MATTHEW S. PAOLETTI
University of Texas at Austin Phone: (240) 344 – 3329 Center for Nonlinear Dynamics Fax: (512) 471 – 1558 Department of Physics E-mail: [email protected] Austin, Texas 78712 Web: www.chaos.utexas.edu/people/ post-docs/matt-paoletti
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Front propagation in reaction-advection-diffusion systems • Synchronization of oscillating reactions via superdiffusion in extended fluid systems • Dynamics of topological defects in quantum fluids • Rapidly-rotating turbulent flows • Internal waves and turbulence in stratified fluids
EDUCATION
Ph. D. Physics. University of Maryland at College Park, March 2010 Thesis: Visualizing Turbulent Processes in Superfluid Helium Advisor: Daniel P. Lathrop.
B.S. Physics, Bucknell University, May 2005 Honors Thesis: Experimental Studies of the Effects of Chaotic Mixing on an Advection-Reaction-Diffusion system Advisor: Thomas. H. Solomon Magna Cum Laude Phi Beta Kappa
B. S. Mathematics, Bucknell University, May 2005
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Postdoctoral Research Associate. Austin, Texas. September 2010-present. University of Texas at Austin, Department of Physics Center for Nonlinear Dynamics Supervisor: Harry L. Swinney Experimental and computational studies of internal waves and stratified fluid turbulence
Postdoctoral Research Associate. College Park, Maryland. March 2010 – September 2010. University of Maryland at College Park, Department of Physics and Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics Supervisor: Daniel P. Lathrop Experimental studies of angular momentum transport and turbulence in high Reynolds number, rapidly-rotating turbulent flows
Research Assistant and Research Fellow. College Park, Maryland. January 2006 - March 2010. University of Maryland at College Park, Department of Physics and Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics Advisor: Daniel P. Lathrop Experimental studies of topological defect formation and dynamics in superfluid 4He
Graduate Teaching and Lab Assistant. College Park, Maryland. August 2005 – December 2005. University of Maryland at College Park, Department of Physics Advanced experimental physics laboratory course
Research. Gaithersburg, Maryland. May 2005 – August 2005. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Atomic and Molecular Laboratory Advisor: William Phillips Experimental studies of sodium Bose-Einstein condensates and quantized orbital angular momentum absorption by single atoms
Honors Thesis Research. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. January 2004 – May 2005 Bucknell University, Department of Physics (20 hrs./week) Advisor: Thomas. H. Solomon Laboratory and numerical studies of front propagation and mode-locking in a reaction-advection- diffusion system, front propagation with anomalous diffusion, synchronization in extended, fluid systems
Undergraduate Research Assistant. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. May 2004 – August 2004 Bucknell University, Department of Physics (50 hrs./week) Advisor: Thomas H. Solomon Experimental characterization of front propagation in a reaction-advection-diffusion system
Undergraduate Research Assistant. Gaithersburg, Maryland. May 2002 – August 2002; November 2002 – January 2002; May 2003 – August 2003; November 2003 – January 2004 National Institute of Standards and Technology, Center for Neutron Research (40 hrs./week) Advisor: Adam M. Pivovar Neutron scattering, atomic force microscopy and enzyme kinetics experiments on bioencapsulated, enzymatic proteins
Undergraduate Teaching and Lab Assistant and Grader. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. September 2002 – May 2005 (10 hrs./week) Bucknell University, Department of Physics Introductory physics courses, electromagnetic theory
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant and Grader. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. January 2003 – May 2003 Bucknell University, Department of Mathematics Ordinary differential equations
STUDENT MENTORING
Undergraduates:
1) Kaitlyn Tuley; Univ. of Maryland at College Park, June 2009 – May 2010.
Masters Students: 2) Kristina Gaff; Univ. of Maryland at College Park, September 2008 – May 2010. 3) Amadeus Dettner; Univ. of Texas at Austin, August 2011 – present. 4) Matthew Drake; Univ. of Texas at Austin, May 2011 – present.
Doctoral Students
5) Enrico Fonda; Univ. of Maryland at College Park, April 2008 – September 2010. 6) Bruce Rodenborn; Univ. of Texas at Austin, September 2010 – December 2011. 7) Frank Lee; Univ. of Texas at Austin, May 2012 – present.
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
1) American Physical Society LeRoy Apker Award (2005) – for undergraduate research excellence in physics, given to one individual nationally from a non-Ph. D. granting institution.
2) American Physical Society Andreas Acrivos Dissertation Award in Fluid Dynamics (2010)
3) Bucknell Phi Beta Kappa Award (2005) – for conspicuous academic achievement in any discipline.
4) Bucknell Harold W. Miller Prize (2005) – for excellence in the honors program.
5) Bucknell W. Norwood Lowry Prize (2005) – for excellence in physics.
