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Professor Kevrekidis' expertise lies in the field of chemical engineering, although much of his work relies on extensive numerical analysis. His primary research deals with computer-assisted modeling of complex chemical systems with multiple time and physical scales. Much of his time is devoted to the development of numerical simulations of chemical systems in order to allow for system-level analysis. This has led to his establishment of an equation-free connection between the macroscopic behavior of a system and the microscopic, atomistic, stochastic simulators.

Kevrekidis' work in the dynamic behavior of reaction and transport processes has been closely tied to the study of nonlinear dynamics. His research has shed light on fundamental instabilities and oscillations within chemical reactors as well as on the transition from stability to turbulence in fluid flow. This work has led to the development of a series of numerical algorithms relevant to a number of applications in engineering. Kevrekidis has also researched time series generated by chemical processes and from this data has developed nonlinear, low-dimensional, accurate models to characterize them. Analysis of these models can ultimately lead to control of the chemical system.

Prof. Kevrekidis, a native of Greece, received his undergraduate diploma from the National Technical University of Athens in 1981. He then moved to the University of Minnesota where he received his master's degree in mathematics and his Ph.D. in chemical engineering in 1986. It was in this year that he also accepted a position with Princeton's Department of Chemical Engineering.

Prof. Kevrekidis holds a joint appointment with the Department of Chemical Engineering and with PACM. He is also an associated faculty member of the Department of Mathematics. He currently teaches a graduate course in mathematical methods of engineering analysis.

PACM Students advised: Katherine Bold, Benjamin Sonday