Dwight Barkley

My interests lie at the intersection of nonlinear dynamics, pattern formation, and scientific computation, with a particular focus on the emergence of complex spatiotemporal behaviour in nonlinear partial differential equations. My research encompasses hydrodynamic stability, transition to turbulence, reaction–diffusion equations, excitable media, and spatiotemporal chaos, with particular emphasis on instabilities, bifurcations, symmetry breaking, and wave phenomena. Much of this work involves the development of original computational approaches that provide fundamental mathematical and physical insights.

I am a Fellow of the Royal Society, the American Physical Society, the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, and the Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications. I am also a Fluid Mechanics Fellow of the European Mechanics Society and a recipient of the SIAM J. D. Crawford Prize.