Steven Henry Strogatz

Professor Steven Strogatz
Born	Steven Henry Strogatz (1959-08-13) August 13, 1959 (age 57) Torrington, Connecticut, U.S.
Nationality	American
Fields	Mathematics Complex systems Networks Applied mathematics Chaos theory
Institutions	Cornell University University of Cambridge Princeton University Harvard University Boston University
Alma mater	Princeton University Trinity College, Cambridge Harvard University
Thesis	The Mathematical Structure of the Human Sleep-Wake Cycle
Doctoral advisor	Richard Ernest Kronauer Charles Czeisler
Doctoral students	Daniel Abrams Samuel Arbesman Joel Ariaratnam Mauricio Barahona Duncan Callaway Lauren Childs Michelle Girvan Erik Martens Seth Marvel Tim Novikoff Kevin O'Keeffe Shinya Watanabe Duncan J. Watts Daniel Wiley Man Kit Stephen Yeung
Known for	Watts and Strogatz model Dynamical systems theory Network theory
Influences	Arthur T. Winfree
Notable awards	Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Lewis Thomas Prize
Website www.stevenstrogatz.com www.math.cornell.edu/m/People/Faculty/strogatz

Steven Henry Strogatz (/ˈstroʊɡæts/; born August 13, 1959) is an American mathematician and the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics at Cornell University. He is known for his work on nonlinear systems, including contributions to the study of synchronization in dynamical systems, for his research in a variety of areas of applied mathematics, including mathematical biology and complex network theory, and for his outreach work in the public communication of mathematics. He has an Erdős–Bacon number of 4.

Strogatz attended high school at Loomis Chaffee from 1972–1976. After graduating from Princeton University, summa cum laude, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics in 1980, he was a Marshall Scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge from 1980–1982, and then received a PhD in applied mathematics from Harvard University in 1986 for his research on the dynamics of the human sleep-wake cycle.