Baruch Barzel


Baruch Barzel is an Israeli physicist and applied mathematician at Bar-Ilan University
His main research areas are statistical physics, complex systems, nonlinear dynamics and network science.
Barzel completed his Ph.D. in physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
as a .
He then pursued his postdoctoral training at the Center for Complex Network Research at Northeastern University
and at the Channing Division of Network Medicine, Harvard Medical School. Barzel is a recipient of the Racah prize and the Krill prize of the Wolf Foundation.
Barzel is also an active public lecturer on science and on Judaism, and presents a weekly corner on Jewish thought on Israel National Radio
Dr. Barzel's research focuses on the dynamic behavior of complex networks, uncovering universal principles that govern the dynamics of diverse systems, such as disease spreading, gene regulatory networks, protein interactions or population dynamics.

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