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Jean M. Carlson

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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