CURRICULUM VITA OF GELU POPESCU July 2007 ACADEMIC TRAINING

CURRICULUM VITA OF GELU POPESCU July 2007 ACADEMIC TRAINING 1978-1982: University of Timisoara, Romania, B.S., August 1982. 1982-1983: University of Bucharest, Romania, M.S., August 1983. 1991-1993: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, Ph.D. in Mathematics, August 1993. PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND 1983-1991: Junior Researcher, Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy, Romania. 1991-1993: Teaching Assistant, Texas A&M University, TX. 1993-1994: Lecturer, U.T. San Antonio, TX. 1994-1997: Assistant Professor, U.T. San Antonio, TX. 1997-2000: Associate Professor, U.T. San Antonio, TX. 2000-Pres: Professor, U.T. San Antonio, TX. REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS 1. G. Popescu, Isometric dilations of P-commuting contractions, Revue Roumaine de Mathematiques Pures et Appliquees 31 (1986), 383 393. 2. G. Popescu, On quasi-similarity of contractions with finite defect indices, Integral Equations and Operator Theory 11 (1988), 883 892. 3. G. Popescu, Models for infinite sequences of noncommuting operators, Acta Scientiarum Mathematicarum 53 (1989), 355 368. 4. G. Popescu, Isometric dilations for infinite sequences of noncommuting operators, Transactions of the American Mathematical Society 316 (1989), 523 536. 5. G. Popescu, Characteristic functions for infinite sequences of noncommuting operators, Journal of Operator Theory 22 (1989), 51 71. 1

2 6. G. Popescu, Multi-analytic operators and some factorization theorems, Indiana University Mathematics Journal 38 (1989), 693 710. 7. G. Popescu, Von Neumann inequality for (B(H) n ) 1, Mathematica Scandinavica 68 (1991), 292 304. 8. G. Popescu, On similarity of operators to isometries, Michigan Mathematical Journal 39 (1992), 385 393. 9. G. Popescu, On intertwining dilations for sequences of noncommuting operators, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications 167 (1992), 382 402. 10. G. Popescu, Noncommutative dilation theory on Fock spaces, Ph.D.Thesis, Texas A&M University, 1993. 11. G. Popescu, Multi analytic operators on Fock spaces, Mathematische Annalen 303 (1995), 31 46. 12. A. Arias, G. Popescu, Factorization and reflexivity on Fock spaces, Integral Equations and Operator Theory 23 (1995), 268 286. 13. G. Popescu, Functional calculus for noncommuting operators, Michigan Mathematical Journal 42 (1995), 345 356. 14. G. Popescu, Non-commutative disc algebras and their representations, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society 124 (1996), 2137 2148. 15. G. Popescu, Positive-definite functions on free semigroups, Canadian Journal of Mathematics 48 (1996), 887-896. 16. G. Popescu, Noncommutative Wold decompositions for semigroups of isometries, Indiana University Mathematics Journal 47 (1998), 277 296. 17. K.R. Davidson and G. Popescu, Noncommutative disc algebras for semigroups, Canadian Journal of Mathematics 50 (1998), 290 311. 18. G. Popescu, Noncommutative joint dilations and free product operator algebras, Pacific Journal of Mathematics 186 (1998), 111 140. 19. G. Popescu, Interpolation problems in several variables, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications 227 (1998), 227 250. 20. G. Popescu, Universal operator algebras associated to contractive sequences of noncommuting operators, Journal of the London Mathematical Society 58 (1998), 469 479. 21. G. Popescu, Poisson transforms on some C -algebras generated by isometries, Journal of Functional Analysis 161 (1999), 27 61.

22. G. Popescu, A generalization of Beurling s theorem and a class of reflexive algebras, Journal of Operator Theory 41 (1999), 391 420. 23. G. Popescu, Positive definite kernels on free product semigroups and universal algebras, Mathematica Scandinavica 84 (1999), 137 160. 24. A. Arias and G. Popescu, Noncommutative interpolation and Poisson transforms II, Houston Mathematical Journal 25 (1999), 79 98. 25. G. Popescu, Structure and entropy for Toeplitz kernels, Comptes Rendus de l Académie des Sciences, Paris, Series I: Mathematics 329 (1999), 129 134. 26. A. Arias and G. Popescu, Noncommutative interpolation and Poisson transforms, Israel Journal of Mathematics 115 (2000), 205 234. 27. G. Popescu, A lifting theorem for symmetric commutants, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society 129 (2001), 1705 1711. 28. G. Popescu, Structure and entropy for positive-definite Toeplitz kernels on free semigroups, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications 254 (2001), 191 218. 29. G. Popescu, Commutant lifting, tensor algebras, and functional calculus, Proceedings of the Edinburg Mathematical Society 44 (2001), 389 406. 30. G. Popescu, Spectral commutant lifting in several variables, Transactions of the American Mathematical Society 353 (2001), 2843 2857. 31. G. Popescu, Curvature invariant for Hilbert modules over free semigroup algebras, Advances in Mathematics 158 (2001), 264 309. 32. G. Popescu, Central intertwining lifting, suboptimization, and interpolation in several variables, Journal of Functional Analysis 189 (2002), 132 154. 33. V. I. Paulsen, G. Popescu, and D.Singh, On Bohr s inequality, Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society 85 (2002), 493 512. 34. G. Popescu, Meromorphic interpolation in several variables, Linear Algebra and its Applications 357 (2002), 173 196. 35. A. Gheondea, G. Popescu, Bounded characteristic functions and models for noncontractive sequences of operators, Integral Equations and Operator Theory 45 (2003), 15 38. 36. A. Gheondea, G. Popescu, Joint similarity and dilations for noncontractive sequences of operators, Journal of Functional Analysis 197 (2003), 68 109. 37. G. Popescu, Similarity and ergodic theory for linear maps, Journal fur die Reine und Angewandte Mathematik 561 (2003), 87 129. 38. G. Popescu, Multivariable Nehari problem and interpolation, Journal of Functional Analysis 200 (2003), 536 581. 39. G. Popescu, Multivariable moment problems, Positivity 8 (2004), 339 367. 3

