Research interests

Mathematical Areas:

Optimal control
Nonlinear Analysis:		Numerical Analysis:
Dynamical systems		Finite differences in PDE's
Asymptotic analysis		Level Sets methods
Patterns formation		Fast Marching methods
Free boundary problems		Conservation laws (WENO...)
Imaging		Numerical simulations

Applied Areas:

• Physics of semiconductors:
     The Gunn effect (Ph.D Thesis)
     Semiconductor Superlattices
     Spintronics
  
• Mathematics in Industry: Polymer crystallization
  
• Mathematics in Biology
  

Previous Positions

• [Oct 2003, Sept 2005]: Postdoctoral Researcher, Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid
  Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid,
  Av. de la Universidad 30, 28911 Leganí©s, Madrid - Spain
  Phone: + 34 91 624 8825 - Fax: + 34 91 624 9129 - Office: 2.1.D.13
  BOCM: Boletí­n Oficial de la Comunidad de Madrid (incluye dotación)
        Concesión: Orden 3170/2003, de 10 de junio (BOCM nº 150, de 26 de junio) PDF
        Prórroga: Resolución 2290/2004, de 22 de junio (BOCM nº 227, de 23 de septiembre) PDF
  
  
• Profesor Ayudante Doctor
  Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
  Av. de la Universidad 30, 28911 Leganí©s, Madrid - Spain
  Phone: + 34 91 624 8825 - Fax: + 34 91 624 9129 - Office: 2.1.D.13
  
  
• TMR Post-doc, "Differential Equations in Industry and Commerce",
  Group of Prof. Vincenzo Capasso (Oct. 1, 2001 to Sept. 30, 2002)
  MIRIAM (Milan Research Center for Industrial and Applied Mathematics)
  Dipartimento di Matematica, Universití  degli Studi di Milano
  Via Cesare Saldini, 50 - 20133 Milano - Italy
  Phone: + 39 02 58356170 - Fax: + 39 02 58356172 - Office: 2068
  

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  Profesor Contratado Doctor, 20 de Junio 2005

  Profesor Ayudante Doctor, 01 de Octubre 2003

• Ph.D. in Mathematics,
  Mathematical Ingeneering Ph.D Program, Dept. of Mathematics,
  University "Carlos III de Madrid", Madrid - Spain (Nov 12, 2001).
  
  Title of the thesis:
  "Numerical and asymptotic study of the Kroemer's model
    of drift-diffusion for the multidimensional Gunn effect"
  
  Advisor:
  Prof. L. L. Bonilla, Dept. of Mathematics,
  University "Carlos III de Madrid".
  
  
• Teacher Assistant of Electronic Technology,
  Dept. of Electric, Electronic and Authomatic Ingeneering,
  University "Carlos III de Madrid", Madrid - Spain (1998-99).
  
  
• Teacher of Mathematics in Secondary school,
  Ministry of Education and Science, Spain (1993- on leave since 1996)
  
  
• Laurea in Mathematics -- Speciality Numerical Analisys,
  University "del Pais Vasco", Bilbao - Spain (1992).
  
  
• French Bachelor -- Baccalaurí©at Sí©rie D (Maths-Physiques-Biologie)
  Acadí©mie de Bordeaux, France (1985).
  

Publications:

A. Papers:

1. "Phase diagrams and switching of voltage and magnetic field in dilute magnetic semiconductor nanostructures"
   R. Escobedo, M. Carretero, L. L. Bonilla, G. Platero
   Phys. Status Solidi RRL (Rapid Research Letter), 3-4 (2010) 76-78 .
   
   
2. "Optimal control of chemical birth and growth processes in a deterministic model "
   R. Escobedo, L. A. Fernández
   J. Math. Chem. 48 (2010) 118-127 .
   
   
3. "Magnetoswitching of current oscillations in dilute magnetic semiconductor nanostructures"
   R. Escobedo, M. Carretero, L. L. Bonilla, G. Platero
   Phys. Rev. B 80, 155202 (2009) (6 pages) .
   Selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 20, Issue 17 (26 Oct. 2009) .
   
