Zach Turner
PhD Student, Mathematics
Duke University
Zach Turner
PhD Student, Mathematics
Duke University
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PhD Student, Mathematics
Duke University
About Me
About Me
My name is Zachary Turner. I am a second year PhD student at Duke University in the Mathematics Department advised by Alexander Kiselev. I am an NSF GRFP fellow and a Duke Sloan UCEM Affiliate. I graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics in Spring 2024. I am interested in partial differential equations of chemotaxis and fluid dynamics, and computational modeling in the context of mathematical biology. My email is zach.turner@duke.edu.
Recent News
Recent News
5/4/25: I have officially finished my qualifying requirement as of today!
12/13/24: I have been selected Duke Sloan UCEM Affiliate! This includes mentoring resources and a one time $500 research/travel grant.
Recent Conference/Expository Talks
Recent Conference/Expository Talks
Reaction Enhancement by Chemotaxis (Informal Math Bio Seminar, Duke), December 2025
Spectral Theory of Fokker-Planck Operators (Statistical Mechanics Reading Group, Duke), June 2025
Methods for Uncertainty Quantification in Pulmonary Hemodynamics Simulations (RTG Ranch Retreat, Rice), May 2025
An Overview of Mathematical Biology (Grad-Fac Seminar, Duke), March 2025
Reading Group Papers Presented
Reading Group Papers Presented
Blow Up and Regularity for Fractal Burgers Equation (Kiselev, Nazarov, and Shterenberg, 2008) (Fluid Mechanics Reading Group, Fall '25)
Growth of Perimeter for Vortex Patches in a Bulk (Choi, Jeong, 2023) (Fluid Mechanics Reading Group, Fall '25)
Vivarium: An Interface and Engine for Integrative Multiscale Modeling in Computational Biology (Agmon et al., 2022) (Computational Biology Reading Group, Summer '25)
On the Eigenfunctions of the Fokker-Planck Operator and of its Adjoint (Ryter, 1987) (Statistical Mechanics Reading Group, Summer '25)
Global Regularity for Vortex Patches (Bertozzi, Constantin 1993) (Fluid Mechanics Reading Group, Spring '25)
A Simple Reaction-Difussion system as a Possible Model for the Origin of Chemotaxis (Gong, Kiselev, 2023) (PDE Reading Group, Fall '24)
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