Julyan Cartwright is an interdisciplinary physicist working in Granada, Spain at the Andalusian Earth Sciences Institute ^[3] of the CSIC ( Spanish National Research Council) and affiliated with the Carlos I Institute of Theoretical and Computational Physics ^[4] at the University of Granada.

He is known for his research ^[5] on how form and pattern emerge in nature, ^[6] the dynamics of natural systems, ^[7] across disciplinary boundaries, including his studies of the dynamics of passive scalars in chaotic advection of fluids, ^{[8] [9]} bailout embeddings, ^[10] the Bogdanov map, ^[11] the influence of fluid mechanics on the development of vertebrate left-right asymmetry, ^[12] self-organization of biomineralization structures of mollusc shell including mother of pearl ( nacre) ^{[13] [14] [15]} and cuttlebone, ^[16] excitable media, ^[17] and chemobrionics: ^[18] self-assembling porous precipitate structures, such as chemical gardens, ^[19] brinicles, ^[20] and submarine hydrothermal vents. ^[21]

He is among the researchers in the Stanford list of the World's top 2% most cited scientists. ^{[22] [23]} He is chair of the international COST action Chemobionics ^[24] and chair of the scientific advisory committee to the international conference Dynamics Days Europe. ^[25] He is editor of the Cambridge University Press journal Elements in Dynamical Systems. ^[26]

Press interest in his research has highlighted his work on chemical gardens, ^{[27] [28]} on pitch perception in the auditory system, ^{[29] [30]} on how symmetry is broken so that the heart is on the left, ^{[31] [32]} on how bees construct spiral bee combs, ^{[33] [34] [35]} on the formation of nacre ^[36] and pearls, ^{[37] [38] [39] [40] [41]} on how brinicle ice tubes grow both on Earth ^{[42] [43] [44]} and on Jupiter's moon, Europa, ^[45] on the information content of complex self-assembled materials ^{[46] [47] [48] [49]} on the rogue wave ^[50] nature of Hokusai's famous artwork the Great Wave off Kanagawa, ^{[51] [52] [53]} on the Möbius strip before Möbius, ^{[54] [55]} on the possible melting of oceanic methane hydrate deposits owing to climate change, ^[56] and on the origin of life at alkaline submarine hydrothermal vents ^[57] and their relevance to astrobiology. ^[58]

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