Simon Brain Email & Phone Number

Language skills:-English (mother tongue)-Italian (adv; three years in Trieste)-French (int-adv; two years in Luxembourg, teaching a lecture course in French)-Dutch (int, four years in the Netherlands)-German (Adv level grade A in the UK; two months in Bonn)Work experience:-Post-doctoral researcher and lecturer at Radboud University Nijmegen (2013-present), University of Trieste (2010-2013), University of Wollongong (2013-2016), SISSA (2007-2009), University of Oxford (2005-2007)-Funded by very competitive research grants (EU Marie Curie, NWO Free Competition)-Research in mathematics, both individually and with international colleagues-Dissemination of results via published journal articles, invited lectures at internal conferences and seminar series-Responsible for grant management, funding and expenses-Teaching at all undergraduate and graduate levels across a broad spectrum of topics in both pure and applied mathematics-Successful creation and supervision of bachelor and PhD thesis projects-Organization and securing funding for international conferences and workshops-Organization of departmental seminar series (Luxembourg and Nijmegen)IT skills:-Typesetting software (LaTex, MS Word, PDF display software) -Spreadsheet software (MS Excel) -Publishing software and coding (HTML, Wordpress) -E-learning software (Blackboard, Osiris, Moodle) Other activities: -Dancing Lindy Hop 2011-present, Luxembourg, Zagreb, Nijmegen -Teaching Lindy Hop, 2012-present, Luxembourg, Nijmegen -Co-founder of the dance group Lindy What? Nijmegen, 2014-present, author of our website www.lindynijmegen.nl and my homepage www.simon-brain.com -Organisation of local dance classes, international dance workshops and social events -Experienced at growing communities, both professionally and also in the Lindy Hop world -Over 25 years of playing and performing jazz guitar -Avid and devoted lover of cricket, in particular as a supporter of Glamorgan CCC