Farshid Jafarpour
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Physics & Astronomy
209 South 33rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6396
Department of Physics & Astronomy
209 South 33rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6396
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Research Interests
Statistical physics and applied mathematics with applications in biological systems, population dynamics, pattern formation, and origin of life.
Education
2010 - 2016
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ph.D. in Physics (Download Thesis) (August 2016)
Thesis Adviser: Nigel Goldenfeld
M.S. in Mathematics (May 2014)
Ph.D. in Physics (Download Thesis) (August 2016)
Thesis Adviser: Nigel Goldenfeld
M.S. in Mathematics (May 2014)
2008 - 2010
North Carolina State University
B.S. in Chemical Engineering (Class Valedictorian)
B.S. in Physics
B.S. in Chemical Engineering (Class Valedictorian)
B.S. in Physics
Honors and Awards
- Scott Anderson Award, Spring 2016, University of Illinois
- Outstanding Instructor, Spring 2014, University of Illinois
- University Fellowship, Fall 2013, University of Illinois
- University Fellowship, Spring 2012, University of Illinois
- Excellence in Teaching, University of Illinois (6 semesters)
Publications
- F. Jafarpour, C. S. Wright, H. Gudjonson, J. Riebling, E. Dawson, K. Lo, A. Fiebig, S. Crosson, A. R. Dinner, S. Iyer-Biswas. Bridging the time scales of single-cell and population dynamics. Phys. Rev. X. 8, 021007 (2018)
- F. Jafarpour, M. Vennettilli, S. Iyer-Biswas. Biological timekeeping in the presence of stochasticity. (under review) Preprint arXiv:1703.10058
- T. Biancalani*, F. Jafarpour*, N. Goldenfeld. Giant Amplification of Noise in Fluctuation Induced Turing Pattern Formation. Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 018101 (2017), (*Equal Contribution)
- F. Jafarpour*, T. Biancalani, N. Goldenfeld. Noise-induced symmetry breaking far from equilibrium and the emergence of biological homochirality. Phys. Rev. E. 95, 032407 (2017), (*Corresponding Author)
- N. Goldenfeld, T. Biancalani, F. Jafarpour. Universal biology and the statistical mechanics of early life. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A. 375, 20160341 (2017)
- D. Pirjol, F. Jafarpour, S. Iyer-Biswas. Phenomenology of stochastic exponential growth. Phys. Rev. E. 95, 062406 (2017)
- F. Jafarpour, T. Biancalani, N. Goldenfeld. Noise-induced mechanism for biological homochirality of early life self-replicators. Phys. Rev. Lett. 115.15 (2015)
- F. Jafarpour, L. Angheluta, N. Goldenfeld. Velocity statistics for interacting edge dislocations in one dimension from Dyson's coulomb gas model. Phys. Rev. E. 88.4 (2013)
- G. Karimi, F. Jafarpour, X. Li. Characterization of flooding and two-phase flow in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell stacks. J. Power Sources, Vol 187, Issue 1, 156-164 (2009)
Seminars/Invited Talks
- Universal Biology Workshop, Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI),
Tokyo Institute of Technology (Fall 2017)
Invited by: Prof. Carlos Mariscal - Invited Panelist, SpaceVision Conference, Purdue University (Fall 2016)
Invited by: Students for the Exploration and Development of Space - Widely Applied Mathematics Seminars, Harvard University (Spring 2016)
Invited by: Prof. Ariel Amir - Special KIC(Bethe)/LASSP Seminar, Cornell University (Spring 2016)
Invited by: Prof. James Sethna - Biophysics Symposium, Princeton University (Fall 2015)
Invited by: Prof. Curtis Callan - Complex Matter and Biophysics Seminar, North Carolina State University (Fall 2015)
Invited by: Prof. Karen Daniels - ELSI Seminar, Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Summer 2015)
Invited by: Dr. Nicholas Guttenberg
Presentations
- F. Jafarpour, T. Biancalani, N. Goldenfeld. Noise-Induced Homochirality from Autocatalysis without Chiral Inhibition. Astrobiology Science Conference (2015)
- F. Jafarpour, T. Biancalani, N. Goldenfeld. Noise-Induced Homochirality in Spatially Extended Chemical and Biological Systems. Bulletin of the American Physical Society (2015)
- F. Jafarpour, N. Goldenfeld. Mathematical Model of Evolution of Complexity. Astrobiology Graduate Conference (2014)
Teaching Experience
- Guest Lecturer - Physics 570: Stochastic Processes in Physics, Purdue University (Fall 2016 and 2017)
- Mentor to Teaching Assistants - Physics 101: Mechanics & Heat, University of Illinois (Fall 2015)
- Teaching Assistant - Physics 101: Mechanics & Heat, University of Illinois (2010 - 2015)
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Outstanding Instructor Award (Spring 2015)
Rated excellent by students (all six semesters) - Teaching Assistant - Physics 213: Thermal Physics, University of Illinois (Spring 2011)
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Rated excellent by students
- Teaching Assistant - Physics 214: Quantum Physics, University of Illinois (Spring 2011)
Work Experience
- Quantitative Developer, Akuna Capital, Chicago IL (Summer 2016)
Computing Skills
- Languages: C, C++, Python, Mathematica, Matlab, SML.
- Other: LaTeX, HTML/CSS, Bash.
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