Dr. Charles Peskin

Biography

Charles S. Peskin is a Silver Professor in the Department of Mathematics at New York University, with a research focus on mathematical modeling and computer simulation of biological and medical problems. His principal research effort began with his Ph.D. thesis, which centered on mathematical modeling of blood flow in the heart, particularly emphasizing heart valves. He developed the immersed boundary method, a novel computational approach for fluid-structure interaction. His current work, involving students, further develops this methodology, leading to a growing list of diverse applications including stochastic modeling of microscopic problems such as Brownian motion. Additionally, Peskin explores electrodiffusion modeling within cardiac electrophysiology, focusing on the interplay between electrical and mechanical processes that also studies the role of 3D microanatomy in neural science.

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