Mark A. Peletier
TU Eindhoven, Dept of Mathematics and Computer Science,
m.a.peletier@tue.nl
http://www.win.tue.nl/~mpeletie

My scientific interests center on the links between differential 
equations and applications. In biological systems the spatial 
aspects of living cells, tissues, and organisms
are comparatively less understood, and differential
equations provide ways of investigating these.

One recent interest is the issue of stability of aggregates such
as lipid bilayers. Coherent structures of molecules without any 
covalent bonding; why do these free
molecules aggregate into a structure that has solid-like properties? We
use methods from singular limits in reaction-diffusion theory to
understand the properties of these large-scale surface-like structures.

Other interests include for instance Metabolic Control Analysis and 
thermodynamics - both in a spatially heterogeneous setting - and
the coupling of particle dynamics and continuum mechanics.