Charles S. Peskin

Charles S. Peskin ( born April 15, 1946) is an American mathematician who in particular is concerned with applications of mathematics in biology.

Peskin in 1972 at Yeshiva University with Alexandre Chorin doctorate 1972 ( Flow Patterns Around the Heart Valves: A Digital Computer Method for Solving the Equations of Motion ). Then he went to the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University, where he is a professor.

Peskin reach progress in mathematical biology and hydrodynamics. He introduced a mathematical method by which the interaction of elastic membranes can be described with liquids ( Immersed Boundary Method). This method was applied waves in the inner ear or insect flight in biology for example, simulation of blood flow.

In 1983 he was MacArthur Fellow. In 2003 he received the George David Birkhoff - Prize of the American Mathematical Society ( AMS), 1993, he was Gibbs Lecturer of the AMS and in 1986 he received the James H. Wilkinson Prize of the SIAM. In 1994 he received the Cray Research Information Technology Leadership Award and the Sidney Fernbach Award from the IEEE. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1995). In 1998 he was invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Berlin (Optimal dynamic instability of microtubules ). He is a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society.

Writings

  • With Frank C. Hoppensteadt Modeling and Simulation in Medicine and the Life Sciences, 2nd edition, Springer 2004
  • The immersed boundary method, Acta Numerica, 2002, pp. 1-39
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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