John Bush received his B.Sc in Physics in 1986 and M.Sc in Geophysics in 1988 from the University of Toronto. He completed his Ph.D. in Geophysics at Harvard University in 1993. Following his doctorate, he pursued postdoctoral research at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) at the University of Cambridge from 1993 to 1997. In January 1998, he joined the faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the field of applied mathematics. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2002, tenured in 2004, and became a Full Professor in 2009. He currently directs the Applied Math Laboratory. Professor Bush is recognized as a fluid dynamicist, focusing on geophysical environmental flows and surface tension-driven phenomena, with applications in biology and hydrodynamic quantum analogs. He has received numerous accolades, including frequent awards from the Gallery of Fluid Motion by the American Physical Society (APS) Division of Fluid Dynamics. He was awarded the NSF Career Award in 2002 and in 2003 was selected as the department's initial holder of the Edward F. Kelly Research Award. Additionally, he was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2009.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Cambridge, MA
Full professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics, directing the Applied Math Laboratory.