Bio and CV

Alan Kaptanoglu is an Assistant Professor in the Math department at NYU (part of the Courant Institute). He was previously a post-doctoral researcher in the Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics (IREAP) at the University of Maryland. Alan earned his BS in Physics from Stanford in 2016 and his PhD in Physics from the University of Washington in 2021. His work lies at the intersection of two grand scientific challenges: physics-informed, scientific machine learning for complex dynamical systems and nuclear fusion. His vision is to advance these fields by providing theoretical and computational tools for modeling, control, and optimization of complex dynamics.

Full CV

Education

Ph.D. in Physics, University of Washington (2021) [Dissertation]
M.A. in Physics, University of Washington (2018)
B.S. in Physics, Theoretical Concentration, Stanford University (2016)

Research Positions

• Assistant Professor

  Mathematics Department, Courant Institute, New York University
  (September 2023 - Current)

• Affiliate Assistant Professor

  Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington
  (March 2022 - Current)

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  Landreman Group IREAP, University of Maryland
  (March 2022 - July 2023)

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  Brunton Group Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington
  (January 2022 - March 2022)

• Graduate Research Assistant

  Brunton Group Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington
  (Fall 2017 - Winter 2021)
  

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  PFRC group, Princeton Plasma Physics Lab
  (Winter and Spring 2017)
  
  Matteo Negrini group, DOE-INFN Program, Bologna, Italy
  (Fall 2016)
  
  ICF group, Lawrence Livermore National Lab
  (Summer 2015)