| July 2009 |
Personal Information
Name: Arik YochelisBirth: 08/Apr/71, Lithuania (former USSR) |
Address: Department of
Chemical Engineering, Technion
- Israel Institute of Technology,
Haifa 32000, Israel |
Education
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Ph.D. Advisor: Thesis title: |
1999-2003,
Nonlinear Dynamics, Department of
Physics,
Ben-Gurion University |
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M.Sc. Advisor: Thesis title: |
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B.Sc. |
1993-1996, Extended Physics, Department of
Physics,
Ben-Gurion University. |
| Short term schools | |
| 2004 | Self-Assembly, Pattern Formation and Growth Phenomena in Nano-Systems, St. Etienne de Tineé, FRANCE |
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2002 |
Modeling and Simulating Biocomplexity for Mathematicians and Physicists, Santa-Fe Institute, Santa-Fe, NM, USA |
| 2001 | Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics and Material Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA |
| 2000 | Physical Aspects of Biological Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel |
Research Interests
↑UP |
Presentations |
Publications
THEORETICAL INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS:
Theoretical topics: pattern selection mechanisms in systems driven far
from equilibrium, including bifurcation theory.
Applications to physiology: cardiovascular calcification, branching,
somitogenesis, excitability and cardiac fibrillation.
Employment History
| Academic | |
| Aug/2008-Jul/09 | Research associate – Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology; with Prof. Moshe Sheintuch |
| Aug/2006-Jul/08 | Postdoctoral associate – Department of Medicine (Cardiology), University of California at Los Angeles; with Prof. Alan Garfinkel |
| Sep/2005-Jul/06 | Postdoctoral associate – Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley; with Prof. Edgar Knobloch |
| Jan/2004-Aug/05 | Postdoctoral associate – Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology; with Prof. Len Pismen |
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Oct/1999-Jun/03 |
TA (frontal teaching) – Mechanics, EM, Modern Physics for undergraduates, Department of Physics, Ben-Gurion University |
| 2001 | Lecturer – topics in modern physics, gifted youth program, Sapir College |
| 1999 | Instructor – Matlab Laboratory, Life Science Faculty, Tel-Aviv University |
| 1996-98 | Instructor – Physics Laboratory for undergraduates, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University |
| Industry |
| 1997-99 | Physicist, R&D Department, Orbotech Ltd., Israel |
Professional Activities ↑UP | Presentations | Publications
| 2008-09 | Consultant, with Dr. Nir Gov, Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel |
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2000-03 |
Coorganizer of the Nonlinear Dynamics seminar, Department of Physics, Ben-Gurion University |
| 1998 | Research assistant, theoretical study of patterns developed in driven granular media, with Prof. I. Procaccia and Dr. Z. Olami, Department Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science |
| 1995 | Research assistant (undergraduate), experimental NMR study of paramagnetic impurities, with Prof. S. Goren and Dr. A. Panich, Department of Physics, Ben-Gurion University |
Grants, Awards and Honors
| Ministry of Immigration Absorption grant for returning scientists,
2008-2009 Referee for Phys. Rev. Lett., Phys. Rev. E, Colloid Surf. A-Physiochem. Eng. Asp., Physica D, Math. Med. Biol. … Member of the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Member of the Israel Physical Society (IPS) Israel Council for Higher Education, postdoctoral fellowship, 2003-05 Ben-Gurion University, Ph.D. scholarship, 1999-03 Tel-Aviv University, M.Sc. scholarship,1996-98 |
Travel Grants and Scholarships
Presentations ↑UP | Publications
| Conferences and Workshops | |
| 2009 | SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird, UT, USA (contributed) |
| 2008 |
Israeli Physical Society (IPS), Ben-Gurion
University, Israel (contributed) |
| 2007 |
Society of Mathematical Biology, San Jose, CA, USA (contributed) Applications of Analysis to Mathematical Biology, Duke University, NC, USA (contributed) |
| 2006 |
SIAM Conference on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures, University
of Washington, Seattle, WA USA (mini-symposium) Thin Films and Fluid Interfaces, UCLA, CA, USA (poster) |
| 2005 | Wetting: Theory and Experiments, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel (invited) |
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2004 |
Self-Assembly, Pattern Formation and Growth Phenomena in Nano-Systems,
St. Etienne de Tineé, France (contributed) |
| 2003 |
Trends in Pattern Formation: From Amplitude Equations to Applications,
MPI for Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany (poster) Dynamics and Bifurcations of Patterns in Dissipative Systems, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA (poster) |
| 2002 | Pattern and Form in Earth Dynamics (CMG), Institute for Scientific Interchange (ISI), Torino, Italy (contributed) |
| 2001 |
Dynamics Days Europe, MPI for Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden,
Germany (contributed) Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics and Material Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA (poster) Israeli Physical Society (IPS), Tel-Aviv, Israel (poster) |
| 1999 | Circle maps and medical applications, in a course on: Nonlinear dynamics in biology, ecology and medicine, Life Science Faculty, Tel-Aviv University, Israel (invited) |
| 1998 | Introduction to nonlinear dynamics and cardiac arrhythmia, semester lecture series, Medical Physics, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University, Israel (invited) |
| Colloquia and Seminars | |
| 2009 |
Dept. of Physical and Analytical Chemistry, Technion - Israel Inst. of
Technology, Israel Dept. of Chemical Physics, Tel-Aviv Univ., Israel Dept. of Physics, N.R.C.N., Israel |
| 2008 |
Department of Applied Mathematics, Weizmann
Institute of Science, Israel |
| 2007 | Mathematical Modeling and Analysis Division (T-7), Los Alamos National
Laboratory, NM, USA Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UCLA, CA, USA Department of Physics, UC Riverside, CA, USA Department of Physics, California State University, Northridge, CA, USA |
| 2006 | Department of Applied Mathematics, Stanford University, CA, USA Division of Cardiology, UCLA, CA, USA Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel Department of Applied Mathematics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel Department of Mathematics, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel Department of Physics, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University, Israel Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University, Israel Department of Physics, Ben-Gurion University, Israel |
| 2005 | Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA (Colloquia) School of Natural Sciences, UC Merced, CA, USA Fluid Mechanics Workshop, UC Berkeley, CA, USA Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University, Israel School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University, Israel Department of Physics, Ben-Gurion University, Israel Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel Department Chemical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel |
| 2004 | Division of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard, MA, USA Department of Mathematics, University of Utah, UT, USA Engineering Department of Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, Tel Aviv University, Israel Einstein Institute of Mathematics, Hebrew University, Israel Department of Mathematics, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Israel Department of Complex of Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel |
| 2003 | School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University, Israel Department of Physics, Ben-Gurion University, Israel |
| 2002 | Department Chemical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of
Technology, Israel Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University, Israel |
| 2001 | Department of Physics, Ben-Gurion University, Israel Nanotechnology workshop, Ben-Gurion University, Israel |
Drifting solitary waves in a reaction-diffusion medium with
differential advection,
A. Yochelis and M. Sheintuch, e-print
arXiv:0905.2629 [nlin.PS].
