John Sommerer has bachelor's and master's degrees in Systems Science and Mathematics from Washington University in St. Louis. He has a master's in Applied Physics from The Johns Hopkins University. He received the Ph. D. in Physics from UMCP; his thesis advisor was Ed Ott.
Before getting involved in nonlinear dynamics, Sommerer briefly did neuromuscular research at the Washington University School of Medicine. He then joined Hopkins' Applied Physics Laboratory, where he worked in a number of areas, including image processing, operations research, and the physics of submarine detection. He has been a member of several of the U. S. Navy's scientific committees. Dr. Sommerer is currently Deputy Director of APL's Research Center, and he teaches in the G. W. Whiting School of Engineering's graduate programs. He was named Maryland's Distinguished Young Scientist in 1994 for his work in nonlinear dynamics.
His research interests include: applications of chaos to fluid dynamics, riddled basins and intermittency, and the effects of noise.
He skis with reckless disregard for his safety, spends far too much on optics, and likes to travel to exotic places. He developed all of these habits while a graduate student at Maryland. Just ask Mingzhou!
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JHU/APL
Laurel, MD 20723-6099
301 953 6242 (voice)
301 953 6904 (fax)
jcsmrr@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu (email)
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