Professor Michael J. Harrison


Physics and Astronomy Department
and the
Department of Epidemiology

Professor Michael J. Harrison has also been appointed an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, and continues his research in mathematical epidemiology, with particular focus on the propagation of the HIV/AIDS epidemic internationally. In addition, he has completed an initial research project on phase locking and quasi-limit cycles in respiratory control in collaboration with faculty from the Department of Family Practice. During Spring Semester 1996 he taught a course in Epidemiologic Modeling in the new Epidemiology Program in the College of Human Medicine at Michigan State University. He continues condensed matter theory research on diamagnetism and specific heat of quantum wires defined by 2-dimensional electron systems confined by parabolic quantum wells, and is currently investigating novel features of strong field orbital magnetism,where unexpected results have recently been experimentally observed. During August 1998 at the STATPHYS 20 Conference in Paris, he reported on his theoretical research on the roles of statistical fluctuations in the thermal excitation of resonant ear canal modes in establishing auditory thresholds in primates, including H. sapiens.

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