Björn Sandstede is a German applied mathematician. He is currently the Alumni-Alumnae University Professor of Applied Mathematics at

Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...

, where he serves as chair of the department. Sandstede earned his

Dr. rer. nat. ''Doctor rerum naturalium'' ( for, , Latin, doctor of natural sciences, lit. 'doctor of the things of nature'), abbreviated Dr. rer. nat., is a doctoral academic degree awarded by universities in some European countries (e.g. Germany, Austria and C ...

in 1993 from the

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, under the supervision of

Bernold Fiedler Bernold Fiedler (born 15 May 1956) is a German mathematician, specializing in nonlinear dynamics. Fiedler received a Diploma from Heidelberg University in 1980 for his thesis ''Ein Räuber-Beute-System mit zwei time lags'' ("A predator-prey syste ...

. In 2001 he was awarded the

J.D. Crawford Prize The J. D. Crawford Prize is a biennial award presented by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) for achievements in the field of dynamical systems. Established in 2001, the award honors John David Crawford (1954–1998), a prof ...

of the

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for outstanding research in

nonlinear science In mathematics and science, a nonlinear system is a system in which the change of the output is not proportional to the change of the input. Nonlinear problems are of interest to engineers, biologists, physicists, mathematicians, and many other ...

. In 2014 Sandstede was awarded the Jack K. Hale Award for his contributions to partial differential equations and the study of spiral waves in reaction diffusion systems.Inaugural winner of Elsevier Jack K. Hale Award
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