Faculty Guide

Title

Associate Professor of Chemistry

Chemistry

Expertise

Nonlinear Chemical Dynamics. Pattern Formation in Reaction-Diffusion Systems. Mathematical Modeling of Complex Chemical Reactions. Deterministic Chaos, Control of Chaos and Communication with Chaos. Modeling and Analysis of Gene Networks. Cell Cycle Dynamics.

Profile

Before coming to Brandeis University in 1991 I used to teach undergraduate courses in chemical engineering, chemical calculations, technological projects and chemical engineering laboratory courses in Prague Institute of Chemical Technology, Czech Republic. During my first 10 years at Brandeis I had been primarily involved in research. Since 2002 I have been teaching the general chemistry laboratory course (Chem 18) and since 2003 I am also teaching honors version of the general laboratory course (Chem 19).

Courses Taught

CHEM	18a	General Chemistry Laboratory I
CHEM	18b	General Chemistry Laboratory II
CHEM	19a	Honors General Chemistry Laboratory I
CHEM	19b	Honors General Chemistry Laboratory II

Scholarship

Feldman D., Nagao R., Bánsági T. Jr., Epstein I.R., Dolnik M. "Turing Patterns in the Chlorine-Dioxide-Iodine-Malonic Acid Reaction with Square Spatial Periodic Forcing." Physical Chemistry - Chemical Physics 14. (2012): 6577-6583.

Dolnik M., Bánsági T. Jr., Ansari S., Valent I.,Epstein I.R.:. "Locking of Turing Patterns in the Chlorine-Dioxide-Iodine-Malonic Acid Reaction with One-dimensional Spatial Periodic Forcing." Physical Chemistry - Chemical Physics 13. (2011): 12578-12583.

Miquez D.G., Dolnik M., Epstein I.R., Muñuzuri A.P. "Interaction of Chemical Patterns in Coupled Layers." Phys. Rev. E 84. (2011): 046210.

Sajevicz M., Dolnik M., Kronenbach D., Gontarska M., Kowalska T., Irving R. Epstein. "Oligomerization Oscillations of L-Lactic Acid in Solution." J. Phys. Chem 115A. (2011): 14331-14339.

Bánsági T. Jr., Ansari S., Epstein I.R.: Dolnik M.. "Rearrangement Dynamics of Fishbone-like Turing Patterns Generated by Spatial Periodic Forcing." Physical Review E 81. (2010): 066207.

Berenstein I., Yang L., Muñuzuri A.P., Dolnik M., Zhabotinsky A.M., Epstein I.R:. "Breathing spiral waves in the chlorine dioxide¿iodine¿malonic acid reaction-diffusion system." Phys. Rev. E 78. (2008): 025101.

Epstein I.R., Berenstein I. B., Dolnik M., Vanag K. V., Yang L., Zhabotinsky A.M.. "Coupled and forced patterns in reaction diffusion systems." Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 366. (2008): 397-408.

Miguez D.G., Dolnik M., Muñuzuri A.P., Kramer L. "The Effect of Axial Growth on Turing Pattern Formation." Physical Review Letters 96. (2006): 048304.

Yang L., Dolnik M., Zhabotinsky A.M., Epstein I.R.. "Turing patterns beyond hexagons and stripes." Chaos 16. (2006): 037114.