Alexander Watson, William W. Elliott Assistant Research Professor

I am an applied mathematician interested in partial differential equations, numerical methods, and mathematical physics. My research has focused on problems arising in condensed matter physics and photonics. My post-doc mentor at Duke is Jianfeng Lu.

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

Contact Info:

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Web Page:	https://sites.duke.edu/abwatson/

Office Hours:

Monday 9-11 (Spring 2019) @ Physics 224

Education:

Ph.D.

Columbia University

2017

Recent Publications

1. Lu, J; Watson, AB; Weinstein, MI, Dirac operators and domain walls, Siam Journal on Mathematical Analysis, vol. 52 no. 2 (January, 2020), pp. 1115-1145 [doi]  [abs]
2. Watson, A; Weinstein, MI, Wavepackets in Inhomogeneous Periodic Media: Propagation Through a One-Dimensional Band Crossing, Communications in Mathematical Physics, vol. 363 no. 2 (October, 2018), pp. 655-698, Springer Nature America, Inc [doi]  [abs]
3. Watson, AB; Lu, J; Weinstein, MI, Wavepackets in inhomogeneous periodic media: Effective particle-field dynamics and Berry curvature, Journal of Mathematical Physics, vol. 58 no. 2 (February, 2017), pp. 021503-021503, AIP Publishing [doi]  [abs]