College Lecturer

The research activity of the group led by Dr Taraskin covers a wide area of statistical physics and theoretical condensed matter science. The properties of disordered systems are of particular interest, including non-equilibrium phase-transitions in disordered complex networks and spectral properties of single-particle electronic and vibrational excitations in disordered materials.

Research Interests

Non-equilibrium phase transitions in disordered networks. Non-equilibrium phase transitions are characterisic of capillary condensation, magnetasation reversal in ferromagnets, population dynamics and epidemics. We study, in particular, the non-equilibrium phenomena in systems described by the randon-field Ising model, such as capillary condensation in porous media within the lattice-gas model.  

Synergistic effects for spreading processes. Spreading of infection, opinion and rumours through networks of hosts often occurs in regimes with strong non-linear (synergy) interactions between hosts. We study how the synergy effects influence the dynamics of the speading processes. 

 

Group webpage: http://www.complex-systems.ch.cam.ac.uk/

Publications

Mechanisms of evolution of avalanches in regular graphs.
TP Handford, FJ Pérez-Reche, SN Taraskin
Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics
(2013)
87
Steady‐state random walk on connected graph of arbitrary topology with random and non‐symmetric transition rates
SN Taraskin
Physica Status Solidi B Basic Research
(2013)
250
Prominent Effect of Soil Network Heterogeneity on Microbial Invasion
FJ Pérez-Reche, SN Taraskin, W Otten, MP Viana, LDF Costa, CA Gilligan
Physical review letters
(2012)
109
Prediction of invasion from the early stage of an epidemic.
FJ Pérez-Reche, FM Neri, SN Taraskin, CA Gilligan
Journal of The Royal Society Interface
(2012)
9
Exact spin–spin correlation function for the zero-temperature random-field Ising model
TP Handford, FJ Perez-Reche, SN Taraskin
Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment
(2012)
2012
Exact spin-spin correlation function for the zero-temperature random-field Ising model
TP Handford, FJ Perez-Reche, SN Taraskin
J STAT MECH-THEORY E
(2012)
Exact spin-spin correlation function for the zero-temperature random-field Ising model
TP Handford, FJ Perez-Reche, SN Taraskin
Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment
(2012)
2012
Mass distribution and rotational inertia of " microtype" and " freely mobile" middle ear ossicles in rodents
D Lavender, SN Taraskin, MJ Mason
Hearing Research
(2011)
282
Epidemics in Anisotropic Networks of Roots
TP Handford, FJ Perez-Reche, SN Taraskin, L Da Fontoura Costa, M Miazaki, FM Neri, CA Gilligan
Communications in Computer and Information Science
(2011)
116
The Effect of Heterogeneity on Invasion in Spatial Epidemics: From Theory to Experimental Evidence in a Model System
FM Neri, A Bates, WS Füchtbauer, FJ Pérez-Reche, SN Taraskin, W Otten, DJ Bailey, CA Gilligan
PLoS Comput Biol
(2011)
7

Research Interest Group

Telephone number

01223 336532 (shared), 01223 763991 (shared)

Email address