NECIBE TUNCER

  Education

  Ph. D. in Mathematics, Auburn Univeristy, 2007
  • Thesis: A novel finite element discretization of domains with spheroidal geometry
  • Advisor: Prof. Amnon J. Meir
  Master of Science, Mathematics, Dokuz Eylul University, 2001
  • Thesis: On the convergence and iterates of q-Bernstein polynomials
  • Advisor: Prof. Halil Oruc
  Bachelor of Science, Mathematics, Dokuz Eylul University, 1999
  • Senior Honors Project: Shooting Method and Extrapolation for Singular Two-Point Boundary Value Problems
  • Advisor: Prof. Sennur Somali

  Positions

  • University of Florida, Department of Mathematics, 2008-Present
  • John Thompson Research Assistant Professor
  • Georgia State University, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, 2007-2008
  • Lecturer
  • Auburn University, Department of Mathematics, 2002-2007
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant
  • Dokuz Eylul University, Department of Mathematics, 1999-2001
  • Research Assistant

  Publications

  1. Necibe Tuncer, “Finite element method on arbitrary surfaces,”submitted.

  2. Alexandra Smirnova, Necibe Tuncer, “Inverse problem of groundwater hydrology by preconditioned iteratively regularized Gauss-Newton method,” submitted.

  3. Necibe Tuncer, Maia Martcheva, “Analytical and numerical approaches to coexistence of strains in a two strain SIS model with diffusion,” submitted.

  4. A.J. Meir, Necibe Tuncer, “Radially projected finite elements,” SIAM Journal of Scientific Computing, Vol.31, No.3, (2009).

  5. A.B. Bakushinsky, A.B. Smirnova and N. Tuncer, “Relative computational efficiency of iteratively regularized methods.” Journal of Inverse and Ill-posed Problems. 16, N7, 681694 (2008).

  6. N. Tuncer, “A novel finite element discretization of domains with spheroidal geometry,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Auburn University Library, (2007).

  7. S. Somali and N. Tuncer, “Shooting method and extrapolation for singular two-point boundary value problems,” International Journal of Computational and Numerical Analysis and Applications, (2004), 1-11.

  8. H. Oruc, and N. Tuncer, “On the convergence and iterates of q-Bernstein polynomials,” Journal of Approximation Theory, 117 (2002), 301-313.

  9. H. Oruc and N. Tuncer, “On the q-Bernstein polynomials,” Proceedings of Algorithms for Approximations IV, University Huddersfield Press, (2002), 52-59.

  10. A. B. Smirnova and N. Tuncer, Book chapter, “Iteratively Regularized Methods for Inverse Problem in Optical Tomography” Introduction to Iterative Methods for Ill-Posed Problems, Gruyter, Germany, (2010).
  Work in Progress:
  1. Necibe Tuncer, A.J. Meir, Anotida Madzwamuse, “Radially projected finite elements for reaction diffusion systems on arbitrary surfaces,” near completion for submission.

  2. Necibe Tuncer, A.J. Meir, Anotida Madzwamuse, “Finite element method for pattern formation on evolving surfaces,” near completion for submission.

  3. Necibe Tuncer, Yun Mei Chen, “Inverse problem for a PET scan imaging.”

  4. Necibe Tuncer, Maia Martcheva, Patrick De Leenheer, “A two strain SIS model with equal diffusion coefficients.”

  5. Maia Martcheva, Necibe Tuncer, “Comparison of avian influenza models by their fit to human influenza cases.”
  NSF Grants:
  1. Maia Martcheva (PI), Necibe Tuncer (CO-PI), Avian Flu: Modeling and implications for control, to be submitted, January 2011.

  2. Alexandra Smirnova (PI), Necibe Tuncer (CO-PI), Advanced computational methods in optical tomographic images, (declined), 2008.

  Collaborators

  • Maia Martcheva
  • Alexandra Smirnova
  • Anotida Madzvamuse
  • Yunmei Chen
  • Amnon J. Meir
  • Halil Oruc
  • Sennur Somali

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