Marcus C Werner, Visiting Assistant Professor

Please note: Marcus has left the Mathematics department at Duke University; some info here might not be up to date.

Contact Info:

Office Location:	210 Physics
Office Phone:	919-660-2811
Email Address:

Typical Courses Taught:

• MATH 103, MULTIVARIABLE CALCULUS Synopsis

• MATH 104, LINEAR ALGEBRA & APPLICA Synopsis

Office Hours:

Tuesdays 10-11am, Wednesdays 5-6pm, or by appointment

Education:

PhD

University of Cambridge

2009

Research Interests:

Geometry and topology in physics, especially gravitational lensing theory. Relativity, and astrophysical tests of gravity theories.

Undergraduate Research Supervised

• Cameron Bloomer (since January 2011)  

Recent Publications

1. A. O. Petters, M.C. Werner, Mathematics of gravitational lensing: multiple imaging and magnification, Gen. Rel. Grav., vol. 42, 2011-2046 (2010)
2. M. C. Werner, Geometry of universal magnification invariants, J. Math. Phys., vol. 50, 082504 (2009)
3. G. W. Gibbons, C. A. R. Herdeiro, C. M. Warnick, M. C. Werner, Stationary metrics and optical Zermelo-Randers-Finsler geometry, Phys. Rev. D, vol. 79, 044022 (2009)