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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
  • 2009 - SIAM Fellow For simulations of blood flow in the heart and other biological processes.
  • 2000 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1999 - John von Neumann Lecturer
  • 1995 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1994 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1992 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • 1983 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation

Overview

Charles S. Peskin is affiliated with the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences in the United States. Their research spans across engineering and medicine, with a particular focus on subfields such as biomedical engineering, computational mechanics, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, condensed matter physics, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The main topics of their research include lattice Boltzmann simulation studies, micro and nano robotics, cardiovascular function and risk factors, microfluidic and bio-sensing technologies, molecular communication and nanonetworks, blood properties and coagulation, and mechanical circulatory support devices.

Recent publications by Charles S. Peskin cover a range of subjects and include:

  • "Strong intracellular signal inactivation produces sharper and more robust signaling from cell membrane to nucleus" (2020), published in PLoS Computational Biology
  • "Simulating cardiac fluid dynamics in the human heart" (2024), published in PNAS Nexus
  • "Hydrodynamics of a twisting, bending, inextensible fiber in Stokes flow" (2022), published in Physical Review Fluids
  • "A novel computational approach to simulate microswimmers propelled by bacterial flagella" (2021), published in Physics of Fluids
  • "An analysis of the numerical stability of the immersed boundary method" (2022), published in Journal of Computational Physics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Peskin include Charles Puelz, Boyce E. Griffith, Wanho Lee, Yongsam Kim, and Sookkyung Lim. These collaborations have contributed to the scientist's extensive publication record.

The most frequent venues for their work are:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Default Digital Object Group
  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Computational Physics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Charles S. Peskin has received multiple recognitions throughout their career, including:

  • Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013)
  • SIAM Fellow (2009) for simulations of blood flow in the heart and other biological processes
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (2000)
  • John von Neumann Lecturer (1999)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1995)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1994)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (1992)
  • Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation (1983)

Best Publications

  • The immersed boundary method

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  • Numerical analysis of blood flow in the heart

    Charles S Peskin

  • Flow patterns around heart valves: A numerical method

    Charles S Peskin

  • Stochastic mRNA Synthesis in Mammalian Cells

    Arjun Raj;Charles S Peskin;Daniel Tranchina;Diana Y Vargas

  • An Immersed Boundary Method with Formal Second-Order Accuracy and Reduced Numerical Viscosity

    Ming-Chih Lai;Charles S. Peskin

  • Numerical simulation and experimental validation of blood flow in arteries with structured-tree outflow conditions.

    Mette S. Olufsen;Charles S. Peskin;Won Yong Kim;Erik M. Pedersen

  • Cellular motions and thermal fluctuations: the Brownian ratchet

    Charles S. Peskin;Garrett M. Odell;George F. Oster

  • An Adaptive Version of the Immersed Boundary Method

    Alexandre M Roma;Charles S Peskin;Marsha J Berger

  • Mathematical aspects of heart physiology

    Charles S. Peskin

  • A three-dimensional computational method for blood flow in the heart. 1. Immersed elastic fibers in a viscous incompressible fluid

    C. S. Peskin;D. M. McQueen

  • Simulation of a Flapping Flexible Filament in a Flowing Soap Film by the Immersed Boundary Method

    Luoding Zhu;Charles S. Peskin

  • A computational model of aquatic animal locomotion

    Lisa J. Fauci;Charles S. Peskin

  • An adaptive, formally second order accurate version of the immersed boundary method

    Boyce E. Griffith;Richard D. Hornung;David M. McQueen;Charles S. Peskin

  • Improved Volume Conservation in the Computation of Flows with Immersed Elastic Boundaries

    Charles S. Peskin;Beth Feller Printz

  • The Fluid Dynamics of Heart Valves: Experimental, Theoretical, and Computational Methods

    Charles S. Peskin

  • On the order of accuracy of the immersed boundary method: Higher order convergence rates for sufficiently smooth problems

    Boyce E. Griffith;Charles S. Peskin

  • Flow patterns around heart valves: a digital computer method for solving the equations of motion

    Charles Samuel Peskin

  • A computational fluid dynamics of 'clap and fling' in the smallest insects.

    Laura A. Miller;Charles S. Peskin

  • Penalty immersed boundary method for an elastic boundary with mass

    Yongsam Kim;Charles S. Peskin

  • Modeling prosthetic heart valves for numerical analysis of blood flow in the heart

    Charles S Peskin;David M McQueen

  • Stability and Instability in the Computation of Flows with Moving Immersed Boundaries: A Comparison of Three Methods.

    Cheng Tu;Charles S. Peskin

Frequent Co-Authors

Boyce E. Griffith
Boyce E. Griffith University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Frank C. Hoppensteadt
Frank C. Hoppensteadt Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Tamar Schlick
Tamar Schlick New York University
George Oster
George Oster University of California, Berkeley
Mark W. Miller
Mark W. Miller Boston University
Michael L. Overton
Michael L. Overton Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
John B. Bell
John B. Bell Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Suse Broyde
Suse Broyde New York University
Arjun Raj
Arjun Raj University of Pennsylvania
Carolyn A. Larabell
Carolyn A. Larabell Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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