Complex Systems
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The research focus of the Complex Systems Division at CSRC is the development and application of methods of statistical physics in the treatment of complex physical and biological phenomena. We are particularly interested in the construction and analysis of simple yet quantitative models that expose the key factors responsible for the system’s functionality and behavior. Current research topics include stochastic processes arising from the cell, fluctuation phenomena, molecular dynamics simulation of enzymatic reactions, molecular motors and transcriptional machinery, scattering amplitudes in quantum field theory, hydrodynamic instabilities and mix in inertial confinement fusion, multiscale modeling and algorithmic development. We seek close collaboration with domestic and overseas research groups and institutions in the area of single-molecule and single cell imaging, metabolic regulation, bioinformatics, particle physics, high energy density physics, advanced computational methods and nonequilibrium statistical physics.