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James Holehouse is a Researcher at the Santa Fe Institute and holds a PhD in Mathematical Biology from the University of Edinburgh. His work spans stochastic processes and non-equilibrium statistical physics applied to biological, economic, and social systems.
- PhD thesis: Model reduction, mechanistic modelling and transience in models of stochastic chemical kinetics (2022)
- MPhys in Theoretical Physics from the University of Edinburgh
Research interests focus on:
- Regulatory mechanisms and costs in cells, companies, and governments
- Gene expression stochasticity and cell volume effects on physiology
- Rule evolution in governance and sports systems
- First-passage time processes and non-equilibrium systems
His 15 most recent publications (2023-2025) analyze transcriptional entropy production, disordered interval dynamics, and stochastic gene regulation. A key theme involves applying orthogonal polynomial solutions to solve three-term recurrence relations in social choice models.
- Awarded Reinhart-Heinrich Doctoral Thesis Award (2022) for innovative work in stochastic systems
- Collaborated with Sidney Redner (SFI), Ramon Grima (Edinburgh), and Hernan Garcia (UC Berkeley)
He has organized seminars on complexity approaches to bureaucracy at St. Johns College (Santa Fe) and presented at the Complex Systems Society and ECMTB conferences. Current projects include historical analysis of sports rulebooks (rugby/cricket) and non-equilibrium thermodynamics in transcription.
