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Prof. Charalampos (Haris) Skokos
University of Cape Town, Department of Mathematics, South Africa
Biography:
Prof. Charalampos (Haris) Skokos obtained a BSc in Physics (1990, first-class honors), a BSc in Mathematics (2005), and a PhD in Nonlinear Dynamics (1997, with distinction) from the University of Athens, Greece. Over the years, he has worked at several European institutions, including the University of Athens, the Academy of Athens, the University of Patras (Greece), the Observatory of Paris (France), the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems in Dresden (Germany), and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece). He is currently a Professor at the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, where he leads the ‘Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos’ research group. His research focuses on nonlinear dynamical systems and chaotic dynamics, combining theoretical developments with applications across disciplines. His work involves the design of mathematical tools for the analysis of chaotic systems and their application to problems in statistical and solid-state physics, astronomy, biology, accelerator dynamics, and mathematical model systems. He is the originator of a novel class of chaos-detection techniques, has developed efficient numerical integration methods, and has made influential contributions to the study of chaotic dynamics in disordered nonlinear lattices.
Prof. Skokos has authored 88 papers in international peer-reviewed journals, 46 papers in conference proceedings, 3 book chapters, and co-authored a book titled ‘Complex Hamiltonian Dynamics’ (Springer). His h-index is 27 (Web of Science, Scopus) and 37 (Google Scholar). He has co-edited major journal issues, and a ‘Lecture Notes in Physics’ volume on ‘Methods of Chaos Detection and Predictability’. He has organized several international conferences and serves on journal editorial boards and review panels worldwide. Since 2020, he has served on the Standing Panel for Physics, Astronomy, Mathematics, and ICT of the National Research Foundation of South Africa. He is a member of the UCT College of Fellows and the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), as well as a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa.