Past Member
Govind Menon
Funding provided by the Charles Simonyi Endowment
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Govind Menon is interested in mathematical results that shed light on turbulence. Surprising findings of De Lellis and Szekelyhidi show that turbulence is tied to foundational results in geometry, in particular to Nash’s approach to the isometric embedding problem for Riemannian manifolds. Menon wishes to turn this around and use statistical physics to improve Nash’s work.
Dates at IAS
Member
School of Mathematics
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Degrees
Brown University
Ph.D.
2001
Honors
2018
Simons Fellow
Appointments
Brown University
2013
Professor
Brown University
2008–2013
Associate Professor
Brown University
2004–2008
Assistant Professor
University of Wisconsin, Madison
2001–2004
Van Vleck Assistant Professor