• Personal Information 
  

  Name: Arik Yochelis Birth: 08/Apr/71, Lithuania (former USSR) Immigration to Israel: Nov/79 Presentations | Publications

  Address: Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel Tl.: +972-4-8293561 Fax: +972-4-8295672 Fax: (310) 206-9133  Email: yochelis@technion.ac.il

• Education 
   

  	Ph.D. Advisor: Thesis title:	1999-2003, Nonlinear Dynamics, Department of Physics, Ben-Gurion University Prof. Ehud Meron Pattern formation in periodically forced oscillatory systems | Abstract (in Hebrew) | Thesis |
  	M.Sc. Advisor: Thesis title:	1996-1998, Medical Physics, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University Prof. Solange Akselrod Approximation method for reconstruction of a phase response curve and investigation of the dynamical behavior of pacemaker cells as coupled oscillators
  	B.Sc.	1993-1996, Extended Physics, Department of Physics, Ben-Gurion University. Graduation with honor (Magna Cum Laude)

   

  	Short term schools
  2004	Self-Assembly, Pattern Formation and Growth Phenomena in Nano-Systems, St. Etienne de Tineé, FRANCE
  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
  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
  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
       

  2007	Applications of Analysis to Mathematical Biology, Duke University, NC, USA
  2006	SIAM Conference on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA Thin Films and Fluid Interfaces, UCLA, CA, USA
  2004	Self-Assembly, Pattern Formation and Growth Phenomena in Nano-Systems, St. Etienne de Tineé, France Oscillations and Dynamic Instabilities in Chemical Systems (Gordon research conference), Bates College, ME, USA
  2003	Dynamics and Bifurcations of Patterns in Dissipative Systems, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA Trends in Pattern Formation: From Amplitude Equations to Applications, MPI for Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany
  2002	Pattern and Form in Earth Dynamics (CMG), Institute for Scientific Interchange, Torino, Italy Modeling and Simulating Biocomplexity for Mathematicians and Physicists, Santa-Fe Institute, Santa-Fe, NM, USA
  2001	Dynamics Days Europe 2001, MPI for Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics and Material Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA

• 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) Interdisciplinary Research Conference, ORT Braude College, Nazareth Ilit, Israel (invited)
  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)

  2004	Self-Assembly, Pattern Formation and Growth Phenomena in Nano-Systems, St. Etienne de Tineé, France (contributed) Oscillations and Dynamic Instabilities in Chemical Systems (Gordon research conference), Bates College, ME, USA (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 Department of Mathematics, UCLA, CA, USA Department Biomedical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, 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

• Publications
   

  1. Drifting solitary waves in a reaction-diffusion medium with differential advection,
     A. Yochelis and M. Sheintuch, e-print arXiv:0905.2629 [nlin.PS].

  2. 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].

  3. 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).

  4. 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).

  5. Generation of finite wave trains in excitable media,
     A. Yochelis, E. Knobloch, Y. Xie, Z. Qu, and A. Garfinkel, Europhys. Lett. 83, 64005 (2008).

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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).

  9. 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).

  10. Formation and mobility of droplets on composite layered substrates,
      A. Yochelis, E. Knobloch, and L. M. Pismen, Eur. Phys. J. E 22, 41 (2007).

  11. Reciprocal oscillons and nonmonotonic fronts in forced nonequilibrium systems,
      A. Yochelis, J. Burke, and E. Knobloch, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 254501 (2006).

  12. 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).

  13. 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).

  14. 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.

  15. 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).

  16. 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).

  17. 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).

  18. Oscillons formation as an initial pattern state,
      A. Yochelis, B. Galanti and Z. Olami, Phys. Rev. E 60, 6157 (1999).

  19. 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).

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