Salgado Recognized for Excellence in Research
Abner Salgado, professor of mathematics, received the Excellence in Research & Creative Achievement Award for Mid-Career Faculty at the 2023 College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Convocation.
Salgado received his PhD from Texas A&M University in 2010 and joined the faculty of UT in 2013 after finishing his postdoc at the University of Maryland with research in numerical analysis. He is a very talented numerical analyst, one of the best in the country in his generation.
During the past 10 years at UT, Salgado’s research has focused on the design and analysis of efficient yet accurate computational algorithms for solving PDEs which describe fractional diffusion and complex fluids. He is a world leader in these areas and has been invited to deliver plenary presentations in the country and around the world. Salgado has a phenomenal record of research productivity, with over 80 publications and many of them have appeared in the most prestigious journals in his research area. His research has been continuously supported by NSF in the past 10 years.
In 2022, Salgado and his UT colleague Steven Wise published a mammoth textbook—almost 1,000 pages—titled Classical Numerical Analysis: A Comprehensive Course, by Cambridge University Press. The book received very good reviews.