Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Mihaela B. Vajiac

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. in Mathematics, Boston University, May 2000.
  Dissertation title: Gauge Theory Techniques in Quantum Cohomology
  Advisor: Prof. Steven Rosenberg

• ``Diploma de Licenta'' in Mathematics (summa cum laude), University of Bucharest, Romania, May 1994.
  Dissertation title: Topics in Symplectic Geometry
  Advisor: Prof. Stere Ianus

• Licensed in Mathematics and Physics,(summa cum laude) ``Ienachita Vacarescu'' High School, Targoviste, Romania, June 1989.

EMPLOYMENT

• Associate Professor, Chapman University 2010-
• Assistant Professor, Chapman University, 2002-2010
• Research Lecturer (postdoctoral position) at University of Texas at Austin, 2000-2002
• Teaching Assistant at Boston University, 1995-1997,
• Research Assistant at Boston University, 1994, 1998-2000
• Text Assistant, Calculus Project, Harvard University, 1996, 1997.
• Text Assistant, Differential Equations Project, Boston University,1998

PRESENTATIONS AND TALKS

• Organizer of the AMS Special Session on "The Geometry of Submanifolds", Notre Dame, Nov 2010.
• Talk at the AMS Special Session on "The Geometry of Submanifolds", Notre Dame, Nov 2010.
• Talk at the INdAM Workshop on "Different Notions of Regularity for Functions of Quaternionic Variable", Sept 2010.
• Talk at the AMS Special Session on "Hypercomplex Analysis ", Boca Raton, Florida, Oct 2009.
• Organizer of the AMS Special Session on "Recent Developments in Riemannian and Kaehlerian Geometry", Claremont, May 2008.
• Talk at the AMS Special Session on "Recent Developments in Riemannian and Kaehlerian Geometry", Claremont, May 2008.
• Talk at the "Differential Geometry Seminar",CalState Fullerton, March 2007.
• Poster at the "Algebraic Geometry, Symplectic Geometry and Theoretical Physics", Philadelphia, May 2005.
• Several talks at the Departmental Seminar, Chapman University, 2002-2007.
• Talk at Institute for Advance Study, Princeton, May 2002.
• Poster at the Journal of Differential Geometry Conference, Harvard University, May 2002.
• Talk at Trinity University in the REU program, March 2002
• Talk at the Differential Geometry Seminar, University of Texas at Austin, October 2000.
• Talk at the American Mathematical Society Sectional Meeting, Lowell, Massachusetts, April 2000.
• Several talks at the Geometry Seminar at University of Texas at Austin, (Topics in Quantum Cohomology, Integrable Systems) 1999-2002
• Several talks at the Geometry Seminar at Boston University, (Topics in Gromov--Witten Invariants, Quantum Cohomology, Mirror Symmetry), 1994-1999.
• Several talks at the Geometry Seminar at University of Bucharest, Romania (Geometry of Yang-Mills Fields, Symplectic Geometry ) 1989-1994.

WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS

• "Algebraic Geometry, Symplectic Geometry and Theoretical Physics", University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, May 2005
• IAS/PCMI Summer Session 2001. Research Program in: Quantum Field Theory, Supersymmetry, and Enumerative Geometry
• IAS/Princeton University Program for Women in Mathematics, Advanced Graduate Lectures Series, Princeton, May 15-25 2002
• IAS/PCMI Summer Session 2003. Undergraduate Faculty Program in: Harmonic Analysis and Partial Differential Equations. Research Program in: Harmonic Analysis and Partial Differential Equations

