Veselin Dobrev is a computational mathematician in the Numerical Analysis & Simulations group in the Center for Applied Scientific Computing. His research interests include: numerical methods for PDE discretization, finite element methods, arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) methods, preconditioning, adaptive meshing and remap, high-performance computing (HPC), and scientific visualization. He is a founding member and active developer of the MFEM library working on efficient, scalable, and GPU-enabled algorithms, as well as application integration, development, and support.

Ph.D. Mathematics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 2007

M.S. Applied Mathematics, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Sofia, Bulgaria, 1998

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Selected publications:

R. Anderson, J. Andrej, A. Barker, J. Bramwell, J.-S. Camier, J. Cerveny, V. Dobrev, Y. Dudouit, A. Fisher, Tz. Kolev, W. Pazner, M. Stowell, V. Tomov, I. Akkerman, J. Dahm, D. Medina, and S. Zampini, MFEM: A modular finite element methods library, Computers & Mathematics with Applications, 81, pp. 42-74, 2021, link.

R. W. Anderson, V. A. Dobrev, Tz. V. Kolev, R. N. Rieben, and V. Z. Tomov, High-Order Multi-Material ALE Hydrodynamics, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 40 (1), 2018, pp. B32-B58, link.

V. A. Dobrev, Tz. Kolev, N. A. Petersson, and J. B. Schroder, Two-Level Convergence Theory for Multigrid Reduction in Time (MGRIT), SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 39 (5), 2017, pp. S501-S527, link.

V. Dobrev, Tz. Kolev, and R. Rieben, High-Order Curvilinear Finite Element Methods for Lagrangian Hydrodynamics, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 34 (5), 2012, pp. B606-B641, link.

V. Dobrev, T. Ellis, Tz. Kolev and R. Rieben, Curvilinear Finite Elements for Lagrangian Hydrodynamics, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 65 (11-12), 2011, pp. 1295-1310, link.

V. Dobrev, R. Lazarov, P. Vassilevski, and L. Zikatanov, Two-level preconditioning of discontinuous Galerkin approximations of second-order elliptic equations, Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications, 13 (9), 2006, pp. 753-770, link.

• Director's Science and Technology Award, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 2023.
• R&D 100 awards finalist, MFEM: Advanced Simulation Algorithms for HPC Applications, 2020.
• Director's excellence in publication award, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 2014.