Background
Coffey, Mark William was born on October 24, 1957 in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. Son of William Davis and Patricia Avalon Coffey.
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Mark William Coffey
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Mark William Coffey, American Theoretical physicist, applied mathematician. Achievements include research of electrodynamic and thermodynamic properties of type II superconductors, static and dynamic properties of vortices, inverse problems in magnetic force microscopy, symmetries and exact solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations and cell discretization algorithm for the numerical solution of partial differential equations.
Education
Bachelor of Science, U. Iowa, 1980; Master of Philosophy, New York University, 1983; Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics, New York University, 1983; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Iowa State University, 1991.
Career
Mathematics instructor, New York University, 1980-1982; science programmer, International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, Palo Alto, California, 1983-1985; engineer, programmer, International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1985-1988; research assistant, Iowa State University, Ames, 1989-1991; National Research Council postdoctoral fellow, National Institute Studies and Technology, Boulder, Colorado, 1992-1994; applied mathematics instructor, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1994-1995; visiting professor, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1995-1997; physicist, senior systems engineer, Gen Dynamics Information Sys. and TRW, since 1997. Lecturer U. Colorado physics department, Boulder, since 1992. Visiting professor Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, 1994.
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Membership
Member American Physical Society, American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American, Society Industrial andApplied Mathematics Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Eta Sigma.
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American