Baruch Barzel Explained

Baruch Barzel
Birth Date:19 March 1976
Birth Place:Jerusalem, Israel
Alma Mater:Bar-Ilan University (BS)
Nationality:Israeli
Citizenship:Israel
Occupation:Physicist and Applied mathematician
Known For:his research on complex and
stochastic systems,
specifically on stochastic moment equations
and universality in network dynamics.Also a public lecturer in Israel, and presents a weekly corner on Jewish thought in Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation.

Baruch Barzel (March 19, 1976) is an Israeli physicist and applied mathematician at Bar-Ilan University,[1] a member of the Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center[2] and of the Bar-Ilan Data Science Institute.[3] His main research areas are statistical physics,[4] [5] complex systems,[6] [7] nonlinear dynamics and network science.[8] [9] [10] In 2013 he introduced the concept of universality in the dynamics of complex networks, showing that complex systems from different domains condense into discrete forms, or universality classes, of dynamic behavior. In the following years, Barzel and colleagues developed a theoretical framework to predict the observed behavior of complex networked systems: their patterns of information flow;[11] the timescales of their signal propagation;[12] their resilience against failures and disruptions[13] [14] and their recoverability.[15]

During the COVID-19 Pandemic Barzel's lab published the alternating quarantine strategy[16] to mitigate the spread of SARS-CoV-2 alongside continuous socioeconomic activity. The strategy was implemented by several agencies in Israel[17] [18] and around the world.[19]

Academic career

Barzel completed his Ph.D. in physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israelas a Hoffman Fellow.[20] He then pursued his postdoctoral training at the Center for Complex Network Research[21] at Northeastern Universityand at the Channing Division of Network Medicine,[22] Harvard Medical School. Barzel is a recipient of the Racah prize (2007) and the Krill prize of the Wolf Foundation (2019).[23] Barzel is also an active public lecturer on science and on Judaism, and presents a weekly corner on Jewish thought on Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation.[24]

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,[25] [26] gene regulatory[9] [27] networks, protein interactions or population dynamics.[28]

Selected publications

Public lectures and media coverage

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Homepage.
  2. Web site: Bar Ilan Brain sciences – Gonda multidisciplinary brain research center. 2021-10-19. gondabrain.biu.ac.il.
  3. Web site: The Data Science Institute at Bar-Ilan University – Understanding the world through data. 2021-10-19. en-US.
  4. B Barzel, O Biham, R Kupferman, A Lipshtat, A Zait. 8224296. 2010. Dimensional reduction of the master equation for stochastic chemical networks: The reduced-multiplane method. Physical Review E. 82. 2. 021117. 10.1103/physreve.82.021117. 20866785. 2010PhRvE..82b1117B.
  5. B Barzel, O Biham. 2009. Stochastic analysis of dimerization systems. Physical Review E. 80. 3. 031117. 10.1103/physreve.80.031117. 19905072. 0910.3365. 2009PhRvE..80c1117B. 8785965.
  6. B Barzel, O Biham. 2012. Stochastic analysis of complex reaction networks using binomial moment equations. Physical Review E. 86. 3. 031126. 10.1103/physreve.86.031126. 23030885. 2012PhRvE..86c1126B.
  7. B Barzel, O Biham. 2008. Calculation of switching times in the genetic toggle switch and other bistable systems. Physical Review E. 78. 4. 041919. 10.1103/physreve.78.041919. 18999467. 2008PhRvE..78d1919B.
  8. B. Barzel and A.-L. Barabási. 2013. Universality in Network Dynamics. Nature Physics. 9. 10. 673–681. 10.1038/nphys2741. 24319492. 3852675. 2013NatPh...9..673B.
  9. B. Barzel and A.-L. Barabási. 2013. Network link prediction by global silencing of indirect correlations. Nature Biotechnology. 31. 8. 720–725. 10.1038/nbt.2601. 23851447. 3740009.
  10. B. Barzel Y.-Y. Liu and A.-L. Barabási. 2015. Constructing minimal models for complex system dynamics. Nature Communications. 6. 7186. 10.1038/ncomms8186. 25990707. 2015NatCo...6.7186B. free.
  11. U. Harush and B. Barzel. 2017. Dynamic patterns of information flow in complex networks. Nature Communications. 8. 1. 2181. 2017NatCo...8.2181H. 10.1038/s41467-017-01916-3. 5736766. 29259160.
  12. C. Hens, U. Harush, S. Haber, R. Cohen and B. Barzel. 2019. Spatiotemporal signal propagation in complex networks. Nature Physics. 15. 4. 403–412. 10.1038/s41567-018-0409-0. 2019NatPh..15..403H. 127226650.
  13. J. Gao, B. Barzel and A.-L. Barabási. 2016. Universal resilience patterns in complex networks. Nature. 530. 7590. 307–312. 2016Natur.530..307G. 10.1038/nature16948. 26887493. 4409052.
  14. C. Meena, C. Hens, S. Acharyya, S. Haber, S. Boccaletti and B. Barzel. 2023. Emergent stability in complex network dynamics. Nature Physics. 19. 7. 1033–1042. 10.1038/s41567-023-02020-8. 2007.04890. 234358850 .
  15. H. Sanhedrai, J. Gao, A. Bashan, M. Schwartz, S. Havlin and B. Barzel. 2022. Reviving a failed network through microscopic interventions. Nature Physics. 18. 3 . 338–349 . 10.1038/s41567-021-01474-y. 2011.14919 . 2022NatPh..18..338S . 246160989 .
  16. Meidan . etal. 2021. Alternating quarantine for sustainable epidemic mitigation. Nature Communications. 12. 1. 220. 10.1038/s41467-020-20324-8. 33431866. 7801583.
  17. News: שומפלבי. אטילה. לוקש. אלכסנדרה. 2020-06-02. בצל החשש לגל הדבקה נוסף: האם יונהג סגר במשמרות?. he. Ynet. 2021-10-19.
  18. News: עבודה שבוע-שבוע ושחרור לפי גיל: האם כך תיראה היציאה מהסגר?. TheMarker. 2021-10-19.
  19. Web site: May 29, 2020: Leuze in the fast lane with "alternating quarantine". 2021-10-19. www.leuze.com. en-GB.
  20. Web site: Hoffman fellowship alumni.
  21. Web site: CCNR website.
  22. Web site: Channing website.
  23. Web site: 2019-12-17. Baruch Barzel. 2021-10-19. Wolf Foundation. en-US.
  24. Web site: Kol Shishi radio show.
  25. Uzi Harush and Baruch Barzel. 2017. Dynamic patterns of information flow in complex networks. Nature Communications. 8. 1. 2181. 10.1038/s41467-017-01916-3. 29259160. 5736766. 2017NatCo...8.2181H.
  26. Hacohen . etal. 2019. Digitizable therapeutics for decentralized mitigation of global pandemics. Scientific Reports. 9. 1. 14345. 10.1038/s41598-019-50553-x. 31586137. 6778202. 2019NatSR...914345H.
  27. Book: Handbook of systems biology: concepts and insights. Academic Press, Cambridge. 2012. Chapter 9.
  28. B. Barzel and O. Biham. 2011. Binomial moment equations for stochastic reaction systems. Physical Review Letters. 106. 15. 150602. 10.1103/physrevlett.106.150602. 21568538. 2011PhRvL.106o0602B. 1011.0012. 293255.

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