Julyan Cartwright
Julyan Cartwright is an interdisciplinary physicist working in Granada, Spain at the Andalusian Earth Sciences Institute of the CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) and affiliated with the Carlos I Institute of Theoretical and Computational Physics of the University of Granada. He is known for his research in dynamical systems, nonlinear science, complexity and pattern formation, across many fields including his studies of the dynamics of passive scalars in chaotic advection of fluids bailout embeddings, the Bogdanov map, the influence of fluid mechanics on the development of vertebrate left-right asymmetry, biomineralization structures of molluscs including mother of pearl  (nacre) and cuttlebone, excitable media, and chemobrionics: self-assembling porous precipitate structures, such as chemical gardens and submarine hydrothermal vents. He is among the researchers listed in the World's top 2% scientists. He is chair of the international COST action Chemobionics and chair of the scientific advisory committee to the international conference Dynamics Days Europe. Press interest in his research has highlighted his work on spiral bee combs, on the formation of pearls, on brinicle ice tubes both on Earth and on Jupiter's moon, Europa, on Hokusai's famous print the Great Wave off Kanagawa, on the history  of the Möbius strip, on the possible melting of oceanic methane hydrate deposits owing to climate change, and on the origin of life at alkaline submarine hydrothermal vents and their relevance to astrobiology.