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'''Mark Embree''' is professor of computational and [[applied mathematics]] [http://www.caam.rice.edu] at [[Virginia Tech]] in [[Blacksburg, Virginia]]. Until 2013, he was a professor of computational and applied mathematics at [[Rice University]] in [[Houston, Texas]].
'''Mark Embree''' is professor of computational and [[applied mathematics]] [http://www.caam.rice.edu] at [[Virginia Tech]] in [[Blacksburg, Virginia]]. Until 2013, he was a professor of computational and applied mathematics at [[Rice University]] in [[Houston, Texas]].


Mark Embree was awarded Man of the Year and Outstanding Student in the College of Arts and Sciences at [[Virginia Tech]] in 1996. He was also a [[Rhodes Scholar]] at the University of Oxford, where he completed his doctorate.
Mark Embree was awarded Man of the Year and Outstanding Student in the College of Arts and Sciences at Virginia Tech in 1996. He was also a [[Rhodes Scholar]] at the University of Oxford, where he completed his doctorate.


== Early life ==

Mark Embree attended [[Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology]].<ref>{{cite news | date = December 11, 1995 | title = Rhodes Scholarships Go To Four With D.C. or VA. Ties | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1995/12/11/rhodes-scholarships-go-to-four-people-with-dc-or-va-ties/6790e84a-9f4b-4f54-8b12-a416e6591fb2/ | newspaper = The Washington Post}}</ref>
== Research ==
== Research ==
His main research interests are [[Krylov subspace methods]], [[normal operator|non-normal operators]] and [[Pseudospectrum|spectral perturbation]] theory, [[Toeplitz matrix|Toeplitz matrices]], random [[Matrix (mathematics)|matrices]], and [[damped wave]] operators.
His main research interests are [[Krylov subspace methods]], [[normal operator|non-normal operators]] and [[Pseudospectrum|spectral perturbation]] theory, [[Toeplitz matrix|Toeplitz matrices]], random [[Matrix (mathematics)|matrices]], and [[damped wave]] operators.
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*[http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/html/id.phtml?id=81517 Dr. Embree's Mathematical Genealogy]
*[http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/html/id.phtml?id=81517 Dr. Embree's Mathematical Genealogy]
*''[http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8113.html Spectra and Pseudospectra: The Behavior of Nonnormal Matrices and Operators]''
*''[http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8113.html Spectra and Pseudospectra: The Behavior of Nonnormal Matrices and Operators]''

==References==
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Mark Embree
NationalityVereinigte Staaten American
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
Virginia Tech
Known forKrylov subspace methods, non-normal operators and spectral perturbation theory, Toeplitz matrices, random matrices, and damped wave operators
AwardsMan of the Year and Outstanding Student in the College of Arts and Sciences at Virginia Tech (1996)
Rhodes Scholar (1996)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematician
InstitutionsRice University
Doctoral advisorAndrew Wathen
Websitehttp://www.math.vt.edu/people/embree/

Mark Embree is professor of computational and applied mathematics [1] at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. Until 2013, he was a professor of computational and applied mathematics at Rice University in Houston, Texas.

Mark Embree was awarded Man of the Year and Outstanding Student in the College of Arts and Sciences at Virginia Tech in 1996. He was also a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford, where he completed his doctorate.

Early life

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Mark Embree attended Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.[1]

Forschung

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His main research interests are Krylov subspace methods, non-normal operators and spectral perturbation theory, Toeplitz matrices, random matrices, and damped wave operators.

Books

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Dr Mark Embree wrote a book with Lloyd N. Trefethen titled Spectra and Pseudospectra: The Behavior of Nonnormal Matrices and Operators.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Rhodes Scholarships Go To Four With D.C. or VA. Ties". The Washington Post. December 11, 1995.