6) Member of Phi Beta Kappa (2005 - present).
7) Member of Sigma Pi Sigma (2004 – present).
8) Senator Goldwater Scholarship National Semifinalist (2004).
9) Graduate Fellowship (2005-2007): University of Maryland Department of Physics.
10) Graduate Student Poster Award: Dynamics Days 2006.
11) Graduate Student Speaker Award (2006): Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics, University of Maryland.
12) University of Maryland Graduate Student Spotlight on Research Award (2007).
13) American Physical Society Group on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Student Speaker Award (2008).
14) Graduate Student Speaker Award (2008): Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics, University of Maryland.
15) Recipient of ICTAM Fellowship Grant from the National Academy of Sciences (2012).
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journals
1) “Experimental studies of front propagation and mode-locking in an advection-reaction-diffusion system,” M. S. Paoletti and T. H. Solomon, Europhys. Lett. 69, 819-825 (2005).
2) “Experiments on mode-locking and front propagation in an advection-reaction-diffusion system,” M.S. Paoletti and T.H. Solomon, Phys. Rev. E 72, 046204 (2005).
3) “Synchronization of oscillating reactions in an extended fluid system,” M.S. Paoletti, C. R. Nugent and T. H. Solomon, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 124101 (2006).
4) “Characterization of reconnecting vortices in superfluid helium,” G. P. Bewley, M. S. Paoletti, K. R. Sreenivasan, and D. P. Lathrop, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105, 13707-13710 (2008).
5) “Velocity statistics distinguish quantum turbulence from classical turbulence,” M. S. Paoletti, Michael E. Fisher, K. R. Sreenivasan and D. P. Lathrop, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 154501 (2008). • Selected as an “Editor’s suggestion” • Selected for a “Viewpoint in Physics” article: Physics 1, 26 (2008) • Highlighted by “Filming vortex lines reconnecting in a turbulent superfluid,” B. Schwarzschild, Physics Today 63, 12-14 (2010).
6) “Visualization of superfluid helium flow,” M. S. Paoletti, R. B. Fiorito, K. R. Sreenivasan and D. P. Lathrop, J. Phys. Soc. Japan 77, 111007 (2008).
7) “Reconnection dynamics for quantized vortices,” M. S. Paoletti, Michael E. Fisher and D. P. Lathrop, Physica D 239, 1367-1377 (2010). • Highlighted by “Filming vortex lines reconnecting in a turbulent superfluid,” B. Schwarzschild, Physics Today 63, 12-14 (2010).
8) “Angular Momentum Transport in Turbulent Flow between Independently Rotating Cylinders,” M. S. Paoletti and D. P. Lathrop, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 024501 (2011). • Selected as an “Editor’s suggestion” • Highlighted by “Exploring the extremes of turbulence” A. G. Smart, Physics Today, in press • Highlighted by “Fluid Dynamics: A turbulent Matter,” Steven A. Balbus, Nature 470, 475-476 (2011).
9) “Quantum Turbulence,” M. S. Paoletti and D. P. Lathrop, Ann. Rev. Cond. Matt. Phys. 2, 213-234 (2011).
10) “Propagating and evanescent internal waves in a deep ocean model,” M. S. Paoletti and Harry L. Swinney, J. Fluid Mechanics 706, 571-583 (2012).
11) “Angular momentum transport and turbulence in laboratory models of Keplerian flows,” M. S. Paoletti, D. P. M. van Gils, B. Dubrulle, C. Sun, D. Lohse and D. P. Lathrop, Astron. and Astrophys 547, A64 (2012). Available at: http://chaos.utexas.edu/wp-uploads/2012/10/Paoletti_AA_2012.pdf
12) “Barrier-free and superdiffusive chaotic mixing in oscillating vortex arrays,” G. M. O’Malley, J. G. Winokur, M. S. Paoletti and T. H. Solomon, submitted to Phys. of Fluids (2009).
13) “Internal wave and boundary layer generation by tidal flow over two-dimensional topography,” A. Dettner, M. S. Paoletti and Harry L. Swinney, Geophysical Research letters, in preparation.
14) “Experimental measurements of the local energy flux of propagating internal waves,” F. Lee, M. S. Paoletti, L. Zhang, P. M. Morrison and Harry L. Swinney, Physics of Fluids, in preparation.
15) “Experimental and numerical characterization of internal tide generation beneath turning depths,” M. Drake, M. S. Paoletti and Harry L. Swinney, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, in preparation.
Conference Proceedings
1) “Experiments on pattern formation in reacting systems with chaotic advection”, T. H. Solomon , M. S. Paoletti and C. R. Nugent; Proceedings of 2006 International Conference on Nonlinear Science and Complexity; Beijing, China (2006).
