Florian Alexander Potra

Background

Potra, Florian Alexander was born on December 7, 1950 in Cluj, Romania. Son of Ioan and Ana (Popa) Potra. came to the United States, 1982.

Education

Master of Science, Babes-Bolyai U., Cluj, 1973; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Bucharest, 1980.

Career

Analyst, IPGGH, Bucharest, Romania, 1974-1978; researcher, INCREST, Bucharest, 1978-1982; postdoctoral researcher, U. Pittsburgh, 1982-1983; assistant professor, U. Pittsburgh, 1983-1984; associate professor, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1984-1990; professor, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1990-1998; professor, U. Maryland. Baltimore County, since 1998. Visiting researcher Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Rice University, University Catania, Italy, Konrad Zuse Zentrum, Berlin, U. Darmstadt, Germany, 1990, U. Karlsruhe, Germany, 1987-1991, Argonne National Laboratory, 1991, U. Geneva, 1993, U. NSW, Sydney, 1995, U. Rome, 1996, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique, France, 1996.

Program director National Science Foundation, 1997-1998.

Achievements

• Florian Alexander Potra has been listed as a noteworthy Mathematics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married ELena Lavric, November 15, 1973. 1 child, Valentin.

Father:

Ioan Potra

Mother:

Ana (Popa) Potra

Spouse:

ELena Lavric

child:

Valentin Potra