Principal bifurcations and symmetries in selection of
reaction-diffusion-advection patterns on finite domains,
A. Yochelis and Moshe Sheintuch,
submitted (2008);
e-print
arXiv:0810.4690
[nlin.PS].
Towards nonlinear selection of reaction-diffusion patterns in
presence of advection: A spatial dynamics approach,
A. Yochelis and M. Sheintuch, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.
(in press).
Bifurcation and chaos in a model of cardiac early
afterdepolarizations,
D. X. Tran, D. Sato, A. Yochelis, J. N. Weiss, A. Garfinkel, and Z.
Qu, Phys. Rev. Lett.
102, 258103 (2009).
Generation of finite
wave trains in excitable media,
A. Yochelis, E. Knobloch, Y. Xie, Z. Qu, and A. Garfinkel, Europhys. Lett.
83, 64005 (2008).
The formation of labyrinths, spots and stripe patterns in a
biochemical approach to cardiovascular calcification,
A. Yochelis, Y. Tintut, L. L. Demer, and A. Garfinkel, New J. Phys.
10, 055002 (2008); a focus issue on heart and mind.
Front motion and localized states in an asymmetric bistable
activator-inhibitor system with saturation,
A. Yochelis and A. Garfinkel, Phys. Rev. E 77, 035204 (Rapid
communication) (2008); Selected to the Virtual Journal
of Biological Physics Research, April 1, 2008.
Classification of spatially localized oscillations in periodically forced
dissipative systems,
J. Burke, A. Yochelis, and E. Knobloch, SIAM J. Appl. Dyn.
Syst. 7, 651 (2008).
Matrix GLA protein, an inhibitory morphogen in pulmonary vascular
development,
Y. Yao, S. Nowak, A. Yochelis, A. Garfinkel, and K. Boström, J. Biol. Chem.
282, 30131 (2007).
Formation and mobility of droplets on composite layered
substrates,
A. Yochelis, E. Knobloch, and L. M. Pismen, Eur. Phys. J. E
22, 41 (2007).
Reciprocal oscillons and nonmonotonic fronts in forced
nonequilibrium systems,
A. Yochelis, J. Burke, and E. Knobloch, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 254501 (2006).
Linear and nonlinear front instabilities in bistable systems,
A. Hagberg, A. Yochelis, H. Yizhaq, C. Elphick, L. M. Pismen, and E. Meron,
Physica D 217, 186 (2006).
Thin
films of van der Waals fluid: From interface interactions to wetting
transitions,
A. Yochelis and L. M. Pismen,
Colloids Surfaces A-Physicochem. Eng. Aspects 274, 170 (2006).
Droplet motion driven by surface freezing or melting: A mesoscopic
hydrodynamic approach,
A. Yochelis and L. M. Pismen, Phys. Rev. E 72, 025301 (Rapid
communication) (2005); Selected to the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology,
September 12, 2005.
Frequency locking in extended systems: The impact of a Turing mode,
A. Yochelis, C. Elphick, A. Hagberg, and E. Meron, Europhys. Lett. 69,
170 (2005).
Two-phase
resonant patterns in forced oscillatory systems:
Boundaries, mechanisms and forms,
A. Yochelis, C. Elphick, A. Hagberg, and E. Meron, Physica D 199, 201
(2004).
Development of
standing-wave labyrinthine patterns,
A. Yochelis, A. Hagberg, E. Meron, A. L. Lin, and H. L. Swinney, SIAM
J. Appl. Dyn. Syst. 1, 236 (2002).
Oscillons
formation as an initial pattern state,
A. Yochelis, B. Galanti and Z. Olami, Phys. Rev. E 60, 6157
(1999).
Nuclear spin-lattice relaxation of dipolar order caused by paramagnetic
impurities,
G. B. Furman, A. M. Panich, A. Yochelis, E. M. Kunoff, and S. D. Goren,
Phys. Rev. B 55, 439 (1997).