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Jean M. Carlson
Professor
Physics
(UCSB)
CONTACT
Department of Physics Broida Hall, 6123 Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9530
Tel.: 805-893-8345 Fax: 805-893-3307 Email: carlson@physics.ucsb.edu Web site: http://www.physics.ucsb.edu/~complex/
EDUCATION
Ph.D.: 1988, Cornell University B.S.: 1984, Princeton University
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Fundamental theory and applications in complex systems research, emphasizing robustness tradeoffs, high variability, and optimization in biological networks, including the immune system, and the brain. Dynamics and power laws in the context of natural and technological disasters, both from the perspective of modeling dynamic cascading failure phenomena and statistically evaluating hazards.
CURRENT TEAMS
Bio-inspired Network Science Cognitive Neuroscience
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