Christopher Marcotte, PhD FHEA
Durham University / Department of Computer Science / Scientific Computing Group / Assistant Professor
About
I am a computational scientist specializing in pattern formation, dynamical systems, and computational physics, with a primary focus on cardiac dynamics. My research combines theoretical analysis with advanced numerical methods to understand complex spatiotemporal phenomena in biological systems.
Education
- Fellow of the Higher Education Authority - (2025)
- PhD in Physics - Georgia Institute of Technology (2016)
- MSc in Physics - Georgia Institure of Technology (2016)
- BSc in Physics (magna cum laude) - University of Rhode Island (2010)
Professional Experience
- Assistant Professor, Scientific Computing Group, Department of Computer Science, Durham University (September 2022 - )
- Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Computational Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology (January 2020 - September 2022)
- Research Fellow, EPSRC Centre for Predictive Modelling in Healthcare, University of Exeter, Mathematics Department (December 2017 - December 2019)
Research Interests
- Pattern formation in biological systems
- Dynamical systems and nonlinear dynamics
- Computational physics and numerical methods
- Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
- High-Performance Computing
- Machine-Learning acceleration for physical applications
- Computation and characterization of Exact Coherent Structures
- Dynamical systems and pattern formation
- Numerical simulation of reaction-diffusion models
- Data assimilation
- Dynamically constrained Optimization
- Computational Cardiac Electrophysiology
- Exact solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations
- Modal analysis of large systems
Publications
A complete listing of my publications is available on Google Scholar.
Service and Professional Activities
- Organizing Committee, SIAM Computational Science and Engineering (2025)
- Organizer, Minisymposium, HPC/AI Days, Durham University
- Organizer, Minisymposia at SIAM Dynamical Systems (2021)
- Organizing Committee Member, Dynamics Days US (2021)
- Co-organizer, International Workshop on Cardiac Dynamics, University of Exeter (2018)
- Regular participant at SIAM Dynamical Systems Conference (2013 - )
- Regular participant at SIAM Life Sciences Conference (2015 - )
- Presenter at SIAM Computational Science and Engineering Conference (2021 - )
Code and Software
My research involves significant computational modeling work. Public repositories are maintained under this account GitHub. Additional codes are in development or subject to licensing restrictions.
Collaboration
I am eager to collaborate with researchers and educators on interesting problems at the intersection of computing, mathematics, and physical systems. The most appropriate way to reach me is by email.