Contact Information
Research Interests
Statistical mechanics, probability, differential equations, and applications to physics and biology.
Education
Ph.D. UC-Berkeley, 2007
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor, Physics
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Recent Publications
Kirkpatrick, K. L. (2024). Fractional Non-linear Quantum Analysis, Probability, Discretization, and Limits. In P. G. Kevrekidis, & J. Cuevas-Maraver (Eds.), Fractional Dispersive Models and Applications: Recent Developments and Future Perspectives (pp. 209-233). (Nonlinear Systems and Complexity; Vol. 37). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54978-6_7
Inafuku, D. A., Kirkpatrick, K. L., Osuagwu, O., An, Q., Brewster, D. A., & Nakib, M. Z. (2023). Channel capacity of the ribosome. Physical Review E, 108(4), Article 044404. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.108.044404
Subramanyan, V., Kirkpatrick, K. L., Vishveshwara, S., & Vishveshwara, S. (2023). Are microtubules electron-based topological insulators? EPL, 143(4), Article 46001. https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/acec94
Kirkpatrick, K., Mirasola, A. E., & Prescod-Weinstein, C. (2022). Analysis of Bose-Einstein condensation times for self-interacting scalar dark matter. Physical Review D, 106(4), Article 043512. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.106.043512
Kirkpatrick, K. L. (2022). Biological computation: hearts and flytraps. Journal of Biological Physics, 48(1), 55-78. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10867-021-09590-9
