James Alexander Glazier (born June 27, 1962)[1] is a biophysicist and bioengineer, author, and educator best known for his contributions to the field of multiscale modeling, pattern formation, and morphogenesis in biological systems.
He later earned his Ph.D. in experimental condensed matter physics from the University of Chicago in 1989, where he worked under the supervision of Prof. Albert J. Libchaber, focusing on chaotic flows in fluids and the coarsening dynamics of liquid foams.
[7][8] Following the completion of his Ph.D., Glazier held postdoctoral positions at AT&T Bell Laboratories (1989-1991) where he retrained in experimental developmental neuroscience under Dr. David W. Tank, and then held an NSF/JSPS fellowship (1991-1993) in the Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, where he studied hydra regeneration and, in collaboration with Dr. Francois Graner, developed the Cellular Potts Model (CPM, also known as the Glazier-Graner-Hogeweg model, GGH) formalism for simulating the dynamics of cells in biological tissues.
More recently, with Dr. Enrdre Somogyi[13] and Dr. TJ Sego, he has contributed to the development of the open-source Tissue Forge virtual-tissue simulation environment based on center-model methodologies.
His work has contributed to the advancement of computational modeling and simulation techniques in the fields of biophysics, bioengineering, toxicology, and complex systems.