Prof. Dr. Leonid Bunimovich

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsTheoretical Physics,Statistical Physics, Soft Matter, Biological Physics, Nonlinear Dynamics
KeywordsChaos, Komplexität, Dynamik, Wellen, Neurodynamik

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityAtlanta
InstitutionGeorgia Institute of Technology
InstituteSchool of Mathematics

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Arkadi S. PikovskyInstitut für Physik und Astronomie, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam
Prof. Dr. Theo GeiselAbteilung Nichtlineare Dynamik, Max-Planck-Institut für Dynamik und Selbstorganisation, Göttingen
Start of initial sponsorship01/07/2002

Programme(s)

2002Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Bunimovich has developed a statistical theory of chaotic systems, especially the theory of chaotic billiards. He has made pioneering contributions to the mathematical foundation of nonequilibrium statistical mechanics and to the theory of space-time chaos.