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Prof. Laura Gardini is an Italian mathematician who studies chaos in dynamical systems...

Dr. Porporato's research focuses on the quantitative description and prediction of the complex dynamics of the terrestrial water cycle, with special interest in the impact of the hydrologic cycle on temporal and spatial variability of ecosystem processes (eco-hydrology) and the related energy, carbon and nutrient cycles. He uses both theoretical and experimental approaches to isolate and describe the dominant dynamical components of these physical and biological interactions. Specific research areas focus on soil moisture-microbes-plant dynamics, mathematical modeling of biogeochemical cycles, soil-atmosphere dynamics, and sustainable use of soil and water resources (irrigation, soil salinization and remediation) with particular attention to semiarid ecosystems, both natural and agricultural. Because of the inherent interdisciplinarity of such problems, his research methods draw from fluid mechanics, soil physics, plant physiology, statistical physics, nonlinear dynamics, non-equilibrium thermodynamics, and complex system science.

Dr. Kröger is a Professor in the Department of Materials of ETH Zürich in Switzerland. His research focus is on polymer physics, computational physics, applied mathematics, stochastic differential equations, coarse-graining and biophysics.

Dr. Stefano Lepri is a senior researcher in Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy...

Dr. is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Siksha-Bhavana, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India.

Dr. Mishra is a professor in the Department of Mathematics, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi...

Dr. Mondal is a professor in the Department of Mathematics, Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University, West Bengal, India.

Dr. Rotskoff studies the nonequilibrium dynamics of living matter with a particular focus on self-organization from the molecular to the cellular scale. His work involves developing theoretical and computational tools that can probe and predict the properties of physical systems driven away from equilibrium. Recently, he has focused on characterizing and designing physically accurate machine learning techniques for biophysical modeling. Prior to his current position, Grant was a James S. McDonnell Fellow working at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley in the Biophysics graduate group supported by an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. His thesis, which was advised by Phillip Geissler and Gavin Crooks, developed theoretical tools for understanding nonequilibrium control of the small, fluctuating systems, such as those encountered in molecular biophysics. He also worked on coarsegrained models of the hydrophobic effect and self-assembly. Grant received an S.B. in Mathematics from the University of Chicago, where he became interested in biophysics as an undergraduate while working on free energy methods for large-scale molecular dynamics simulations.

Dr. Sivaraj is an associate professor in the department of Mathematics, Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Punjab, India.

Dr. Gowrisankar is an Assistant Professor Senior in the Department of Mathematics, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu, India.

Dr. Pal is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Siksha-Bhavana, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India.