Björn Engquist
Björn Engquist | |
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| Born | 2 June 1945 |
| Alma mater | University of Uppsala |
| Known for | |
| Awards | George David Birkhoff Prize (2012) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Applied mathematics |
| Institutions | University of California, Los Angeles Princeton University University of Texas at Austin |
| Doctoral advisor | Heinz-Otto Kreiss |
| Doctoral students | |
Björn Engquist (also known as Bjorn Engquist; born 2 June 1945 in Stockholm) is a Swedish mathematician, who is a professor at the Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics at University of Texas at Austin. He has been a leading contributor in the areas of multiscale modeling and scientific computing, and a productive educator of applied mathematicians.