2) “Visualization of quantized vortex dynamics,” G. P. Bewley, M. S. Paoletti, D. P. Lathrop and K. R. Sreenivasan, Proc. IUTAM Symposium; Nagoya, Japan (2007).
3) “Experimental studies of advection-reaction-diffusion systems,” T. H. Solomon, M. S. Paoletti and M. E. Schwartz; Proceedings of 2007 International Conference on Chaos, Complexity, and Transport: Theory and Applications; Marseille, France (2008).
4) “Pinning and Mode-locking of reaction fronts by vortices,” G. M. O’Malley, M. S. Paoletti, M. E. Schwartz and T. H. Solomon; Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation 16, 4558-4563 (2011).
INVITED TALKS
Conferences and Workshops
1) “Effects of Fluid Mixing on Reacting Systems,” American Physical Society March Meeting Apker Award; Baltimore, Maryland (March 2006).
2) “Characterization of Singular Velocities in Quantum Turbulence,” Interaction and Propagation of Singularities; Paris, France (February 2008).
3) “Experimental Observation of Quantized Vortex Reconnection and Turbulence in Superfluid Helium,” American Physical Society March Meeting GSNP Prize session; New Orleans, LA (March 2008).
4) “Visualizing Superfluid 4He: Thermal Counterflows, Reconnection and Turbulence,” Frontiers of Low Temperature Physics; London, England (August 2008).
5) “Visualizing Superfluid 4He: Thermal Counterflows, Reconnection and Turbulence,” 61st Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society Quantum Turbulence Mini-symposium; San Antonio, TX (November 2008).
6) “Visualizing Superfluid 4He: Thermal Counterflows, Reconnection and Turbulence,” Workshop on Visualizing Thermo-Fluid Dynamics at Low Temperature; San Antonio, TX (November 2008).
7) “Visualization and Characterization of Quantum Turbulence,” Workshop on Topics in Quantum Turbulence; Trieste, Italy (March 2009).
8) “Visualization and Characterization of Quantum Turbulence,” QFS 2009: International Symposium on Quantum Fluids and Solids; Evanston, IL (August 2009).
9) “Experimental Characterization of Turbulent Superfluid Helium,” University of Maryland Graduate Research Interaction Day Plenary speaker; College Park, MD (April 2010).
10) “Quantum Mechanics meets Fluid Dynamics: Visualization of Vortex Reconnection in Superfluid Helium,” 63rd Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society Andreas Acrivos Award Lecture; Long Beach, CA (November 2010).
11) “Propagating and Evanescent Internal Waves in Nonuniform Stratifications,” Frontiers in Applied and Computational Mathematics; Newark, NJ (May 2012).
12) “Generation and Propagation of Internal Waves in a Model of the Deep Ocean,” SIAM Conference on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures; Seattle, WA (June 2012).
13) “Propagating and Evanescent Internal Waves in a Model of the Deep Ocean,” IUTAM Symposium on Waves in Fluids: Effects of nonlinearity, rotation, stratification and dissipation; Moscow, Russia (June 2012).
14) “Angular Momentum Transport and Turbulence in Laboratory Models of Keplerian Flows,” ICTAM 2012; Beijing, China (August 2012).
Seminars and Colloquia
15) “Front Propagation and Mode-Locking in a Reaction-Advection-Diffusion System,” University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, MD (November, 2004).
16) “Effects of Fluid Mixing on Reacting Systems,” American Physical Society LeRoy Apker Award Selection; Washington, D.C. (September 2005).
17) “Superfluid Helium: Quantum Mechanics meets Fluid Dynamics,” Haverford College Physics Department Colloquium; Haverford, PA (March 2010).
18) “Quantum Mechanics meets Fluid Dynamics: Direct Visualization of Vortex Reconnections in Superfluid Helium,” University of Texas at Austin Center for Nonlinear Dynamics Seminar; Austin, TX (April 2010).
19) “Superfluid Helium: Quantum Mechanics meets Fluid Dynamics,” Los Alamos National Laboratory Center for Nonlinear Studies; Los Alamos, NM (April 2010).
20) “Effects of Quantum Order and Global Rotation on Turbulent Fluids,” Johns Hopkins University Mechanical Engineering Department Seminar; Baltimore, MD (March 2011).
21) “Internal Wave Reflection from Turning Depths and Boundaries,” Texas A&M University Department of Oceanography Seminar; College Station, TX (December 2012).
CONTRIBUTED TALKS
Conferences and Workshops
1) “Mode-Locking in a Reaction-Advection-Diffusion System,” 57th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society, Seattle, WA (November, 2004).
2) “Synchronization via Superdiffusive Mixing in an Extended Fluid System,” 58th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society; Chicago, IL (November, 2005).
3) “Experimental Studies of the Transition to He II using Hydrogen Seed Particles,” 59th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society; Tampa Bay, FL (November, 2006).