4 40. G. Popescu, Operator theory on noncommutative varieties, Indiana University Mathematics Journal 56 (2006), 389 442. 41. G. Popescu, Commutator lifting inequalities and interpolation, Pacific Journal of Mathematics 225 (2006), 155 175. 42. G. Popescu, Characteristic functions and joint invariant subspaces, Journal of Functional Analysis 236 (2006) 236 (2006), 277-320. 43. G. Popescu, Free holomorphic functions on the unit ball of B(H) n, Journal of Functional Analysis 241 (2006), 268-333. 44. G. Popescu, Operator theory on noncommutative varieties II, Proceedings of of the American Mathematical Society 135 (2007), 2151 2164. 45. G. Popescu, Multivariable Bohr inequalities, Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, in press (2007), (35 pages). 46. G. Popescu, von Neumann inequality on noncommutative domains, to appear in T. Constantinescu memorial volume (2007), (17 pages). 47. G. Popescu, Noncommutative Berezin transforms and multivariable operator model theory, Journal of Functional Analysis, in press (2007), (55 pages). 48. G. Popescu, Noncommutative transforms and free pluriharmonic functions, Advances in Mathematics, submitted for publication, (60 pages). BOOKS 1. G. Popescu, Entropy and multivariable interpolation, Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society 868 (2006), (83 pages). 2. G. Popescu, Unitary invariants in multivariable operator theory, Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society, to appear (2007), (100 pages). 3. G. Popescu, Operator theory on noncommutative domains, Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society, submitted for publication, (125 pages). BOOK IN PREPARATION Multivariable Noncommutative Operator Theory Chapters written: (1) Noncommutative dilation theory (2) Universal algebras associated with row contractions (3) Multi-analytic operators on Fock spaces (4) Characteristic functions and functional models

5 PAPER PRESENTATIONS - Conference Talks 1984 The 8 th International Conference on Operator Theory, Timisoara, Romania. 1985 The 9 th International Conference on Operator Theory, Timisoara, Romania. 1986 The 10 th International Conference on Operator Theory, Bucharest, Romania. 1987 The 11 th International Conference on Operator Theory, Bucharest, Romania. 1988 The 12 th International Conference on Operator Theory, Timisoara, Romania. 1989 The 13 th International Conference on Operator Theory, Craiova, Romania. 1990 The 14 th International Conference on Operator Theory, Predeal, Romania. 1993 American Mathematical Society, Annual Meeting, San Antonio, 1993 Great Plains Operator Theory Symposium, Boulder, Colorado. 1993 American Mathematical Society, Regional Meeting, College Station, Texas (invited 1994 Great Plains Operator Theory Symposium, Lincoln, Nebraska. 1994 Texas A&M and U. T. Joint Functional Analysis Seminar, College Station, 1995 Great Plains Operator Theory Symposium, Cincinatti, Ohio. 1995 Texas A&M and U. T. Joint Functional Analysis Seminar, College Station, 1996 American Mathematical Society, Regional Meeting, Iowa City, Iowa (invited 1996 The 16 th International Conference on Operator Theory, Timisoara, Romania. 1997 Canadian Operator Algebra Conference and Great Plains Operator Theory Symposium, Kingston, Canada. 1997 American Mathematical Society, Annual Meeting, San Diego, California (invited 1997 Operator Spaces Conference and U.T. Joint Functional Analysis Seminar, College Station, Texas (invited 1998 American Mathematical Society, Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland (invited 1998 North Carolina Miniconference on Operator Theory & Operator Algebras, East Carolina University (invited 1998 Great Plains Operator Theory Symposium, Manhattan, Kansas.

