Victor Zavala
Joint Appointment at Argonne National Laboratory
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolVictor Zavala is a multidisciplinary researcher and professor with 11 years of experience at the intersection of optimization, control, data science, and process systems engineering focused on energy and sustainability. He holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon and has progressed through research roles at Argonne National Laboratory to a joint appointment while serving as the Baldovin-DaPra Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Victor builds and applies advanced computational methods to optimize energy systems and control processes, translating theoretical tools into scalable models for real-world sustainability challenges. His career blends deep algorithmic expertise with hands-on implementation in national-lab environments, bridging academic research and applied engineering. Less obvious: he routinely navigates both high-performance computational settings and classroom mentorship, enabling technology transfer and workforce development in energy-focused data science.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Chemical Engineering, BSc, Chemical Engineering at Universidad Iberoamericana, Ciudad de MéxicoPhD, Chemical Engineering, Control, Optimization, PhD, Chemical Engineering, Control, Optimization at Carnegie Mellon University
Github Skills (15)
integer8
integer-programming8
solver8
mixed-integer-programming7
least-squares7
optimization7
simplex7
julia7
nonlinear7
nonlinear-optimization6
nonlinear-dynamics6
optimization-methods6
nonlinear-programming5
parallel5
petsc4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
vzavala/StatsBook
Aug 2020 - Aug 2024
Contributions:39 pushes, 5 branches in 4 years
vzavala/ShortCourse
Jun 2018 - Sep 2019
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
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