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Joshua E. S. Socolar, Professor of Physics
- Contact Info:
Teaching (Fall 2013):
- PHYSICS 141D.01, GENERAL PHYSICS I (REC)
Synopsis
- Physics 154, Th 01:15 PM-03:15 PM
- PHYSICS 141D.05, GENERAL PHYSICS I (REC)
Synopsis
- Physics 150, Th 03:30 PM-05:30 PM
- PHYSICS 141D.10, GENERAL PHYSICS I (REC)
Synopsis
- Physics 150, F 03:30 PM-05:30 PM
- Education:
| PhD | University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA | 1987 |
| BA | Haverford College, Haverford, PA | 1980 |
- Specialties:
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Nonlinear dynamics and complex systems
Theoretical condensed matter physics Biological physics
- Research Interests: Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
Prof. Socolar is interested in the principles that determine
collective behavior in condensed matter and dynamical systems.
His current research interests include:
- Organization and function of complex dynamical networks, especially genetic regulatory networks;.
- The spatial distribution of stresses granular materials (e.g.
bins of sand, coal, pills, or grain) and jamming phenomena;
- Controlling chaos, or understanding feedback mechanisms that can stabilize otherwise unstable ordered behavior in chaotic dynamical systems;
- Quasicrystals, packing problems, and tiling theory.
- Areas of Interest:
- Theoretical condensed matter physics
Nonlinear dynamics and control theory Statistical mechanics in nonequilibrium systems Complex Boolean networks Genetic regulatory networks Aperiodic Tilings
- Keywords:
- Condensed matter • Granular materials • Nonlinear dynamics • Control theory • Genetic regulatory networks • Boolean networks • Tiling theory
- Current Ph.D. Students
(Former Students)
- Postdocs Mentored
- Volkan Sevim (March, 2008 - August, 2010)
- Bjorn Samuelsson (November, 2005 - August 31, 2007)
- Recent Publications
(More Publications)
- J.E.S. Socolar and J.M. Taylor, Forcing nonperiodicity with a single tile,
The Mathematical Intelligencer, vol. 34 no. 1
(Spring, 2012) [doi] [abs]
- T. Byington and J. E. S. Socolar, Hierarchical freezing in a lattice model,
Physical Review Letters, vol. 108
(January, 2012),
pp. 045701 [doi] [abs]
- X. Cheng, M. Sun and J. E. S. Socolar, Autonomous Boolean modelling of developmental gene regulatory networks,
J. Royal Soc. Interface
(2012) [doi] [abs]
- R. Durrett, J. P. Gleeson, A. Lloyd, P. J. Mucha, F. Shi, D. Sivakoff, J. E. S. Socolar, C. Varghese, Graph fission in an evolving voter model,
Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., vol. 109 no. 10
(2012),
pp. 3682-3687 [doi] [abs]
- X. Gong and J. E. S. Socolar, Quantifying the complexity of random Boolean networks,
Physical Review E, vol. 85
(2012),
pp. 066107 [doi] [abs]
- Selected Invited Lectures
- Autonomous Boolean modeling of gene regulatory networks, May 07, 2012, Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Ohio State U. [html]
- Hierarchical freezing in a limit-periodic structure, October 15, 2011, Princeton Center for Theoretical Science
- Periodicity and chaos in delayed Boolean networks, July 19, 2011, ICIAM Conference, Vancouver, Canada
- Relaxation to a limit-periodic ground state, May 23, 2011, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
- Dynamics of Random Networks and Boolean Models, June 28, 2009, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
For more information, see
Prof. Socolar's Home Page.
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