Mason Porter
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Current Information
Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for the Physics of Information and Department of Physics
Institution: California Institute of Technology
Keywords: applied mathematics, nonlinear dynamics, chaos, Bose-Einstein condensates, complex networks, quantum chaos, theoretical ecology, billiard systems
Homepage: http://www.its.caltech.edu/~mason
Blog: http://masonporter.blogspot.com/
Email: mason@caltech.edu
Affiliations
Groups:
Michael Cross's group at Caltech; previously in Georgia Tech's mathematics department and their Center for Nonlinear Science in the physics department.
Collaborators:
Quite a few, actually. See the research part of my web page.
Education
Undergraduate
Institution: California Institute of Technology 1994-1998
Graduate
Institution: Cornell University 1998-2002
Advisor: Richard L. Liboff
Thesis: Quantum Chaos in Vibrating Billiard Systems
Students
Graduate students:
none yet but I plan to be recruiting some pretty soon
Postdocs:
none yet but I plan on getting money and recruiting some asap
Undergraduate students:
I've advised more than 20 undergrads on research projects. This includes undergrads from both Caltech and Georgia Tech. See the research section of my web page for their names and projects. I am always looking for new undergraduate advisees, so please drop me a line if you're interested.
Biography
Born: February 10, 1976 | Los Angeles, CA
Biography/Timeline: I have a version of this on my web page. I might put it here eventually.
BIG NEWS!
11/16/06: I will be joining the mathematics faculty at the University of Oxford. I'll be there starting in October 2007. I expect to be recruiting doctoral students immediately upon my arrival and once I get a grant, I'll start recruiting postdocs as well.
