Spatiotemporal Dynamics in Chemical Systems

西弗吉尼亚大学的Kenneth Showalter得到了理论与计算化学项目和应用数学项目的支持，研究化学系统的时空动力学。目前开展了三个主要研究领域：控制和表征分布式光敏别洛乌索夫- zhabotinsky介质中的稳定反应扩散波；利用可寻址兴奋介质模拟疾病传播；研究过氧化物酶-氧化酶反应的时空行为。本研究采用实验与数值模拟相结合的方法。这项工作将对其他科学领域产生影响，特别是对易兴奋媒体和流行病学的理解。该奖项由数学科学部的应用数学项目和化学部门的理论与计算化学项目共同资助，隶属于美国国家科学基金会数学科学优先领域。

Kenneth Showalter of West Virginia University is supported by the Theoretical and Computational Chemistry program and the Applied Mathematics program for research on spatiotemporal dynamics in chemical systems. Three main areas of research are being carried out: controlling and characterizing stabilized reaction-diffusion waves in a distributed photosensitive Belousov-Zhabotinsky medium; modeling disease spread using addressable excitable media; and studying spatiotemporal behavior in the Peroxidase-Oxidase reaction. The research involves a combination of experiment and numerical simulation. The work will have an impact on other areas of science, particularly the understanding of excitable media and epidemiology.This award is co-funded by the Applied Mathematics program of the Division of Mathematical Sciences and the Theoretical and Computational Chemistry program of the Chemistry Division under the umbrella of the NSF-wide Mathematical Sciences Priority Area.