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Thomas Fai

Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Thomas  Fai
tfai@brandeis.edu
781-736-3064
Goldsmith Building, 208

Departments/Programs

Mathematics
Volen National Center for Complex Systems

Degrees

New York University, Ph.D.
University of Michigan, B.S.

Expertise

Computational fluid dynamics for biological applications

Profile

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Courses Taught

MATH 37a Differential Equations
MATH 40a Introduction to Applied Mathematics
MATH 162a Numerical Methods for Scientific Computing

Scholarship

S.J. Del Signore, C.F. Kelley, E.M. Messelaar, T. Lemos, M.F. Marchan, B. Ermanoska, M. Mund, T.G. Fai, M. Kaksonen, A.A. Rodal. "An autoinhibitory clamp of actin assembly constrains and directs synaptic endocytosis." bioRxiv 2020.03.06.981076: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.06.981076 (2021).

T.G. Fai and Y. Park. "Global asymptotic stability of an active disassembly model of flagellar length control." arXiv:2010.08163 (2021).

T.G. Fai, J.M. Taylor, E.G. Virga, X. Zheng, and P. Palffy-Muhoray. "Leaky cell model of hard spheres." Journal of Chemical Physics 154. (2021): 104505.

Y. Park and T.G. Fai. "Dynamics of vesicles driven into closed constrictions by molecular motors." Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 82. (2020): 141.

T. Ruiz-Herrero, T.G. Fai, L. Mahadevan. "Dynamics of growth and form in prebiotic vesicles." Physical Review Letters 123. 3 (2019): 038102.

T.G. Fai, L. Mohapatra, P. Kar, J. Kondev, and A. Amir. "Length regulation of multiple flagella that self-assemble from a shared pool of components." eLife 8. (2019): e42599.



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