James A. Kwiecinski

Mathematical Modeler and Theorist

About me

I am a postdoctoral fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science currently working at the Okinawa Institute for Science and Technology. Previously, I studied a DPhil in Mathematics at the Oxford Center of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (formerly Oxford Center of Collaborative Applied Mathematics) as a Sir Zelman Cowen Scholar of the General Sir John Monash Scholarship Foundation and Alan Tayler Scholar of Applied Mathematics at St. Catherine's College, Oxford.

I specialize in the mathematical modeling of natural phenomenon, which essentially involves two steps: First, by appealing to physical or phenomenological principles, one writes down a set of mathematical relations that govern how the phenomenon operates then, second, by using mathematical techniques, one gains a deeper understanding into the structure and workings of such models. The direct consequence is that we are now in a better position to explain why the phenomenon works the way that it does. To this end, I study systems from a mechanical perspective and employ tools from the fields of nonlinear dynamics and asymptotic analysis to mathematically attack problems.

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