| Mark Ablowitz | |
| Birth Name: | Mark Jay Ablowitz |
| Birth Date: | 5 June 1945 |
| Birth Place: | New York City |
| Workplaces: | University of Colorado Boulder Princeton University |
| Alma Mater: | University of Rochester (BS) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) |
| Thesis Title: | Non-Linear Dispersive Waves and Multiphase Modes |
| Thesis Url: | http://library.mit.edu/item/000677877 |
| Thesis Year: | 1971 |
| Doctoral Advisor: | David Benney |
| Doctoral Students: | Rudy Horne |
| Awards: | Sloan Research Fellowship (1975–1977) |
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Mark Jay Ablowitz (born 1945) is a professor in the department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado.
Ablowitz was born on June 5, 1945, in New York City.[1] He received his Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Rochester in 1967,[1] and completed his Ph.D. in mathematics under the supervision of David Benney at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1971.[2]
Ablowitz was an assistant professor of Mathematics at Clarkson University during 1971–1975 and an associate professor during 1975–1976. He visited the Program in Applied Mathematics founded by Ahmed Cemal Eringen at Princeton University during 1977–1978. He was a professor of Mathematics at Clarkson during 1976-1985 where he became the Chairman of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science in 1979. On July 1, 1985, he was appointed as the Dean of Science of Clarkson University and served there until he joined to the department of Applied Mathematics (APPM) at University of Colorado Boulder on June 30, 1989.[3]