Michael C. Cross
Professor of Theoretical Physics, Emeritus
B.A., University of Cambridge, 1972; Ph.D., 1975. Professor, Caltech, 1984-2016; Professor Emeritus, 2016-.
Research Interests: transport in mesoscopic systems; mesoscopic oscillators; driven, nonequilibrium systems including pattern formation, selection principles, spatiotemporal chaos and the application to physics, chemistry, and biology
Overview
Michael C. Cross is an Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech, specializing in complex systems and nonlinear dynamics.
Research
I am now retired, and do not have any research positions available.
Teaching
- I taught Ph127 Statistical Mechanics for several years. Here are the notes from 2004.
- Introduction to Chaos: lecture notes and demonstrations for an introductory course on chaos.
- Collective Effects in Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium Physics: a special topics course taught at Beijing Normal University in 2006.
Demonstrations
Selected Awards
- Fellow, American Physical Society
- Review Article 'Pattern Formation out of Equilibrium' published by APS, one of the most influential and highly cited papers
Selected Awards
- Fellow, American Physical Society
- Review Article 'Pattern Formation out of Equilibrium' published by APS, one of the most influential and highly cited papers