Ph.D. Advisees

Margaret Beck, Ph.D. in Mathematics, May 2006, Topics in stability theory for partial differential equations (coadvisor C.E. Wayne). Professor of Mathematics, Boston University

Marina Bevzushenko, Ph.D. in Mathematics, 2007, Lecturer in mathematics

Tony Harkin, Ph.D. in Mathematics, May 2001, Nonlinear dynamics of gas bubbles in liquids (co-advised by A. Nadim). Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics, Rochester Institute of Technology and Chief Data Scientist, icitizen.com

Michael Hayes, Ph.D. in Mathematics, July 1999, Geometric analysis of delayed bifurcations. British Ministry of Transportation

Matt Holzer, Ph.D. in Mathematics, May 2010, Renormalization group methods for singularly perturbed systems, and traveling waves in a reaction-diffusion-mechanics system. Associate Professor of Mathematics, George Mason University

Robert Jencks, Ph.D. in Mathematics, August 2025, Lecturer in Mathematics, Boston University

Stephanie Jones, Ph.D. in Mathematics, May 2001, Rhythms in the neocortex and in CPG neurons: a dynamical systems analysis (co-advised by N. Kopell). Professor of Neuroscience, Brown University,

Georgi Medvedev, Ph.D. in Mathematics, May 1999, Problems on oscillations and pattern formation in mathematical biology (co-advised by N. Kopell). Professor of Mathematics, Drexel University

Oleg Mikitchenko Ph.D. in Mathematics, May 2008, Applications of the resolution of singularities to asymptotic analysis of differential equations. Bloomberg Financial.

Dave Morgan, Ph.D. in Mathematics, May 2001, On the existence and stability of spatial patterns in an activator-inhibitor system exhibiting self-replication. System administrator, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Kinya Ono, Ph.D. in Mathematics, January 2001, Analytical methods for reaction-diffusion equations: critical wave speeds and axisymmetric phenomena. Scientist, DemandTec Inc., San Carlos, CA

C. Soto-Trevino, Ph.D. in Mathematics, January 1998, Geometric methods for periodic orbits in singularly-perturbed systems (co-advised by N. Kopell). Research Associate in neuroscience.

S. Weibel, Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, January 1997, Applications of qualitative methods in the nonlinear control of superarticulated mechanical systems (J. Baillieul was the principal advisor). Raytheon Corp., Tucson, Arizona (2000-present)

Xiaoxuan (Doris) Wu, Ph.D. in Mathematics, November 2020, Model reduction for multi-scale partial differential equations. Staff Scientist, Facebook, Meta.

A. Zagaris, Ph.D. in Mathematics, May 2005, Analysis of reduction methods for multi-scale problems (co-advised by H. Kaper). Postdoctoral fellow, CWI (Center for Mathematics and Informatics) Amsterdam, NL (2005-2008); Associate Professor of Mathematics, Wageningen University, NL; ASML, Eindhoven, NL.

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