   
4. "Self-sustained spin-polarized current oscillations in multiquantum well structures"
   R. Escobedo, M. Carretero, L. L. Bonilla, G. Platero
   New J. Phys. 11, No. 1 (2009) 013033 (19 pages) .
   Selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 19, Issue 7 (16 Febr. 2009) .
   
   
5. "Self-sustained spin-polarized current oscillations in diluted magnetic semiconductor superlattices"
   M. Carretero, R. Escobedo, L. L. Bonilla, G. Platero
   IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 44, No. 11 (2008) 2662-2665 .
   
   
6. "Self-Sustained Current Oscillations in a MultiQuantum Well Spin Polarized Structure with Normal Contacts"
   R. Escobedo, M. Carretero, L. L. Bonilla, G. Platero
   Phys. Stat. Sol. (a) 205, No. 6 (2008) 1270-1275 .
   
   
7. "A CFL-like Constraint for the Fast Marching Method in Inhomogeneous Chemical Kinetics"
   R. Escobedo
   Int. J. Quantum Chem. 108, No. 5 (2008) 848-857 .
   
   
8. "Multiquantum well spin polarized current oscillator"
   M. Carretero, R. Escobedo, L. L. Bonilla, G. Platero
   Physica E 40, No. 5 (2008) 1099-1101 .
   
   
9. "Multi-quantum-well spin oscillator"
   L. L. Bonilla, R. Escobedo, M. Carretero, G. Platero
   Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, (2007) 092102(3 pages) .
   Selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 16, Issue 11 (10 Sept. 2007) .
   
   
10. "Relocation dynamics and multistable switching in semiconductor superlattices"
    G. Dell'Acqua, L. L. Bonilla, R. Escobedo
    J. Comput. Appl. Math., Vol. 204, No. 1 (2007) 18-24 .
    
    
11. "Voltage switching and domain relocation in semiconductor superlattices"
    L. L. Bonilla, R. Escobedo, G. Dell'Acqua
    Phys. Rev. B 73, 115341 (2006) (13 pages).
    
    
12. "Numerical methods for a quantum drift-diffusion equation in semiconductor physics"
    R. Escobedo, L. L. Bonilla
    J. Math. Chem., Vol. 40, No. 1 (2006) 3-13 .
    
    
13. "Wigner-Poisson and nonlocal drift-diffusion model equations for semiconductor superlattices"
    L. L. Bonilla, R. Escobedo
    Math. Mod. Meth, in Appl. Sci. (M3AS): Vol. 15, No. 8 (2005) 1253-1272 .
    
    
14. "Moving bands and moving boundaries with decreasing speed in polymer crystallization"
    R. Escobedo, V. Capasso
    Math. Mod. Meth. in Appl. Sci. (M3AS): Vol. 15, No. 3 (2005) 325-341 .
    
    
15. "Miniband transport and oscillations in semiconductor superlattices"
    A. Perales, L. L. Bonilla, R. Escobedo
    Nanotechnology 15, issue 4, pp. S229 - S233 (2004) .
    
    
16. "Generalized drift-diffusion model for miniband superlattices"
    L. L. Bonilla, R. Escobedo, A. Perales
    Phys. Rev. B 68, 241304(R) (2003) (4 pages) .
    Selected for the Dec. 29, 2003 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology
    
    
17. "Free-boundary problems describing two-dimensional pulse recycling and motion in semiconductors"
    L. L. Bonilla, R. Escobedo, F. J. Higuera
    Phys. Rev. E 67, 036202 (2003) (8 pages) .
    
    
18. "Wave Dynamics in two-dimensional samples of n-GaAs with point contacts"
    R. Escobedo, L. L. Bonilla
    J. Chaos, Solitons and Fractals 17 (2003), pp. 283-288 .
    
    
19. "Axisymmetric pulse recycling and motion in bulk semiconductors"
    L. L. Bonilla, R. Escobedo, F. J. Higuera
    Phys. Rev. E 65, 016607 (2001) (8 pages) .
    
    
20. "Two-dimensional oscillatory patterns in semiconductors with point contacts"
    L. L. Bonilla, R. Escobedo
    Phys. Rev. E 64, 036203 (2001) (4 pages) .

