Adilson E. Motter
Encyclopedia
Adilson E. Motter, born January 1, 1974, is a Brazil
ian-born U.S.
-based scientist working at Northwestern University
, where he has helped develop the concept of synthetic rescue
in network biology as well as methods to control the nonlinear dynamics of complex network
s. Motter's research is focused on complex systems and nonlinear phenomena, primarily involving complex network
s, systems biology
, chaos
and statistical physics
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Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian-born U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
-based scientist working at Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
, where he has helped develop the concept of synthetic rescue
Synthetic rescue
Synthetic rescue refers to a genetic interaction in which a cell that is nonviable due to a defective gene becomes viable when this defect is combined with the knockout of a different gene ,....
in network biology as well as methods to control the nonlinear dynamics of complex network
Complex network
In the context of network theory, a complex network is a graph with non-trivial topological features—features that do not occur in simple networks such as lattices or random graphs but often occur in real graphs...
s. Motter's research is focused on complex systems and nonlinear phenomena, primarily involving complex network
Complex network
In the context of network theory, a complex network is a graph with non-trivial topological features—features that do not occur in simple networks such as lattices or random graphs but often occur in real graphs...
s, systems biology
Systems biology
Systems biology is a term used to describe a number of trends in bioscience research, and a movement which draws on those trends. Proponents describe systems biology as a biology-based inter-disciplinary study field that focuses on complex interactions in biological systems, claiming that it uses...
, chaos
Chaos theory
Chaos theory is a field of study in mathematics, with applications in several disciplines including physics, economics, biology, and philosophy. Chaos theory studies the behavior of dynamical systems that are highly sensitive to initial conditions, an effect which is popularly referred to as the...
and statistical physics
Statistical physics
Statistical physics is the branch of physics that uses methods of probability theory and statistics, and particularly the mathematical tools for dealing with large populations and approximations, in solving physical problems. It can describe a wide variety of fields with an inherently stochastic...
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Scientific activity
Motter has contributed to the study of nonlinear phenomena in complex systems. He and his collaborators are credited for solving the paradox of heterogeneity in the synchronization of complex networks. He has devised local methods for cascade control in distributed systems. His group has studied implications of these methods for the recovery of lost function in biological and ecological networks and for the control of complex networks in general. In other areas he is known for accommodating the formalism of chaos theory within general relativity and, along with his collaborators, for establishing the three degrees of separation for EnglishEnglish language
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