The U.S. National Science Foundation & the U.S. Embassy in Prague present:
MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT
A lecture by Dr. Zeev Rosenzweig
In his presentation, Dr. Zeev Rosenzweig will describe the working principles of the U.S. National Science
Foundation’s Math and Physical Sciences Directorate (MPS) and major scientific drivers currently pursued by
the MPS directorate, including but not limited to energy and environment, molecular basis of life,
nanoscience beyond Moore's law, and cyber-enabled science. He will also discuss the interactions of the MPS
directorate with other National Science Foundation units and funding agencies as well as international
collaborative programs.
With an annual budget of $1.4 billion, the Math and Physical Sciences Directorate at the U.S. National
Science Foundation (NSF) is the largest among the seven directorates of NSF. MPS supports basic research
in mathematics, physics, astronomy, chemistry, and materials science. MPS-supported research in the
physical and mathematical sciences provides the basis for advances in other engineering, technical, and
health-related disciplines and for industrial and technological development. MPS researchers investigate the
structure and evolution of the universe and the fundamental particles and processes of matter, the behavior
and control of molecules at the nanoscale and the complexity of their chemical interactions in materials and
life processes. Research in MPS fields has resulted in the development of new mathematical structures and
theories and connections to computation, experimentation, and observation.
DR. ZEEV ROSENZWEIG received his PhD in physical chemistry from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1992. He is a professor at the
University of New Orleans’ Department of Chemistry and Program Director of the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Chemistry Division. Dr.
Rosenzweig manages NSF’s International Collaborative Research (ICC) program, which includes ten partnering agencies in Europe and Asia. He also
manages the environmental chemical sciences program in the Division of Chemistry and chairs the MPS working group on climate research. Dr.
Rosenzweig’s research focuses on the development of new luminescent nanocomposite particles and their biological applications. While at NSF he
continues to guide his research group at the University of New Orleans.
WHEN:
September 3, 2010 at 10:00 AM
WHERE:
Americké centrum, Tržiště 13, Praha 1 – Malá Strana
CONTACT:
+420 257 022 668, SmithLevyRM@state.gov, www.americkecentrum.cz