IGERT's Core Faculty Members and
Their Graduate Field Affiliations and Interests
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Ehsan Afshari ...Electrical and Computer Engineering
Application of the mathematical theory of linear/nonlinear wave propagation to novel high performance circuit design.
E-mail: ehsan  ece.cornell.edu
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Andrew Bass...Neurobiology and Behavior, Zoology
Animal communication, especially production and encoding of vocal signals; evolution and sexual differentiation of brain behavior.
E-mail: mva6cornell.edu
Lawrence Blume...Economics
Adaptive processes in markets and games.
E-mail: lb19cornell.edu
Eberhard Bodenschatz...Physics
Computational biology, dissipative pattern-forming systems; tearing wax and plate tectonics,
spirals and spiral defect chaos.
E-mail: eb22cornell.edu
Carlos D. Bustamante...Biometry, Statistics
Evolutionary genomics, Bayesian inference, computational statistics, protein structure and evolution.
E-mail: cdb28cornell.edu
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Rick Cerione...Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Biophysics, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Chemical biology; biophysical; analytical.
E-mail: rac1cornell.edu
Hsiao-Dong Chiang...Electrical and Computer Engineering, Applied Mathematics
Nonlinear computation and application to circuits, signals, systems and images, global optimization.
E-mail: chiangece.cornell.edu
Andrew Clark...Genetics and Development, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Molecular population genetics; theoretical and statistical population genetics; evolutionary genomics;
genetics of complex traits.
E-mail: ac347cornell.edu
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Raffaello D'Andrea...Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Applied Mathematics
Control of complex systems.
E-mail: rd28cornell.edu
David F. Delchamps...Electrical and Computer Engineering, Applied Mathematics
Applications of dynamical systems in learning and the theory of computation.
E-mail: daveece.cornell.edu
Richard T. Durrett...Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Statistics, Operational Research
Probability problems arising from ecology and genetics.
E-mail: rtd1cornell.edu
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David James Field...Psychology
Sensory systems with an emphasis on the visual system. In particular, exploring the mathematical
relationship between sensory systems and the statistical structure of the natural environment.
E-mail: djf3cornell.edu
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Alexander L. Gaeta... Applied Physics
Nonlinear optical effects: nonlinear propagation dynamics of ultrashort laser pulses in bulk media and in optical waveguides.
E-mail: a.gaetacornell.edu
Ephrahim Garcia...Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Mechatronics; structural dynamics; controls; smart materials; space structures; bio-inspired robotics.
E-mail: eg84cornell.edu
Robert Gilmour...Pharmacology, Physiology
Electrophysiology of cardiac tissue.
E-mail: rfg2cornell.edu
Jun-Lin Guan...Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Phamacology, Physiology
Signal transduction; cell adhesion receptors; protein tyrosine kinases.
E-mail: jg19cornell.edu
John Guckenheimer...Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Dynamical systems applied to biology, chemistry, engineering, and physics, current work applications to
the neurosciences.
E-mail: guckencam.cornell.edu
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Ronald M. Harris-Warrick...Neurobiology and Behavior, Physiology
Neuromodulation of neural networks; gene cloning of K-channels.
E-mail: rmh4cornell.edu
Timothy Healey...Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Applied Mathematics
Nonlinear elasticity, bifurcation theory, symetry-breaking methods and non-linear analysis with applications to
elastic biostructures and shape-memory solids.
E-mail: tjh10cornell.edu
Douglas Heckathorn...Sociology
Formal theory, collective action/social dilemmas, organizational behavior/institutional design, HIV
prevention research, network sampling methods.
E-mail: douglas.heckathorncornell.edu
Christopher Henley...Physics
Self-organized criticality and percolation models; quantum chaos and semiclassics in spin systems; gene evolution modeled by tethered
random walkers; stabalization of virus shell geometry; physical implementation of right/left symmetry breaking in vertebrates and climbing plants.
E-mail: clhccmr.cornell.edu
Howard Howland...Neurobiology and Behavior, Physiology, Zoology
Control systems in the visual system.
E-mail: hch2cornell.edu
John Hubbard...Mathematics, Applied Mathematics
Analysis; differential equations; geometry.
E-mail: hubbardmath.cornell.edu
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Jon Kleinberg...Computer Science, Applied Mathematics
Algorithims; combinatorial optimization; computational geometry; computational biology.
