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Prof. Haris
Skokos
Department of
Mathematics and Applied Mathematics
Faculty of Science
University
of Cape Town
Rondebosch, 7701
South Africa
Tel.:
+27 021 650 5074
FAX:
+27 021 650 2334
Email:
haris.skokos_at_uct.ac.za
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Postdoctoral researchers |
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Ph.D. Students |
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Mr. Jean-Jacq du Plessis
Thesis Title:
Investigating the chaotic dynamics of
nonlinear lattices using symplectic integrators
Tel.:
+27 021 650 3214
FAX:
+27 021 650 2334
Email:
DPLJEA019_at_myuct.ac.za
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Ms. Sané Erasmus
Thesis Title:
Chaotic dynamics of multidimensional
Hamiltonian systems: from nanomaterials to topological discrete lattices
Tel.:
+27 021 650 3214
FAX:
+27 021 650 2334
Email:
ERSSAN003_at_myuct.ac.za
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M.Sc. Students |
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Honours Students |
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Mr. Daniel Marais
Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics,
University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Project Title:
Hamiltonian chaos in a PT-symmetric system |
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Ms. Cassandra Barbis
Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics,
University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Project Title:
Numerical investigation of chaos in low
dimensional dynamical systems |
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Undergraduate Students |
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Mr. Ferris Ayrton Higgo Moser
International student from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Internship
Project Title: Investigating
the phase space dynamics of Hamiltonian system by the origin-fate map |
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Mr. Rik Albers
International student from the University of Twente, Netherlands.
Internship
Project Title: Symplectic
integration techniques |
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Mr. Miles Boeddinghaus
Department of
Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town, South
Africa.
Project Title:
Numerical investigation of low dimensional
chaos |
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Ms. Kaashifa Saloojee
Department of
Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town, South
Africa.
Project Title:
Visualization of phase space structures by
the Lagrangian descriptors method |
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Former Members |
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Postdoctoral researchers |
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Dr. Arnold Ngapasare
2021 - 2024
Project Title:
Quasi one-dimensional classical lattices:
Flat bands and disorder
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Dr. Malcolm Hillebrand
2021 - 2022
Project Title:
Nonlinear dynamics of Hamiltonian systems:
From DNA to galaxies
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Ph.D. Students |
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Mr. Henok Tenaw Moges
2025, Ph.D. Thesis,
Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape
Town, South Africa.
Thesis Title:
Hamiltonian chaos: From galactic dynamics
to plasma physics
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Mr. Bob Senyange
2021, Ph.D. Thesis,
Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape
Town, South Africa.
Thesis Title: Chaotic
behavior of disordered nonlinear lattices
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Mr.
Bertin Many Manda
2021, Ph.D. Thesis,
Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape
Town, South Africa.
Thesis Title:
Nonlinear dynamics and chaos in
multidimensional disordered Hamiltonian systems
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Mr. Malcolm Hillebrand
2021, Ph.D. Thesis,
Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape
Town, South Africa.
Thesis
Title:
Chaotic dynamics of polyatomic systems with an emphasis on DNA models
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M.Sc. Students |
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Mr. Dylan Theron
2024, M.Sc. Thesis
(with distinction, mark: 95%),
Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape
Town, South Africa.
Thesis Title: Application
of the Lagrangian descriptors method to Hamiltonian systems with
emphasis to models of barred galaxies
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Mr. Jean-Jacq du Plessis
2024, M.Sc. Thesis
(with distinction, mark: 95%),
Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape
Town, South Africa.
Thesis Title: Covariant
Lyapunov vectors: investigating the dynamics of multidimensional
Hamiltonian systems with application to DNA models
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Mr. Samuel Cheong
2023, M.Sc. Thesis
(with distinction, mark: 88%),
Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape
Town, South Africa.
Thesis Title: Chaotic
behavior and energy polarization in flatband lattice models
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Mr. Sebastian Zimper
2023, M.Sc. Thesis
(with distinction, mark: 90%),
Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape
Town, South Africa.
Thesis Title:
Investigating the phase space dynamics
of galactic potentials by the Lagrangian descriptors method
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Mr. Henok Tenaw Moges
2020, M.Sc. Thesis
(with distinction), Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics,
University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Thesis Title:
Investigating chaos by the Generalized
Alignment Index (GALI) method
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Ms. Chinenye Jane Ani
2019, M.Sc. Thesis
(with distinction), Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics,
University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Thesis Title:
Chaotic behavior of charged
particles in electromagnetic fields
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Mr. Arnold Ngapasare
2017, M.Sc. Thesis
(with distinction), Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics,
University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Thesis Title:
Dynamical behavior of graphene models
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Ms. Chinenye Jane Ani
2017, Structured M.Sc.
Thesis, minor dissertation (with distinction), African Institute for
Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), Muizenberg, South Africa.
Thesis Title:
Chaotic behavior of Hamiltonian
systems: Application to plasma physics
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Mr. Elie Danien Rajaobelina Iarilala
2015, Structured M.Sc.
