Biography:Irina Tezaur
Irina Kalashnikova Tezaur (born c. 1984, also published as Irina Kalashnikova) is an American applied mathematician and a distinguished member of the technical staff at the Sandia National Laboratories.[1] Her research concerns multiscale modeling[2] and the computational fluid dynamics of compressible flow and of ice sheet dynamics.[3]
Education and career
Tezaur emigrated from Russia to the United States with her parents, a computer scientist and a physicist, in 1992, when she was eight years old. Initially, they lived in Detroit, Michigan,[3] later moving to nearby West Bloomfield.[4] She majored in mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 2006 with both a bachelor's and master's degree. She went to Stanford University for continued study in computational and mathematical engineering, and completed her Ph.D. in 2011 under the supervision of Charbel Farhat.[5]
Her graduate studies also included work as a year-round technical intern at Sandia, in its Aerosciences Department, and when she finished her Ph.D. she became a senior member of the technical staff in Sandia's Computational Mathematics Department. She was promoted to principal member in 2015 and distinguished member in 2021.[5]
Recognition
Tezaur is a 2019 recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, honored "for developing new, impactful mathematical methods and computer algorithms to enable real-time analysis, control and decision-making on computationally prohibitive problems relevant to the nuclear security mission and climate modeling".[4]
References
- ↑ Selected Mathematics, Computing & Information Science Experts, Sandia National Laboratories, https://www.sandia.gov/research/experts/mathematics-computing-and-information-science-experts/, retrieved 2026-03-18
- ↑ Langley, Michael Ellis (August 29, 2019), "Getting to the nuts and bolts of nuts and bolts", Sandia Lab News (Sandia National Laboratories), https://www.sandia.gov/labnews/2019/08/29/computer-modeling/, retrieved 2026-03-18
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Garberson, Jeff (October 3, 2019), "From Moscow to Livermore: A Sandia Computer Scientist Tells of Her Compelling Journey", The Independent, https://www.independentnews.com/news/from-moscow-to-livermore-a-sandia-computer-scientist-tells-of-her-compelling-journey/article_7605c5ae-e580-11e9-9106-efd0e911cddd.html, retrieved 2026-03-18
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Singer, Neal (August 1, 2019), "Four Sandia researchers win Presidential Early Career Award", Sandia Lab News (Sandia National Laboratories), https://www.sandia.gov/labnews/2019/08/01/pecase-2/, retrieved 2026-03-18
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Curriculum vitae, Sandia National Laboratories, March 2026, https://www.sandia.gov/app/uploads/sites/127/2026/03/CV_Tezaur_General.pdf, retrieved 2026-03-18
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