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

• May 2002, Grant Support from NSF, IAS/Princeton University.
• Summer 2001, Grant Support from NSF, IAS/PCMI
• 2000-2002,University of Texas at Austin, Research Lectureship.
• 2000, Clay Mathematics Institute, Lift-off Fellow.
• 1999, University of Texas at Austin, Lectureship.
• 1995, 1998-1999, Boston University Teaching Fellowship.
• Spring 1998, Fall 1998 Boston University Research Assistantship.
• Fall 1994 -Spring 1995, Boston University Presidential University Graduate Fellowship
• Merit Scholarship, University of Bucharest, 1992-1995
• Various prizes at the National Contests and Olympiads in Mathematics, Romania, 1984-1989.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Chapman University 2002-present Introduction to Differential Geometry: Curves and Surfaces , Differential Equations , Linear Algebra , Multivariable Calculus , Complex Analysis , Calculus II , Calculus I , Introduction to Statistics Precalculus
• University of Texas at Austin 2000-2002, Research Lecturer: Geometry of Curves and Surfaces Calculus Sequences, Series and Multivariable Calculus Discrete Mathematics Linear Algebra and Matrix Theory Elementary Functions and Coordinate Geometry
• Boston University, Summer Lecturer Discrete Mathematics for Engineering Instructor for the Promys Program Applied Mathematics for Social and Management Sciences Multivariate Calculus Differential Equations
• Boston University, Teaching Fellow: Discrete Mathematics I Differential Equations Calculus for Life and Social Sciences II Calculus I, Applied Mathematics for Social and Management Sciences
• Text Assistant Calculus Project, Harvard University, 1996, 1997. I actively participated in writing Precalculus and Calculus course texts.
• Text Assistant, Ordinary Differential Equations Project, Boston University, 1995. I actively participated in writing solutions for Blanchard, Devaney, Hall, ``Differential Equations''.
• Familiar with WIndows,Apple, UNIX and Linux platforms. I used various mathematics software in some of the classes I taught, including IDE, Differential Equations, Matlab, Mathematica, Maple, COCOA.

PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS

• "Gauge Theory Techniques in Quantum Cohomology", PhD Dissertation, UMI Dissertation Services, 2000 .
• "Gauge Theory Techniques in Quantum Cohomology ",with Prof. Steven Rosenberg, in Advances in Algebraic Geometry Motivated by Physics (Proceedings of the 952nd AMS Meeting Lowell, Massachusetts, April 1-2, 2000, Special Session: Enumerative Geometry in Physics).
• "Quantum-Type Products in Symplectic Geometry", in the Houston Mathematics Journal, Vol. 35, No. 3, 2009
• "Virasoro Actions and Harmonic Maps" with Prof. Karen Uhlenbeck, UT Austin, in the Journal of Differential Geometry, p. 327-341, Volume 8 number 2, October 2008
• "Remarks on the Curvature of Totally Umbillical Submanidfolds In Riemannian Spaces ", with Dr. Bogdan Suceava, in The Annals of the Al.I.Cuza University, Iasi, Tomul IV, 2008 f.1
• "The Polynomial Game" with Dr. Bogdan Suceava, CSUF, the June 2006 ComMuniCator
• "The Power of a Point for Some Real Algebraic Curves," with Dr. Adrian Vajiac, Chapman University, and Dr. Bogdan Suceava, CSUF, in The Mathematical Gazette, United Kingdom, March 2008
• "Computational Algebra Techniques in Electromagnetism" with Drs: I. Sabadini, F. Colombo, D. Struppa, and A. Vajiac, to appear in the Journal of Mathematical Sciences: Advances and Applications, 2009
• "Hartogs Phenomena and Antisyzygies for Systems of Differential Equations" with Drs. A. Damiano, and D. Struppa in the Journal of Geometric Analysis: Volume 19, Issue2 (2009)
• "Singularities of Functions of One and Several Bicomplex Variables with Drs.Colombo, Sabadini, Struppa, A. Vajiac, to appear in Ark. Fur Math., 2011.
• "Demand Allocation under Supply Uncertainty" with Dr. J. Hu, Chapman University, submitted to journal
• "Remarks on Holomorphicity in three settings: complex, quaternionic, and bicomplex" with D.C. Struppa, A. Vajiac, Trends in Mathematics, 2010, Proceedings of ISAAC 2009.
• "Bicomplex hyperfunctions", with F.Colombo, I.Sabadini, D.C. Struppa, A. Vajiac, Annali di Matematica Pura ed Applicata., 2010
• "C-K Product in the Bicomplex Setting" with H. DeBie, D.C. Struppa, A. Vajiac, to appear in Mathematische Nachrichten", 2012
• "Holomorphy in Multicomplex Spaces" with D.C. Struppa, A. Vajiac, submitted to Journal
• "Multicomplex Hyperfunctions" with A. Vajiac, submitted to Journal
• "Hyperbolic Functions" with M. Shapiro, D.C. Struppa, A. Vajiac, submitted to Journal
• "Fourier Transforms in the Bicomplex Setting", with H. DeBie, D.C. Struppa, A. Vajiac, and M. Vajiac, in preparation
• "Hartogs Phenomena in MultiHyperbolic Setting " with D.C.Struppa, A.Vajiac Chapman University, in preparation