David E.
A professor of mathematics, lead editor of 850 Business Magazine, journalist, novelist, mathematician and former cancer researcher, who still dabbles in programming, iOS development, and a plethora of other hobbies.
- Role
- Assistant Professor at State College Of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota
- Location
- Tallahassee, FL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About David E.
Dr. David Ekrut wrote his first epic fantasy novel while earning a PhD in Biomedical Mathematics, raising three energetic children, and teaching elementary mathematics at Florida State University. Somehow he survived all of this self-inflicted torture without a caffeine overdose, though he did push the limits his brain could sustain by consuming copious amounts of coffee. To this day, he likes to tease his thesis advisor that while waiting on feedback on his dissertation, he wrote an entire novel. After retiring from a career as a cancer research scientist and a brief stint as a medical writer, he now writes full time as a novelist, blogger, and journalist. Taming the Elements, the first book in the Elwin Escari Chronicles has sold tens of thousands of copies in 8 different countries—digital, print, and audio formats are available. Two more novels exist in this series with more in the works. His greatest joy, besides writing about himself in the third person, is to work out believable mechanics for magic systems—a place for him to apply his understanding of physics and engineering in a creative way. Though his first novels have found a modicum of success, he is more excited about the drafts he has in the pipeline, as well as the ideas he has yet to discover.
Experience
Assistant Professor
State College Of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota
Aug 2024 — Present · Venice, FL, US
Education
University of Central Arkansas
Master's of Science, Applied Mathematics
2008 — 2011
Arkansas State University-Beebe
Associate of Arts (AA), Liberal Arts-Theatre
2004 — 2006
Florida State University
Master of Science (M.S.), Biomedical Mathematics
2011 — 2013
Florida State University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biological Mathematics
2013 — 2016
University of Central Arkansas
Bachelor of Science (BS), Applied Mathematics
2006 — 2008
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