E-mail: kleinbercs.cornell.edu
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Kelvin Lee...Chemical Engineering
Proteome science; cellular engineering; portein secretion; disease diagnosis.
E-mail: khl9cornell.edu
Hod Lipson...Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science
Evolutionary computation, artificial life, and their applications to evolutionary robotics and design automation.
E-mail: hod.lipsoncornell.edu
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Michael Macy...Sociology
Artificial societies, agent-based modeling, Hopfield networks, threshold effects in network cascades.
E-mail: mwm14cornell.edu
Makul Majumdar...Economics, Applied Mathematics
Mathematical economics.
E-mail: mkm5cornell.edu
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Richard Rand...Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Applied Mathematics
Nonlinear dynamics in engineering and biology, especially perturbation methods and bifurcation theory, and applications including
satellite and submarine dynamics, and cardiac, botanical and neurobiological modeling.
E-mail: rhr2cornell.edu
Andy Ruina...Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Geological Sciences
Primary interests in human locomotion (walking, rowing, biking); also rock friction,
deformation and fracture, the deformation of fruit cells, and the mechanics of plowing.
E-mail: alr3cornell.edu
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Gennady Samorodnitsky...Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Applied Mathematics
Probability theory, stochastic processes exhibiting heavy tails or ong-range dependence; applications to finance,
internet traffic, insurance data.
E-mail: gennadyorie.cornell.edu
Bart Selman...Computer Science, Applied Mathematics
Efficient reasoning procedures, stochastic search methods, theory approximation, knowledge compiliation, planning, and the connections between operations research and artificial
intelligence, and between computer science and physics.
E-mail: selmancs.cornell.edu
James Sethna...Physics, Applied Mathematics
Sloppy models of of cellular signal transduction; hysteresis and avalanches; placticity and fracture; materials, quantum mechanics,
and nanotechnology.
E-mail: sethnalassp.cornell.edu
Karl Shell...Economics, Applied Mathematics
Macroeconomics, monetary economics, extrinsic uncertainty, overlapping generations, taxation.
E-mail: ks22cornell.edu
Michael Shuler...Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering
Computer modeling of bacterial cells; minimal cell models; network models of biological systems; combining coarse-grain whole-cell
models with genomically detailed subsystem models.
E-mail: mls50cornell.edu
Albert J. Sievers...Physics
Experiment simulations, and theory of intrinsic localized models/discrete breathers in periodic lattices.
E-mail: sieversccmr.cornell.edu
Eric Siggia...Physics
Applications of statistical physics and dynamical systems to cellular biophysics and bioinformatics.
E-mail: eds5cornell.edu
John Smillie...Mathematics, Applied Mathematics
Dynamical systems.
E-mail: smilliemath.cornell.edu
Paul H. Steen...Chemical Engineering, Applied Mathematics
Stability of flows, capillary interfaces, solidification; pattern formation, self-organization and complex dynamical systems.
E-mail: steencheme.cornell.edu
Steven Strogatz...Applied Mathematics, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Nonlinear dynamics in physics and biology, especially networks of coupled oscillators; from flashing fireflies and chirping crickets to
Josephson junction arrays and chaotic lasers.
E-mail: shs7cornell.edu
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James Thorp...Electrical and Computer Engineering, Applied Mathematics
Fractals in dynamics of power systems and simulation of cascading outages in power systems.
E-mail: jst6cornell.edu
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Francisco Valero-Cuevas...Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Neuromuscular biomechanics and control, human and robotic manipulation, simulation and optimization of surgery, biomechanical modeling.
E-mail: fv24cornell.edu
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Jane Wang...Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Applied Mathematics
Unsteady aerodynamics of insect flight, modeling of vortex shedding in highly unsteady viscous flows, physics of a piece of falling paper,
computational fluid dynamics, spectral theory of non-Hermian random sytems, turbulent diffusion, and turbulence.
E-mail: jane.wangcornell.edu
David Weinstein...Environmental Toxicology
Pattern recognition in time series of behavior of large scale systems (ecosystems) and small-scale systems (intracellular signaling).
E-mail: daw5cornell.edu
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Golan Yona...Computer Science, Applied Mathematics
Computational molecular biology; machine learning.
E-mail: golancs.cornell.edu
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