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38
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2236

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Daniel P. Lathrop is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within physics and engineering, with a particular focus on phenomena involving quantum mechanics, magnetism, and fluid dynamics.

The primary fields of study for this researcher include Physics and Astronomy, as well as Engineering. More specifically, their work touches on several subfields:

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Artificial Intelligence

Key topics covered by Daniel P. Lathrop include:

  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Quantum chaos and dynamical systems
  • Quantum and electron transport phenomena
  • Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices
  • Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics
  • Nonlinear Waves and Solitons
  • Magnetic properties of thin films

The researcher has produced a range of papers published in notable venues, including arXiv (Cornell University), Physical Review Applied, Physical Review Research, and others. Some selected recent publications are:

  • "Fluid Dynamics Experiments for Planetary Interiors," 2022, Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich)
  • "Programmable electrical coupling between stochastic magnetic tunnel junctions," 2024, Physical Review Applied
  • "Topology and manipulation of scattering singularities in complex non-Hermitian systems: Two-channel case," 2025, Physical Review Research
  • "Experimental study of rough spherical Couette flows: Increasing helicity toward a dynamo state," 2021, Physical Review Fluids
  • "Measurement-driven Langevin modeling of superparamagnetic tunnel junctions," 2024, Physical Review Applied

Frequent collaborators in their research include Sidra Gibeault, Temitayo N. Adeyeye, Matthew W. Daniels, M. D. Stiles, and Jabez J. McClelland.

Daniel P. Lathrop has published multiple articles in recurring journals, with a strong presence in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review Applied
  • Geophysics
  • Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich)
  • Physical Review Research

In 2011, they were recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Superfluid helium: visualization of quantized vortices.

    Gregory P. Bewley;Gregory P. Bewley;Daniel P. Lathrop;Katepalli R. Sreenivasan;Katepalli R. Sreenivasan

  • Transition to shear-driven turbulence in Couette-Taylor flow.

    Daniel P. Lathrop;Jay Fineberg;Harry L. Swinney

  • Singularity dynamics in curvature collapse and jet eruption on a fluid surface

    Benjamin W. Zeff;Benjamin Kleber;Jay Fineberg;Daniel P. Lathrop

  • Velocity Statistics Distinguish Quantum Turbulence from Classical Turbulence

    M. S. Paoletti;Michael E. Fisher;K. R. Sreenivasan;K. R. Sreenivasan;D. P. Lathrop

  • Characterization of reconnecting vortices in superfluid helium.

    Gregory P. Bewley;Matthew S. Paoletti;Katepalli R. Sreenivasan;Daniel P. Lathrop

  • Experimental Observation and Characterization of the Magnetorotational Instability

    Daniel R. Sisan;Nicolás Mujica;W. Andrew Tillotson;Yi Min Huang

  • Turbulent flow between concentric rotating cylinders at large Reynolds number.

    Daniel P. Lathrop;Jay Fineberg;Harry L. Swinney

  • Direct observation of Kelvin waves excited by quantized vortex reconnection

    Enrico Fonda;David P. Meichle;Nicholas T. Ouellette;Sahand Hormoz

  • Measuring intense rotation and dissipation in turbulent flows

    Benjamin W. Zeff;Daniel D. Lanterman;Ryan McAllister;Rajarshi Roy

  • Angular momentum transport in turbulent flow between independently rotating cylinders.

    M. S. Paoletti;D. P. Lathrop

  • Drag Reduction in Bubbly Taylor-Couette Turbulence

    Thomas H. van den Berg;Stefan Luther;Daniel P. Lathrop;Detlef Lohse

  • Visualization of two-fluid flows of superfluid helium-4.

    Wei Guo;Marco La Mantia;Daniel P. Lathrop;Steven W. Van Sciver

  • Viscous effects in droplet-ejecting capillary waves

    Christopher L. Goodridge;W. Tao Shi;H. G. E. Hentschel;Daniel P. Lathrop

  • Toward a self-generating magnetic dynamo: the role of turbulence

    Nicholas L. Peffley;A. B. Cawthorne;Daniel P. Lathrop

  • The Twente turbulent Taylor-Couette (T3C) facility: strongly turbulent (multiphase) flow between two independently rotating cylinders.

    Dennis Paulus Maria van Gils;Gert-Wim Bruggert;Daniel P. Lathrop;Chao Sun

  • Reconnection dynamics for quantized vortices

    M.S. Paoletti;Michael E. Fisher;D.P. Lathrop

  • Visualization of Superfluid Helium Flow

    Matthew S. Paoletti;Ralph B. Fiorito;Katepalli R. Sreenivasan;Katepalli R. Sreenivasan;Daniel P. Lathrop

  • Threshold dynamics of singular gravity-capillary waves.

    Christopher L. Goodridge;W. Tao Shi;Daniel P. Lathrop

  • Bubbly turbulent drag reduction is a boundary layer effect.

    Th.H. van den Berg;Dennis Paulus Maria van Gils;Daniel P. Lathrop;Detlef Lohse

  • Inertial waves driven by differential rotation in a planetary geometry

    Douglas H. Kelley;Santiago Andrés Triana;Daniel S. Zimmerman;Andreas Tilgner

  • Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos: With Applications to Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Engineering

    Daniel Lathrop

  • Experimental Observation and Characterization of the Magnetorotational Instability

    Daniel S. Zimmerman;Daniel R. Sisan;Nicolás Mujica;William Dorland

Frequent Co-Authors

Katepalli R. Sreenivasan
Katepalli R. Sreenivasan New York University
Detlef Lohse
Detlef Lohse University of Twente
Michael E. Fisher
Michael E. Fisher University of Maryland, College Park
Jay Fineberg
Jay Fineberg Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Chao Sun
Chao Sun Tsinghua University
Brian R. Hunt
Brian R. Hunt University of Maryland, College Park
Edward Ott
Edward Ott University of Maryland, College Park
Nicholas T. Ouellette
Nicholas T. Ouellette Stanford University
Thomas M. Antonsen
Thomas M. Antonsen University of Maryland, College Park
James Drake
James Drake University of Maryland, College Park

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