Dr. Flavio Fenton

Biography

Flavio Fenton is a Professor in the School of Physics at Georgia Institute of Technology. His research specializes in excitable media, complex systems, and pattern formation, employing a combined approach of theory, experiments, and computer simulations. His interests encompass High Performance Computing, focusing on the development and implementation of novel algorithms to solve partial differential equations in regular and irregular domains. He engages in computer modeling of complex systems utilizing supercomputers and GPUs for simulations and visualization of large data in near-real time. Fenton also conducts experiments in complex systems, particularly cardiac dynamics, by studying voltage and calcium dynamics in cardiac tissues from various organisms, including fish and horses. His methodologies include chaos control and synchronization, contributing to the understanding of dynamics in excitable oscillatory media such as hearts, neurons, and chemical reactions. Fenton is dedicated to the mathematical modeling and analysis of dynamics in complex systems, working on projects that integrate theoretical insights with experimental data.

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