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Title: An ecological predator-prey-nutrient stochastic energy model for laminar-turbulence transition in pipe flow

Members of the NITMB community are invited to join us for Research-In-Progress meetings, an informal venue for members of the NITMB to discuss ongoing and/or planned research.

Xueying Wang is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology. Earning her Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, her research tackles the dynamical properties of complex, chaotic, and out-of-equilibrium systems, including fluid turbulence, biological and artificial neural networks, ecological systems, and active matter. In her doctoral work, she developed a spatially extended stochastic ecological model of energy flow in a fluid undergoing the transition to turbulence and predicted the four different phases encountered during the progression to fully developed turbulence in the quasi-one-dimensional flow. She employs a combination of computational and analytical techniques derived from statistical physics in her research. She has widespread research interests ranging from fluid turbulence to generalized learning & adaptation and structural stability & emergent functionality. For more information, see personal website and Google Scholar page.

Learn more about Xueying Wang's research and engage in discussion with the NITMB community. Research-In-Progress talks take place on Wednesdays at 3pm at the NITMB office (875 N Michigan Ave., Suite 4010). Snacks and coffee will follow.