B. Proceedings:

1. "Relocation Dynamics during Voltage Switching in Spin-Polarized Superlattices"
   R. Escobedo, M. Carretero, L. L. Bonilla, G. Platero
   Progress in Industrial Mathematics at ECMI 2008 .
   Eds. Fitt, A.D.; Norbury, J.; Ockendon, H.; Wilson, E.
   Mathematics in Industry 15, 1050 pages. Springer 2010 (scheduled for 19 May).
   ISBN: 978-3-642-12109-8.
   
   
2. "Self-Sustained Spin-Polarized Current Oscillations in Multiquantum Well Structures"
   M. Carretero, L. L. Bonilla, R. Escobedo, G. Platero
   Progress in Industrial Mathematics at ECMI 2008 .
   Eds. Fitt, A.D.; Norbury, J.; Ockendon, H.; Wilson, E.
   Mathematics in Industry 15, 1050 pages. Springer 2010 (scheduled for 19 May).
   ISBN: 978-3-642-12109-8.
   
   
3. "Optimal Control of Non-isothermal Polymer Crystallization Processes in a Deterministic Model"
   Luis A. Fernández and Ramón Escobedo
   AIP Conf. Proc. of the 7th ICNAAM 2009 (Int. Conf. on Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics)
   Crete, Greece, 18-22 September 2009
   Editor(s): T. E. Simos, G. Psihoyios, Ch. Tsitouras
   Volume 1168, pp. 1051-1054 (September 9, 2009) . ISBN: 978-0-7354-0709
   
   
4. "Optimal control of Chemical Birth and Growth Processes in a Deterministic Model"
   R. Escobedo and Luis A. Fernández
   Proc. of the 9th CMMSE 2009 (Int. Conf. Computational and Mathematical Methods on Science and Engineering)
   Gijón, Asturias (Spain) June 30, July 1-3 2009
   Ed.: J. Vigo-Aguiar. Assoc. Eds.: P. Alonso, S. Oharu, E. Venturino, B. A. Wade
   Vol. II, pp. 449-460. ISBN: 978-84-612-9727-6 .
   
   
5. "Nonlinear electronic transport in semiconductor superlattices"
   L. L. Bonilla, L. Barletti, R. Escobedo, M. Alvaro
   Applied and Industrial Mathematics in Italy II (August 2007) .
   Selected Contributions from the 8th SIMAI Conference, Baia Samuele (Ragusa), Italy 22-26 May 2006
   Eds. V. Cutello, G. Fotia, L. Puccio
   Series on Advances in Mathematics for Applied Sciences
   Vol. 75, pp. 169-179. ISBN: 978-981-270-938-7; 981-270-938-X
   
   
6. "A CFL-like Constraint for the Fast Marching Method in Nonhomogeneous Chemical Kinetics"
   R. Escobedo
   Proc. 2007 Int. Conf. Computational and Mathematical Methods on Science and Engineering
   CMMSE 2007 - Illinois Institute of Technology - Chicago, Illinois (USA), June 20-23, 2007
   Eds. G. Fasshauer, A. Q. M. Khaliq, J. Vigo Aguiar, B. A. Wade
   pp. 169-179. ISBN: 978-84-690-6887-8 .
   
   
7. "Hopf Bifurcation in a Superlattice Model"
   G. Dell'Acqua, L. L. Bonilla, R. Escobedo
   Proc. 2006 Int. Conf. Computational and Mathematical Methods on Science and Engineering
   CMMSE 2006 - Universidad Juan Carlos I, Madrid - Spain, September 21-25, 2006
   Eds. R. Criado, D. Estep, M. A. Garcí­a, J. Vigo-Aguiar
   Vol. I, pp. 278-296. ISBN: 84-611-1090-0;978-84-611-1090-2 .
   
   
8. "Relocation Dynamics and Multistable Switching"
   G. Dell'Acqua, L. L. Bonilla, R. Escobedo
   Proc. 2005 Int. Conf. Computational and Mathematical Methods on Science and Engineering
   CMMSE 2005 - Universidad de Alicante, Alicante - Spain, June 27-30, 2005
   Eds. J. Vigo-Aguiar, A. Wade
   Vol. I, pp. 143-152. ISBN: 84-609-4844-7 .
   
