CV

Curriculum vitae of Jesus Vellojin.

Contact Information

Name Jesús Vellojin
Professional Title Assistant Professor — Numerical Analysis & Scientific Computing
Email jesusvellojin@gmail.com
Location Valparaíso, Chile
Website https://jvellojin.github.io

Professional Summary

My research is distinguished by a strong computational focus, emphasizing efficiency and robustness as fundamental pillars. I develop innovative computational tools for solving and validating mathematical models using a range of numerical methods, promoting the advancement of practical applications in the mathematical and computational sciences.

Experience

  • 2025 -

    Valparaíso, Chile

    Assistant Professor
    Departamento de Ciencias, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
    Full-time faculty position in the Department of Sciences.
  • 2023 - 2026

    Concepción, Chile

    Postdoctoral Researcher — FONDECYT 3230302
    Universidad del Bío-Bío
    Mathematical and computational analysis of solid and fluid mechanics.
    • Numerical implementation of elastic and solid vibration models.
    • Finite element methods for fluid-structure interactions and viscoelastic slender structures.
  • 2022 - 2023

    Concepción, Chile

    Postdoctoral Researcher — Anillo ACT210087
    Universidad del Bío-Bío
    Computational mathematics for desalination processes.
    • Numerical implementation of non-linear coupled fluid-transport problems.
    • Finite element analysis of the reverse osmosis process.

Education

  • 2015 - 2020

    Valparaíso, Chile

    PhD in Mathematics
    Consortium USM–PUCV–UV
    Mathematics
    • Thesis: Análisis Numérico de Estructuras Viscoelásticas Delgadas
    • Advisor: Dr. Erwin Hernández
  • 2011 - 2015

    Barranquilla, Colombia

    MSc in Mathematics
    Universidad del Norte
    Mathematics
    • Thesis: Análisis e Implementación de Métodos de Descomposición de Dominios para un problema de Stokes
    • Advisor: Dr. rer. nat. Ricardo Prato Torres
  • 2005 - 2011

    Cartagena, Colombia

    BSc in Mathematics
    Universidad de Cartagena
    Mathematics
    • Thesis: Homología y Homotopías en Retículos Finitos
    • Advisor: Joaquín Luna Torres

Skills

Basic: C, C++, HTML
Intermediate: Maple, Bash, Gmsh, Freefem++, Julia, Gridap, VEM++
Advanced: LaTeX, Microsoft Windows, MATLAB, Linux, Python, Fenics, Fenicsx, DUNE

Languages

Spanish : Native speaker
English : Advanced — fluent in writing, reading and conversation

Projects

  • Nuevos desarrollos en la aplicación del método de elementos virtuales a flujos en medios porosos

    Research assistant and scientific programmer. Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá, Colombia (2025–present).

  • Research Stay — Università Milano-Bicocca

    New computational tools for the implementation of the virtual element method in 2D and 3D for the simulation of fluid and solid mechanics problems. Università Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy (2025).

  • Research Stay — Monash University

    Construction and analysis of new discretisations for coupled flow-transport problems relevant in desalination processes. Monash University, Melbourne, Australia (2023).

  • Further development in numerical methods for thin structures and applications — FONDECYT 1181098

    PhD-student researcher (2018–2020); technical staff and programmer (2020–2022). Analysis of thin structures through numerical methods. Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Valparaíso, Chile (2018–2022).

  • Coupling of finite and boundary elements using the Nitsche technique

    MATLAB programmer: codes to solve an optimal control problem in elasticity using the Nitsche technique. Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia (2012–2013).