Axel Osses, CMM researcher, was honored by the President of the Republic of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, for reaching the highest level as lecturer within the university hierarchy in a ceremony that took place on 19th December 2014 and was marked by the 172th anniversary of Universidad de Chile.
“This award as a tenured lecturer represents the most valuable recognition from my peers for my academic career. Therefore it is truly an honour and I owe it to all my teachers and students”, pointed out Osses.
Axel Osses obtained a PhD in Applied Mathematics at the École Polytechnique in 1998. His research areas are linked to control and inverse problems in partial different equations. Not only he has lectured for 23 years and published already 40 papers, but also he is director from the Department of Mathematical Engineering (DIM) at Universidad de Chile.
“This ceremony was also a kind of investiture. It means dressing with Universidad de Chile and the tradition of public education excellence, with its transforming energy and challenging present”, added Osses.
Gunther Uhlmann, CMM associate researcher and inspiring figure for Axel Osses, stressed: “When I met Axel in 2001 I was impressed by his talent, even if he looked very young (and still he does). He is able to work with a wide range of mathematical problems, from Carleman´s inequality to applications with the environment or medical images”.
“Axel is very kind and has an extremely interesting personality. I am sure he is an excellent professor and mentor of many good PhD students. It will be important for developing the huge domain which he is working on. He is also interested in problems that make sense in real life and dares to deal with complex situations”, said Jean-Pierre Puel, lecturer at the Université de Versailles St Quentin and PhD advisor of Osses in France.
Laura Gallardo, CMM associate researcher who has worked with Axel Osses since 2001, highlighted: “His working style is very accurate and brave. He also likes to address many different areas, so that he pushes the boundaries”.
Martín Ríos, student assistant of Osses in the class Ordinary differential equations, explained that he was close to people and he did not pressure on those working with him as he trusted them.
“He is one of the lecturers who takes more into consideration students´ opinions. Indeed, he organized a students commission in order to collect their concerns and he appointed a class representative. He is also very enthusiastic and uses teaching visual resources like simulations”, said the student David Hasson.
Along with Axel Osses, Eduardo Costa and Simón Casassus, lecturers at the Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences from Universidad de Chile, were also honored at the event, which counted with the presence of the rector Ennio Vivaldi.