6 1998 Texas A&M and U.T. Joint Functional Analysis Seminar, College Station, 1998 The 17 th International Conference on Operator Theory, Timisoara, Romania. 1999 American Mathematical Society, Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas (invited 1999 American Mathematical Society, Regional Meeting, Urbana, Illinois (invited 1999 Great Plains Operator Theory Symposium, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. 1999 Texas A&M and U. T. Joint Functional Analysis Seminar, College Station, 2000 Semester in Free probability and operator spaces, Institute Henri Poincaré, Paris, France (invited 2000 Great Plains Operator Theory Symposium, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2000 The 18 th International Conference on Operator Theory, Timisoara, Romania. 2001 Texas A&M and U. T. Joint Functional Analysis Seminar, College Station, 2002 Great Plains Operator Theory Symposium, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina. 2002 The 19 th International Conference on Operator Theory, Timisoara, Romania (main 2002 International Workshop on Operator Theory and its Applications, Blacksburg, Virginia (invited 2003 Great Plains Operator Theory Symposium, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign (invited 2003 Operator Spaces and Applications, Marseille, France (invited 2004 Great Plains Operator Theory Symposium, Texas A&M University (main 2004 The 20 th International Conference on Operator Theory, Timisoara, Romania. 2005 Great Plains Operator Theory Symposium, University of Central Florida. 2005 Invariant and hyperinvariant subspaces, Texas A&M University (invited 2005 Wabash Miniconference, Indianapolis (invited

2006 The 21 st International Conference on Operator Theory, Timisoara, Romania (main 2006 Great Plains Operator Theory Symposium, University of Iowa. 2006 American Mathematical Society Meeting, University of Utah, (invited 2007 Great Plains Operator Theory Symposium, University of Nebraska (featured 2007 Operator Spaces, noncommutative L p spaces and Applications, Marseille, France (invited 7 SEMINARS University of Timisoara, University of Bucharest, Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy, Romania, Texas A&M University, U.T. San Antonio, University of Houston, University of Waterloo, East Carolina University, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, University of Puerto Rico, Purdue University. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Conferences Organized: 1994: Informal Regional Functional Analysis Seminar, U.T. San Antonio (coorganizer). Referee/Reviewer for: Comptes Rendus de l Academie des Sciences, Paris Mathematiche Annalen Journal of Functional Analysis Journal fur die Reine und Angewandte Mathematik Journal of the London Mathematical Society Transactions of the American Mathematical Society Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society Journal of Operator Theory Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications Pacific Journal of Mathematics Indiana University Mathematics Journal Integral Equations and Operator Theory Operator Theory: Advances and Applications Revue Roumaine de Mathematiques Pures et Appliquees Acta Scientarum Mathematicarum

8 Positivity Houston Math. Journal Linear Algebra and Applications International Journal of Mathematics Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics National Science Foundation Binational Science Foundation TEACHING EXPERIENCE Graduate courses taught:. Functional Analysis, Complex Analysis, Theory of Functions of a Real Variable, Linear Algebra and Matrix Theory. Undergraduate courses taught:. College Algebra, Precalculus, Calculus I, Calculus II, Calculus III, Linear Algebra, Foundation of Mathematics, Foundations of Analysis, Real Analysis I, Real Analysis II, Complex Variables. HONORS AND AWARDS 1979: Second Prize of the National Olympiad of Mathematics, Romania. 1980: First Prize of the National Olympiad of Mathematics, Romania. 1980: Honour Diploma - Balkan Olympiad of Mathematics, Ankara, Turkey. 1989: Simion Stoilow, First Prize of the Romanian Academy of Sciences, Romania. 2000: Faculty Development Leave for Spring 2000. 2004: President s Distinguished Achivement Award for Research Excellence, University of Texas at San Antonio 2005: Faculty Development Leave for Spring 2005. FUNDED GRANTS 1994: National Science Foundation, Department of Modern Analysis, Grant 9311902 (Young Investigator Award; Principal Investigators: W.B. Johnson, D.R. Larson, G. Pisier and J. Zinn). 1995: National Science Foundation, Department of Modern Analysis, Grant 9311902 (Young Investigator Award; Principal Investigators: W.B. Johnson, D.R. Larson, G. Pisier and J. Zinn). 1996-2000: National Science Foundation, Department of Modern Analysis, Grant 9531954, Noncommutative Harmonic Analysis and Operator Algebras (Principal Investigator Gelu Popescu).

2000-2001: National Research Council, Collaboration in Basic Science and Engineering (COBASE) Grant: Dilation Theory on Fock spaces with indefinite metric and non-analytic interpolation (Principal Investigator Gelu Popescu). 2001-2004: National Science Foundation, Department of Modern Analysis, Noncommutative Harmonic Analysis, Operator Algebras, and Interpolation (Principal Investigator Gelu Popescu). 2004-2007: National Science Foundation, Department of Modern Analysis, Topics in Multivariable Operator Theory and Interpolation (Principal Investigator Gelu Popescu). 2007-2010: National Science Foundation, Department of Modern Analysis, Multivariable Operator Theory on Noncommutative domains (Principal Investigator Gelu Popescu, recommended. 9