Brian Munsky

Current Position

  • (2014-Present) Assistant Professor; Chemical and Biological Engineering; Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO
  • (2010-Present) q-bio Summer School Organizer and Research Scientist; New Mexico Consotrium; Los Alamos NM

  • Previous Positions

  • (2013); Scientist II, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Los Alamos, NM
  • (2010-2013); Richard P Feynman Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow in Theory and Computing; Los Alamos National Laboratory; Los Alamos, NM
  • (2008-2010); Director's Postdoctoral Fellow; Los Alamos National Laboratory; Los Alamos, NM

  • Education

  • [Curriculum Vita (.pdf)] - Updated April, 2014
  • B.S. (2000) Aerospace Engineering, Penn State
  • M.S. (2002) Aerospace Engineering, Penn State
  • Ph.D. (2008) Mechanical Engineering, UC-Santa Barbara [Dissertation (.pdf)]

  • Awards

  • Los Alamos National Laboratory Postdoctoral Distinguished Performance award, 2012
  • NSF/I2CAM Workshop Support Award ($25,000 in support), 2011
  • SIAM Conference in the Life Sciences (LS10) Poster Award, 2010
  • Leon Heller Postdoctoral Publication Prize in Theoretical Physics, 2010
  • Richard P. Feynman Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2010
  • UCSB Department of Mechanical Engineering Best Ph.D. Dissertation for the 2007-2008 Academic Year, 2009
  • Los Alamos National Laboratory Directors Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2008
  • Best Presentation in Session, 27th American Controls Conference, 2008
  • UCSB Student Travel Grant, 2007
  • UCSB Department of Mechanical Engineering Graduate Research Fellowship, 2003
  • UCSB Chancellor's Graduate Research Fellowship, 2003
  • National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, 2001
  • American Helicopter Society Vertical Flight Foundation Award, 1999 and 2000
  • Penn State University Schreyer Ambassador Travel Grant, 1999
  • Mary Ilgen Memorial Scholarship, 1999
  • Schreyer Honors College Academic Excellence Award, 1996