   
9. "Numerical Method for a Quantum Drift-Diffusion Equation"
   R. Escobedo, L. L. Bonilla
   Proc. 2005 Int. Conf. Computational and Mathematical Methods on Science and Engineering
   CMMSE 2005 - Universidad de Alicante, Alicante - Spain, June 27-30, 2005
   Eds. J. Vigo-Aguiar, A. Wade
   Vol. I, pp. 153-165. ISBN: 84-609-4844-7 .
   
   
10. "Quantum kinetic and drift-diffusion equations for semiconductor superlattices"
    L. L. Bonilla, R. Escobedo
    Progress in Industrial Mathematics at ECMI 2004 .
    Eds. A. Di Bucchianico, R. M. M. Mattheij, M. A. Peletier
    Mathematics in Industry 8, pp. 109-113. Springer, Berlin 2005. ISBN: 3-540-28072-3.
    
    
11. "Relocation of electric field domains and switching scenarios in superlattices"
    L. L. Bonilla, G. Dell'Acqua, R. Escobedo
    Progress in Industrial Mathematics at ECMI 2004 .
    Eds. A. Di Bucchianico, R. M. M. Mattheij, M. A. Peletier
    Mathematics in Industry 8, pp. 104-108. Springer, Berlin 2005. ISBN: 3-540-28072-3.
    
    
12. "Reduction of a Mathematical Model for Polymer Crystallization"
    R. Escobedo, V. Capasso
    Progress in Industrial Mathematics at ECMI 2002 .
    Eds. A. Buikis, R. Ciegis, A.D. Fitt
    Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp. 259-263 (2004)
    
    
13. "Problems of Charge and Spin Transport in Semiconductor Devices:
    Free Boundary Problems Describing Two-dimensional Pulse Recycling and Motion in Semiconductors"
    R. Escobedo, L. L. Bonilla, F. J. Higuera
    Progress in Industrial Mathematics at ECMI 2002 .
    Eds. A. Buikis, R. Ciegis, A.D. Fitt
    Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp. 147-152 (2004)
    
    
14. "Moving Bands and Moving Boundaries in an Hybrid Model for the Crystallization of Polymers"
    V. Capasso, R. Escobedo, C. Salani
    International Series of Numerical Mathematics, Vol. 147, pp. 75-86 .
    Free Boundary Problems: Theory and Applications
    Eds. P. Colli, C. Verdi, A. Visintin
    Birkhí¤user Verlag Basel/Switzerland (2003)
    
    
15. "Wave Dynamics in two-dimensional samples of n-GaAs with point contacts"
    R. Escobedo, L. L. Bonilla
    Proc. Int. Conf. on Applied Non-linear Dynamics,
    Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki - Greece (2001)
    
    
16. "Axisymmetric Gunn effect"
    L. L. Bonilla, R. Escobedo, F. J. Higuera
    Proc. 25th Int. Conf. on the Physics of Semiconductors Part I .
    Osaka, Japan, September 17-22, 2000
    Springer Proceedings in Physics, Vol. 87, pp. 135-136 (2001)
    Eds. N. Miura, T. Ando
    
    
17. "Assimilation data in oceanography"
    M. Horstmann, J. Kienesberger, R. Escobedo, T. Nguyen, P. Porras
    Proc. XII: European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry (ECMI) Modelling Week,
    Trondheim University, Trondheim - Norway (1999) pp. 5.1-5.14
    Ed. Trondheim University (1999)
    
    
18. "Two-dimensional Gunn effect"
    L. L. Bonilla, R. Escobedo, F. J. Higuera
    Lecture Notes in Physics, Vol. 547 / 2000, p. 346 .
    Eds. D. Reguera, G. Platero, L. L. Bonilla and J. M. Rubí­BR> Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg (2003)
    Proc. XVI Sitges Euroconference on Physics
    "Statistical and Dynamical aspects of Mesoscopic systems"
    Sitges, Barcelona - Spain (1999)
    

Further information

• Modelling and Numerical Simulation, Madrid - Spain
• MIRIAM, Milan - Italy
• ECMI
• Differential Equations in Industry and Commerce (DEIC)
  
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  Hyperbolic and Kinetic Equations with Applications (HYKE)
  
• TMR

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