Physics

Office Hours: By appointment.

 

Research Interests:

My research interest is non-equilibrium statistical mechanics and its application to near mean-field theoretic descriptions of classical phase transitions as well as simple stochastic models of physical, biological, and social systems, and properties of random walks. Currently I am working on descriptions of damage, fatigue, and catastrophic failure in a model for materials under stress. I am also working on a random walk process adapted from the Pearson walk. Adviser: W. Klein

Selected papers:

• 03/07/11 New Approach to Gutenberg-Richter Scaling
• 01/14/10 Pearson Walk with Shrinking Steps in Two Dimensions
• 01/11/10 Cellular Automaton Model of Damage

Education:

M.A. Physics, Boston University 2009 B.S. Physics, University of Massachusetts Amherst (Summa Cum Laude, Departmental Honors in Physics) 2006

Scientist, Lincoln Labs