Seth Marvel is an applied mathematician with approximately two decades of research experience across a broad range of topics in science and math, with a particular focus in dynamical systems, networks, and algorithms.

Previously, Seth has been a T.H. Hildebrandt Research Assistant Professor in the math department at the University of Michigan and a Visiting Scholar at the Center for the Study of Complex Systems and in the Department of Philosophy at Harvard University.  Prior to this, he worked in nanotechnology under Nobel laureate Richard Smalley at the Smalley-Curl Institute, in systems biology at Harvard University and Harvard Medical School, and in cardiology at the Baylor College of Medicine.  His scientific work has appeared in a range of peer-reviewed journals, including the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters, and Chaos, and been featured in national and international news sources (Scientific American, The LA Times, BBC Future, etc.).

Seth has a B.S. in chemical physics from Rice University, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in applied mathematics from Cornell University. His dissertation, Simple mathematical models of social behavior, explores mathematical characterizations of social phenomena, including pair formation, the development of two-sided conflicts, and interactions between conformists and contrarians. When not working, Seth enjoys skiing, juggling, and cooking.  He has an Erdös number of 3.