4) “Experimental Observation of Vortex Reconnection in Superfluid Helium,” 60th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society; Salt Lake City, UT (November, 2007).
5) “Velocity Statistics Distinguish Quantum Turbulence from Classical Turbulence,” 61st Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society; San Antonio, TX (November 2008).
6) “Turbulent Dynamics in Rapidly Rotating Couette Flows,” EuroMech Colloquium 512: Small Scale Turbulence and Related Gradient Statistics; Turin, Italy (October 2009).
7) “Turbulent Taylor-Couette Flow between Independently Rotating Cylinders,” 62nd Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society; Minneapolis, MN (November 2009).
8) “Torque Scaling in Turbulent Taylor-Couette Flow with Independently Rotating Cylinders,” 63rd Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society; Long Beach, CA (November 2010).
9) “Measurement of angular momentum transport in Taylor-Couette flow,” Dynamics of Coherent Structures in Turbulent Flows; Bad Durkheim, Germany (September 2011).
10) “Propagating and evanescent internal gravity waves in the deep ocean,” 64th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society; Baltimore, MD (November 2011).
11) “Internal Waves in Nonuniform Stratifications,” 9th European Fluid Mechanics Conference; Rome, Italy (September 2012).
Seminars and Symposia
12) “Characterization of Sol-Gels and Bioencapsulated Proteins via Neutron Scattering,” National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Gaithersburg, MD (August, 2002).
13) “Characterization of Bioencapsulated Proteins via Neutron Scattering Experiments,” Kalman Undergraduate Research Symposium, Lewisburg, PA (April, 2003).
14) “Kinetics of Bioencapsulated Proteins,” National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Gaithersburg, MD (August, 2003).
15) “Mode-Locking in a Reaction-Advection-Diffusion System,” Bucknell University Physics Department Research Experience for Undergraduates, Lewisburg, PA (August, 2004).
16) “Mode-Locking in a Reaction-Advection-Diffusion System,” Bucknell University Physics Department, Lewisburg, PA (November, 2004).
17) “Experimental Studies of the Effects of Chaotic Mixing on Advection-Reaction-Diffusion Systems,” Honors Thesis Defense; Bucknell University; Lewisburg, PA (May, 2005).
18) “Seeing the Quantum World: Visualizing Superfluid Vortices,” Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics Graduate Student Seminar Series; University of Maryland; College Park, MD (November, 2006).
19) “Superfluid Reconnection: the Path back to Equilibrium,” Center for Nanophysics and Advanced Materials; University of Maryland; College Park, MD (November, 2007).
20) “Superfluid Vortex Reconnection and the Decay of Superfluid Turbulence,” Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics Graduate Student Seminar Series; University of Maryland; College Park, MD (November, 2007).
21) “Experimental Observation of Quantized Vortex Reconnection in Superfluid Helium,” University of Maryland Spotlight on Graduate Research; College Park, MD (December 2007).
22) “Velocity Statistics of Quantum Turbulence: Effects of Reconnection,” Burgers Program for Fluid Dynamics Symposium; College Park, MD (May 2008).
23) “Superfluid 4He: Quantum Mechanics meets Fluid Dynamics,” Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics Graduate Student Seminar Series; University of Maryland; College Park, MD (December, 2008).
Contributed Posters
1) “Synchronization of Oscillating Reactions in an Extended Fluid System,” Dynamics Days; Bethesda, MD (January, 2006).
2) “Synchronization of Oscillating Reactions in an Extended Fluid System,” University of Maryland Burgers Symposium; College Park, MD (November, 2006).
3) “Discovering the World of Quantum Vortices,” 59th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluids of the American Physical Society Gallery of Fluid Images; Tampa Bay, FL (November, 2006).
4) “Synchronization of Oscillating Reactions in an Extended Fluid System,” Nonlinear Sciences Gordon Research Conference; Waterville, ME (June, 2007).
5) “Turbulent Taylor-Couette flow between independently rotating cylinders,” 16th International Couette- Taylor Workshop; Princeton, NJ (August 2009).
6) “Turbulent Taylor-Couette flow between independently rotating cylinders,” Dynamics Days 2010; Evanston, IL (January 2010).
7) “Propagating and Evanescent Internal Gravity Waves in the Deep Ocean,” Nonlinear Dynamics and Fluid Instabilities in the 21st Century; Haverford College, Haverford, PA (May 2011).
8) “Generation and propagation of internal gravity waves in the deep ocean,” Dynamics Days 2012; Baltimore, MD (January 2012).
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
• Principal organizer, Mini-symposium at the 2012 SIAM Conference on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures • Journal Referee: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Physics of Fluids, Physial Review E, Journal of Low Temperature Physics, Physica D, Geophysical Research Letters, European Journal of Mechanics B Fluids, and Computational Science and Discovery.