Title
Senior Advisor to the Provost for Research and Henry F. Fischbach Professor of Chemistry
Chemistry
Neuroscience
Volen National Center for Complex Systems
Expertise
Experimental and theoretical studies of oscillating reactons, chaos, waves and pattern formation in reaction diffusion systems. Mathematical modeling of biochemical kinetics and neural systems. Functional networks.
Profile
My research focuses on patterns in time and space, primarily in chemical (reaction-diffusion) systems, though the systems I study cross cross disciplinary lines into such areas as biology, physics, mathematics, engineering and the social sciences.
Degrees
Harvard University, Ph.D.
Harvard University, M.A.
Harvard University, B.A.
Oxford University, Diploma
Contact
| Email: | epstein@brandeis.edu |
| Phone: | 781-736-2503 |
| Office: | Carl J. Shapiro Science Center, 3-09 |
Awards and Honors
Fellow, Massachusetts Academy of Sciences (2012)
Grass Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University (2010)
Honorary Professor, China University of Mining and Technology (2009)
Henry F. Fischbach Chair in Chemistry (2006)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Professorship (2006 - 2010)
Chair, NSF Workshop on "Models of Thought Processes" (2004 - 2005)
Board of Directors, New England Complex Systems Institute (1996 - 2005)
Associate Editor, Chaos, American Institute of Physics (1990 - 2005)
Helena Rubinstein Chair in Chemistry (1989 - 1994)
Guggenheim Fellowship (1987 - 1988)
Founding chair, Gordon Research Conference on Chemical Oscillations (1982)
Guggenheim Fellowship (1977)
Humboldt Fellowship (1977)
Dreyfus Foundation Teacher-Scholar (1973 - 1978)
Marshall Scholar (1966 - 1967)
Woodrow Wilson Fellow (1966 - 1968)
Courses Taught
| CHEM | 11a | General Chemistry I |
| CHEM | 11b | General Chemistry II |
| CHEM | 15a | Honors General Chemistry I |
| CHEM | 240c | Physical Chemistry Seminar |
| CHEM | 250c | Biophysical Chemistry Seminar |
| CHEM | 260c | Materials Chemistry Seminar |
Scholarship
