David Schaffer

David Schaeffer - Duke University (USA)

David Schaeffer earned his PhD in Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

He is the James B. Duke Professor of Mathematics at Duke University. Prior to that, he taught at Brandeis University and MIT.

Dr. Schaeffer is an expert in Applied Mathematics, especially in partial differential equations.

He is the co-author of two books Two phase flows and waves, and Singularities and groups in bifurcation theory - vol. I and II, considered to be a classic reference in its field, and has written more than 80 publications.

Schaeffer is a member of the Duke Center for Systems Biology, and a recipient of the Max Planck Research Award. He has also received a fellowship from the Japan Society for Promotion of Science Fellowship.

RESEARCH STAY AT UC3M: MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

PROJECT: Calculation of the rapid-pacing asymptotics of cardiac models, with an application to the contribution of discordant alternans in the development of ventricular fibrillation. Training in the use of numerical methods and asymptotics in the context of studying a specific cardiac model. Collaboration in finding the spectrum in a singularly perturbed eigenvalue problem. Assistance in interpreting cardiac models, in particular in adjusting the parameters in a cardiac model to simulate infarcts.

STAY PERIOD: SEP 09 - MAR 10

Publications

1. Y. Farjoun, D.G. Schaeffer, "The hanging thin rod: A singularly perturbed eigenvalue problem". SIAM Review. arXiv:1008:1912