Stephen Childress

William Stephen Childress
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCalifornia Institute of Technology
Princeton University
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Applied Mathematics
InstitutionsCourant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
New York University
Doctoral advisorPaco Axel Lagerstrom

William Stephen Childress is an American applied mathematician, author and professor emeritus at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. He works on classical fluid mechanics, asymptotic methods and singular perturbations, geophysical fluid dynamics,[1] magnetohydrodynamics and dynamo theory, mathematical models in biology,[2] and locomotion in fluids.[3] He is also a co-founder of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences's Applied Mathematics Lab.[4]

  1. ^ "Erosion has a point, and an edge". ScienceDaily. Archived from the original on 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  2. ^ "How do birds breathe better? Researchers' discovery will throw you for a loop". 16 March 2021.
  3. ^ Wednesday, 15 January 2014 Anna SallehABC (January 15, 2014). "'Jellyfish' flying machine keeps upright". www.abc.net.au. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Applied Math Lab - People". math.nyu.edu. Archived from the original on 2021-05-15. Retrieved 2022-06-27.