PD Dr. rer. nat. habil. Sorin-Mihai Grad

Curriculum Vitae
  • Education

    1985-1989 School no.6 Satu Mare [Romania]
    1989-1993 "Mircea Eliade" School Satu Mare [Romania]
    elite class for mathematics and computer science
    1993-1997 "Mihai Eminescu" College Satu Mare [Romania]
    bilingual [Romanian/English] class for Mathematics & Physics

  • Studies

    1997-2001 "Babeş-Bolyai" University Cluj-Napoca [Romania]
    Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Department of Mathematics
    Degree Diploma in Mathematics
    2001-2002 "Babeş-Bolyai" University Cluj-Napoca [Romania]
    Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Department of Mathematics
    Degree Master in Mathematics (Real and Complex Analysis)
    2000-2002 Chemnitz University of Technology [Germany]
    Faculty of Mathematics, International Master and PhD Program, Exchange student

  • Scientific Qualifications

    2002-2006 Chemnitz University of Technology [Germany]
    Faculty of Mathematics, International Master and PhD Program
    Degree Doctor rerum naturalium
    Grade Magna cum laude
    2013-2014 Chemnitz University of Technology [Germany]
    Faculty of Mathematics, Habilitation procedures
    Degree Doctor rerum naturalium habilitatus
    Degree Privatdozent

  • Professional experience

    2000      Secondary School of Forestry Satu Mare [Romania], substitute teacher of Mathematics
    2003-2005 Chemnitz University of Technology [Germany], Faculty of Mathematics, auxiliary teaching assistant
    2005-2016 Chemnitz University of Technology [Germany], Faculty of Mathematics, research and teaching assistant
    2016-2017 Chemnitz University of Technology [Germany], Faculty of Mathematics, research fellow in the Research Group Optimization and Approximation, Principal Investigator of the DFG-Project GR3367/4-1
    2017-2018 Leipzig University, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, substitute professor of analysis
    2018 Chemnitz University of Technology [Germany], Faculty of Mathematics, research fellow in the Research Group Optimization and Approximation, Principal Investigator of the DFG-Project GR3367/4-1
    2018-2021 University of Vienna [Austria], Faculty of Mathematics, Principal Investigator of the FWF-Project M-2045 (Lise-Meitner-Position)
    2021- ENSTA Paris [France], Department of Applied Mathematics, Professor of Optimization

  • Research fellowships

    2000-2001 SMWK-fellowship from the Free State of Saxony for a research stay at Chemnitz University of Technology
    2001 SMWK-fellowship from the Free State of Saxony for a research stay at Chemnitz University of Technology
    2001-2003 several DAAD research fellowships
    2002-2003 Ph.D fellowship from Karl- und Ruth-Mayer Foundation
    2004 Study and Research Assistantship from Chemnitz University of Technology

  • Member of

    2004-      Research Group in Mathematical Inequalities and Applications
    2005- Working Group on Generalized Convexity
    2007- Société de Mathématiques Appliquées et Industrielles
    2009- The International Research Working Group in Nonlinear Analysis and Convex Analysis
    2009- The Continuous Optimization Working Group of EURO
    2012- Mathematical Optimization Society
    2015- International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making