A special class of complex systems of interest to my research are the autocatalytic reactions that were introduced by Gray and Scott in 1983 and used as a paradigm for complex systems in isothermal conditions. I have introduced, with various collaborators, the concept of networks of multiple competing autocatalators existing and interacting in networks of reactors. Aside from the importance of these systems to reaction engineering, they also provide a paradigm for population dynamics in multiple interacting patchy environments. My research in this area is continuing as I have plans to develop an introductory textbook on complex dynamics based on the interaction of autocatalytic species.

• Balasubramanian, Sukanya, Ali Cinar and Fouad Teymour, “Effect of Asymmetric Manipulations in Autocatalytic Networks,” Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 49(11), pp. 5044-5052, 2010.

• Birol, Inanc and Fouad Teymour. "Statics and Dynamics of Multiple Cubic Autocatalytic Reactions." Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 144(3), pp.279-297, 2000.

• Chaivorapoj, Woraritt, Inan Birol, and Fouad Teymour. "Competition between Robust and Nonrobust Autocatalytic Replicators." Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 41(15), pp.3630-3641, 2002.

• Birol, Inanc, Satish J. Parulekar, and Fouad Teymour. "Effect of Environment Partitioning on the Survival and Coexistence of Autocatalytic Replicators." Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics 66(5), pp.051916, 2002.