castellón, Spain (2010/2007)
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2009)
Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics WIAS, Berlin, Germany (2007)
Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany (2010-2004)
Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany (2015/2003)
*Short term visits (from one week to 3 months)
- 01.2003 - 12.2006
Scientific assistant and lecturer, Departamento de Matemática, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador
- 03.2003
Bachelor in Pure Mathematics at Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador
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