Professor Steven Strogatz | |
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Born | Steven Henry Strogatz August 13, 1959 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 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 www |
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.