Thesis, minor dissertation (with distinction), African Institute for
Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), Muizenberg, South Africa.
Thesis Title:
Numerical Investigation of Chaos
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Ms. Reine Marquise Yemata Mekondjou
2015, Structured M.Sc.
Thesis, minor dissertation (with distinction), African Institute for
Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), Muizenberg, South Africa.
Thesis Title:
Numerical investigation of chaos by
the Smaller (SALI) and the Generalized (GALI) Alignment Index methods
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Mr. Ioannis Gkolias
2013, M.Sc. Thesis
(with distinction), Physics Department, Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki,
Greece.
Thesis Title: Chaos in
1-dimensional nonlinear disordered lattices
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Ms. Dorothea Manika
2013, M.Sc. Thesis
(with distinction), Physics
Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Thesis Title: Application of
the Compound Matrix Theory for the computation of Lyapunov exponents of
autonomous Hamiltonian systems
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Honours Students |
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Mr. William McMichael
2021, Honours
project, Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics,
University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Project Title: The Smaller
Alignment Index (SALI): Theory and applications
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Mr. Abdullah Alturk
2020, Honours
project, Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics,
University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Project Title:
Numerical investigation of the
disordered discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation (DDNLS)
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Mr. Jean-Jacq Du Plessis
2019, Honours
project, Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics,
University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Project Title:
Chaotic diffusion in disordered
nonlinear lattices
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Mr. Malcolm Hillebrand
2017, Honours
project, Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics,
University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Project Title: Chaotic dynamics
of DNA models
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Mr. Adrian Schwellnus
2016, Honours
project, Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics,
University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Project
Title: Chaotic behavior of a
multi-dimensional Hamiltonian model of DNA
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Undergraduate
Students |
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Ms. Cassandra Barbis
2024, Third year
project, Department of
Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town, South
Africa.
Project Title: Determining the
preferred symplectic integrator to investigate the dynamical behavior of
the Hénon–Heiles system |
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Mr. Connor Greathead
2023, Third year
project, Department of
Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town, South
Africa.
Project Title: Numerical
investigation of the efficacy of high order symplectic integrators |
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Ms. Hloniphekile Msani
2021, Third year
project, Department of
Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town, South
Africa.
Project Title: Numerical
investigation of the efficacy of high order symplectic integrators |
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Mr. Matome Modiba
2021, Third year
project, Department of
Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town, South
Africa.
Project Title: Nonlinear
dynamics of a Hamiltonian prototypical dynamical system |
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Mr. David Broodryk
2019, Third year
project, Department of
Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town, South
Africa.
Project Title:
Symplectic integrators
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Ms. Sarah Morton
2019, Third year
project, Department of
Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town, South
Africa.
Project Title:
Low dimensional chaos
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Mr. Adrian Schwellnus
2015, Third year
project, Department of
Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town, South
Africa.
Project
Title: Numerical Symplectic
Integration Techniques for Multi-Dimensional Hamiltonian Systems
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Mr. William Grunow
2014, Third year
project, Department of
Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town, South
Africa.
Project
Title: Chaos in Hamiltonian
systems
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Visitors |
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Prof. José Pablo Salas Ilarraza,
Department of Chemistry,
Universidad
de La Rioja, La Rioja (Spain).
Time:
2024, 28 Sept. - 1 Nov.
Project:
Dynamics of Drude oscillators
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Dr.
Makrina Agaoglou, Department of Applied Mathematics, School of
Industrial Engineering,
Polytechnic
University of Madrid, Madrid (Spain).
Time:
2024, 22 Sept. -
3 Oct.
Project:
Lagrangian Descriptors and their implementation to higher order
Hamiltonian systems
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Mr. Yannis Antonenas,
School of Applied
Mathematical and Physical Sciences,
National Technical
University of Athens, Athens (Greece).
Time:
2022, 31 Aug. -
30 Nov.
Project:
Numerical investigation of chaos in plasma physics models
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Prof. George Kalosakas,
Department of Materials Science,
University of Patras, Patras (Greece).
Time:
2018, 26 Feb. - 10 March & 2022, 13 June -
17 June
Project:
Chaotic behavior of DNA models
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Ms. Oltiana Gjata, Department of
Mathematics, Computer Science and Physics, University of Udine, Udine
(Italy).
Time:
2019, 2 Jan. - 16 June
Project:
Chaotic dynamics of Hamiltonian systems
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Mr. Ahmed Fekry Hemdan Shaaban
Time:
2017, 1 Feb. - 31 July
Project:
Numerical investigation of the impact of complex instability to the
phase space structure of dynamical systems
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Ms. Murielle Vanessa Tchakui
Time:
2016, 15 Sept. - 14 Nov.
Project:
Nonlinear dynamics and chaos in a network of coupled Hamiltonian MEMS
(Micro-Electro-Mechanical systems), AGNES Mobility Grant.
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