MICHAEL LIVSHITS 36 Linnaean Street, apt. 14, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 Telephone: (617) 650-3751; e-mail: michaelliv@gmail.com Home page on the web: http://www.mathfoolery.com PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 1999-2009: Teaching Calculus and Topology under HSSP and SPLASH at MIT (it was a volunteer work, see http://esp.mit.edu/ for details) November 1998 - July 2003, March 2004 - June 2005 Library Assistant, BAKER LIBRARY at HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL September 1997 - December 1997 Part-time Calculus Instructor, SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY, Boston, MA June 1992 - September 1999 Certified Home Health Aide and Interpreter, OPTIMUM HOME HEALTH, Newton, MA; HEALTH FORCE, Arlington, MA (till 5/96); OLSTEN-KIMBERLY QUALITY CARE, INC., Watertown, MA (till 8/95); UNLIMITED CARE, INC., Boston, MA (till 11/93); CAMBRIDGE CARE, Cambridge, MA (till 12/94) September 1985 - May 1990 Teaching Assistant in Mathematics, BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Waltham, MA February 1984 - June 1985 Part-time Consultant, ATMOSPHERIC & ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, INC., Cambridge, MA Handled mathematical and numerical problems arising in satellite data processing, radiative transfer and climate modeling. September 1982 - May 1983 Calculus Instructor, IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY, Ames, IA Taught two calculus courses; did research in nonlinear PDEs. July 1979 - June 1982 Scientific Programmer, ATMOSPHERIC & ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, INC., Cambridge, MA Handled mathematical and numerical problems in two-dimensional photochemical atmospheric modeling, air pollution modeling, solar physics and climate modeling. July 1978 - June 1979 Independent Contractor, EXXON PRODUCTION RESEARCH COMPANY, Houston, TX Worked on seismic data processing. May 1977 - October 1977 Research Assistant, ATMOSPHERIC & ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, INC., Cambridge, MA Maintained a photochemical atmospheric model program; designed and developed a software package for photochemical calculations. July 1976 - November 1976 Part-time Consultant, LENINGRAD INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS & OPTICS, Leningrad, USSR Developed a mathematical model for motion of a string of sensors in fluid; assisted in research on behavior of drilling platforms in the ocean. April 1974 - April 1976 Software Developer, SHIPYARD DESIGN OFFICE, Leningrad, USSR Designed and took part in the development and implementation of a computer program for scheduling construction projects. EDUCATION: September 1985 - June 1990 Graduate student in mathematics, BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Waltham, MA September 1983 - December 1983 Graduate student in mathematics, UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, Iowa City, IA As a research assistant, worked on reaction-diffusion models in biology and on numerical analysis of Monge-Ampere equations. September 1978 - June 1978 Interdepartmental graduate student, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge, MA Studied pure and applied mathematics. As a research assistant at the Ocean Engineering Department, worked on free surface hydrodynamics of slender bodies. September 1968 - February 1974 M.S. summa cum laude in Applied Mathematics, LENINGRAD SHIPBUILDING INSTITUTE, USSR PUBLICATIONS: "You Could Simplify Calculus" http://arxiv.org/abs/0905.3611 "Solvability of the Two-dimensional Kelvin-Neumann Problem for a Submerged Circular Cylinder" (with V. Maz'ya), Applicable Ananlysis, vol 64, 1997, pp. 1-5. "Scattering Properties of Precipitation for the AFGL RADTRAN Model" (with R. G. Isaacs and R. D. Worsham), Applied Optics, vol. 27, no. 1, 1988, pp. 14-16. "The Seasonal and Latitudinal Behavior of Trace Gases and Ozone as Simulated by a Two-dimensional Model of the Atmosphere" (with M. K. W. Ko, M. B. McElroy, J. A. Pyle, and N. D. Sze), Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, vol. 41, no. 16, 1984, pp. 2381-2 408. "On Stationary Oscillations of a Submerged Ball", Proceedings of Leningrad Shipbuilding Institute, no. 91, 1973 (in Russian). HOBBIES: Bicycling, chess, mathematics, mushroom hunting, poetry, skiing, visual design (see my shop at cafeshops.com/irreverence), yoga.