Jonathan Kommemi

Fourth-year Undergraduate

Department of Mathematics, UC San Diego

Holst Research Group

Email: jkommemi@ucsd.edu

 

 

Advisor: Prof. Michael J. Holst, Department of Mathematics UC San Diego

 

Research Interests: Mathematical Physics, Symplectic Numerical Integrators

 

Currently, working on a paper regarding the constraints of general relativity with Michael J. Holst and Gabriel Nagy.

 

Publications/ Theses:

 

M. Holst, J. Kommemi and G. Nagy, Rough solutions of the Einstein constraint equations with nonconstant mean curvature. Submitted to Comm. Math. Phys. (Paper at arXiv: 0708.3410v2[gr-qc])

 

Variational methods for weak solutions to the Einstein Hamiltonian constraint on finite domains with boundary (2007) Undergraduate Honors Thesis. 

Honors with Highest Distinction (a first for the Department of Mathematics).

Advisor: Michael J. Holst. 

 

Other Research Projects:

 

*    Nonconstant mean curvature solutions of the Einstein constraint equations via variational techniques. 2006 SRP UC San Diego.  Advisor: Michael J. Holst.

 

*      Quantum logic bits using electrons on the surface of a liquid helium film. 2005 Calit2 UC San Diego. Advisor: John M. Goodkind. Department of Physics.

 

Awards/Honors:

 

*      2007-2008 Errett Bishop Memorial Scholar. Department of Mathematics, UC San Diego.

 

*      Spring 2007 Revelle Provost Honors.  Previously, Winter 2006, Fall 2005, Fall 2004.

 

*     2007 admitted to National Security Agency (NSA) Director’s Summer Program (DSP).

 

*     2007 California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) Research Scholar, UC San Diego.

 

*      2006-2007 Department of Physical Sciences Dean Award of Excellence. UC San Diego

 

*      2006-2007 Errett Bishop Memorial Scholar. Department of Mathematics, UC San Diego.

 

*      2006-2007 Summer Research Program (SRP) Scholar. UC San Diego.

 

*      2005 California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) Research Scholar, UC San Diego.


Teaching:

 

*     Winter 2008: Math 10c. Instructor: A. Linshaw. calculus, 3rd quarter of sequence.

 

*      Fall 2008: Math 3c. Instructor: A. Regev. pre-calculus.

 

*      Summer Session I 2007: Math 10b. Instructor: R. Szypowski. calculus, 2nd quarter of sequence.

 

*      Spring 2007: Math 10c. Instructor: L. Stevens. calculus, 3rd quarter of sequence.

 

*      Winter 2007: Math 10b. Instructor: D. Bell. calculus, 2nd quarter of sequence.