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Dr. Tonatiuh Sánchez-Vizuet

Dr. Tonatiuh Sánchez-Vizuet

  • Email: tonatiuhmath.arizona.edu
  • Website
  • University of Arizona
  • Status: Faculty
  • Department: Math,
  • Will Mentor: Doctoral students, Pre-doctoral students

Areas of Expertise

Applied Mathematics,

Research Interests

Applied and Computational Mathematics, Numerical Analysis, Computational Physics, Applied Analysis


Bio

Tonatiuh Snchez-Vizuet was born in Mexico City. There was no STEM background at home but from an early age, he got interested in the interplay between mathematics and the description of the physical world. This interest led him to pursue college studies on theoretical physics. He got his "licenciatura"(roughly equivalent to a masters degree) in Physics and a masters degree in Mathematics both from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He then earned a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Delaware.

After earning his doctoral degree, Snchez-Vizuet spent four years at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University as a postdoctoral associate. He has been an Assistant Professor of mathematics at the University of Arizona since 2020, where he is also a member of the Graduate Interdisciplinary program in Applied Mathematics. His research interests revolve around the development, analysis, and implementation of numerical methods for the simulation of physical processes. His work has touched the areas of elastic wave propagation, wave scattering, and magnetic equilibrium of plasmas in fusion reactors.