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Martin Feinberg

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · The Ohio State University

Established · publishing since 1967

Publications

108

Citations

5,984

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

60

Publishing since 1967

Research summary
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Martin Feinberg works on the mathematical theory of chemical reaction networks, developing rigorous frameworks for predicting how complex chemical systems behave based on the structure of their reactions rather than detailed kinetic measurements. More recently, his work has extended into the mathematical foundations of classical thermodynamics, using tools from functional analysis (such as the Hahn-Banach theorem) to derive concepts like entropy and temperature from first principles. This research is mathematical and theoretical, aimed at putting existing scientific concepts on firmer, more general logical footing.

Chemical reaction network theoryMathematical foundations of thermodynamicsDeficiency theory and network structure analysisNonequilibrium thermodynamicsFunctional analysis applied to physical science

Publication output was highly uneven over the last decade, with a large cluster of works (a book's chapters) appearing in 2019, several quiet years, and a modest, steady trickle of papers on thermodynamics foundations since 2022.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.4/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 1 publication182019: 20 publications201920212022: 1 publication222023: 2 publications232024: 2 publications24252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Applied mathematical sciences×21
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×4
  • Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis×2
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)×1
  • AIChE Journal×1
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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