Irina Tezaur

Irina Kalashnikova Tezaur (born c. 1984, also published as Irina Kalashnikova) is an American applied mathematician and a distinguished member of the technical staff at the Sandia National Laboratories.[1] Her research concerns multiscale modeling[2] and the computational fluid dynamics of compressible flow and of ice sheet dynamics.[3]

Education and career

Tezaur emigrated from Russia to the United States with her parents, a computer scientist and a physicist, in 1992, when she was eight years old. Initially, they lived in Detroit, Michigan,[3] later moving to nearby West Bloomfield.[4] She majored in mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 2006 with both a bachelor's and master's degree. She went to Stanford University for continued study in computational and mathematical engineering, and completed her Ph.D. in 2011 under the supervision of Charbel Farhat.[5]

Her graduate studies also included work as a year-round technical intern at Sandia, in its Aerosciences Department, and when she finished her Ph.D. she became a senior member of the technical staff in Sandia's Computational Mathematics Department. She was promoted to principal member in 2015 and distinguished member in 2021.[5]

Recognition

Tezaur is a 2019 recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, honored "for developing new, impactful mathematical methods and computer algorithms to enable real-time analysis, control and decision-making on computationally prohibitive problems relevant to the nuclear security mission and climate modeling".[4]

References

  1. ^ Selected Mathematics, Computing & Information Science Experts, Sandia National Laboratories, retrieved 2026-03-18
  2. ^ Langley, Michael Ellis (29 August 2019), "Getting to the nuts and bolts of nuts and bolts", Sandia Lab News, Sandia National Laboratories, retrieved 2026-03-18
  3. ^ a b Garberson, Jeff (3 October 2019), "From Moscow to Livermore: A Sandia Computer Scientist Tells of Her Compelling Journey", The Independent, retrieved 2026-03-18
  4. ^ a b Singer, Neal (1 August 2019), "Four Sandia researchers win Presidential Early Career Award", Sandia Lab News, Sandia National Laboratories, retrieved 2026-03-18
  5. ^ a b Curriculum vitae (PDF), Sandia National Laboratories, March 2026, retrieved 2026-03-18
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