Jim Michael Cushing
Professor Emeritus
Department of Mathematics
Interdisciplinary Program in Applied Mathematics
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Education
B.A. Magnum cum laude (Mathematics), University of Colorado, Boulder CO, 1964
Ph.D. (Applied Mathematics), University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1968
Professional Recognition
2021 Bernd Aulbach Prize, International Society of Difference Equations
2013 Inaugual class of Fellows of the Americal Mathematical Society
2020 Full Member, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society
Editorial Boards
Journal of Biological Dynamics (co-editor-in-chief)
Journal of Difference Equations and Applications (editor)
Nonlinear Studies (editor)
Professional Positions
2021-present: Professor Emeritus, University of Arizona
2021-present: Adjunct faculty member, Simon A. Levin Mathematical, Computational & Modeling Sciences Center, Arizona State University
1979-2021: Professor, University of Arizona
2014-2018: Vice President of the International Society of Difference Equations
2009-2013: President of the International Society of Difference Equations
2002-2005: Associate Head for Computing
1999: Visiting Professor, Ubon Ratchathani University, Thailand
1983-1984: Associate Head, Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona
1973-1979: Associate Professor, University of Arizona
1978-1979: Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, University of Tubingen, Germany
1971-1972: IBM Postdoctoral Fellow, Yorktown Heights, New York
1968-1973: Assistant Professor, University of Arizona
1967-1968: Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Maryland
1964-1967: National Defense Education Act Fellow, University of Maryland
Member of
American Mathematical Society
SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics)
Society for Mathematical Biology
International Society of Difference Equations