Professor Werner Horsthemke

 

Werner Horsthemke

    

Associate Professor

 Office: 313 Fondren Science
Department of Chemistry Phone: (214) 768-4241
Southern Methodist University Fax: (214) 768-4089
PO Box 750314    email
Dallas, TX 75275-0314    
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Education:

  • Ph.D. Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, 1978

Research Interests:

Theoretical nonlinear chemical dynamics: patterns in networks of well-stirred reactors, spatial patterns in systems with subdiffusive transport or transport with inertia, random fluctuations and pattern formation in nonequilibrium systems

Selected Publications:

  • S. I. Denisov, W. Horsthemke, and P. Hänggi: "Generalized Fokker-Planck equation: Derivation and exact solutions," Eur. Phys. J. B 68, 567 – 575
    (2009)

  • A. Yadav, S. M. Milu, and W. Horsthemke: "Turing Instability in Reaction-Subdiffusion Systems," Phys. Rev. E 78, 026116 (8 pages) (2008)

  • V. Méndez, S. Fedotov, D. Campos, and W. Horsthemke: "Biased Random Walks and Propagation Failure," Phys. Rev. E 75, 011118 (4 pages) (2007)

  • W. Horsthemke and R. Lefever: Noise-Induced Transitions, Springer Series in Synergetics, Vol. 15, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1984; 2nd printing 2006

  • A. Yadav and W. Horsthemke: "Kinetic Equations for Reaction-Subdiffusion Systems: Derivation and Stability Analysis," Phys. Rev. E 74, 066118 (10 pages) (2006)

  • W. Horsthemke, C. E. Zachary, and P. K. Moore: "Instabilities in Networks of Reactors Coupled by Photochemical Feedback," Chem. Phys. Lett. 432, 457 - 461 (2006)

  • P. K. Moore and W. Horsthemke: "Localized Patterns in Homogeneous Networks of Diffusively Coupled Reactors," Physica D 206, 121 - 144 (2005)

  • W. Horsthemke and P. K. Moore: "Turing Instability in Inhomogeneous Arrays of Diffusively Coupled Reactors," J. Phys. Chem. A 108, 2225 - 2231 (2004)

Courses Taught:

  • Physical Chemistry (CHEM 5381, 5383, 5384)
  • Advanced Physical Chemistry (CHEM 5396)
  • Chemical Kinetics (CHEM 6114)