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The Applied Mathematics Unit
Mathematicians in this group study a wide range of applied problems, from mathematical biology to industrial mathematics to quantum chemistry.
Permanent staff
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Robert Chan
Numerical methods for ordinary differential equations and Hamiltonian problems -
Graham Donovan
Mathematical biology and physiology; rare event and Monte Carlo simulation -
Allison Heard
Numerical solutions of ordinary differential equations -
Jari Kaipio
Statistical inverse problems and tomography; Applications of mathematics to industrial problems -
Vivien Kirk
Dynamical systems and nonlinear ordinary differential equations; The theory of local and global bifurcations; Models of intracellular calcium dynamics -
Bernd Krauskopf
Dynamical systems theory and its applications to real-world problems -
Hinke Osinga
Numerical computation and visualisation of invariant manifolds that arise in systems of ordinary differential equations -
Claire Postlethwaite
Delay equations and feedback control; The theory of global bifurcations; Mathematical models of animal behaviour -
Philip Sharp
Modelling the solar system; Numerical methods for long-time solution of ordinary differential equations -
James Sneyd
Mathematical medicine and physiology; Dynamical systems and the theory of calcium waves and oscillations -
Steve Taylor
Control theory of partial differential equations; Computational quantum chemistry -
Shixiao Wang
Nonlinear functional analysis and partial differential equations; Fluid dynamics and hydrodynamic stability
Research fellows
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Barbara Breen
Mathematical physiology -
Kelly Murphy
Mathematical physiology
Emeritus member of staff
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John Butcher
Numerical Analysis: methods for ordinary differential equations
Recent and Current Visitors
- Jonathan Rubin (Pittsburg)
- Kathryn Lenz (Duluth)
- Bruce Peckham (Duluth)
- John Guckenheimer (Cornell)
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Bard Ermentrout (Pittsburg)
Seminars and other recent events
Current PhD students
- Maryam Alavi: Self-verifying networks of air monitoring instruments
- Sebastian Boie: Dynamical Systems and Mathematical Biology
- Pengxing Cao: Calcium dynamics in airway smooth muscle cells
- Jason Chen: Mathematical Modeling of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) Neurons
- Jennifer Creaser: Global Bifurcations in the Lorenz system: beyond the 1D-map approximation
- Paul Hadwin: Inverse problems, particularly the Bayesian approach, and their application to diffuse imaging modalities
- Stefanie Hittmeyer: Non-invertible Maps and Wild Chaos
- Peter Langfield: Isochrons and Phaseless Sets
- Pingyu Nan: Dynamical systems analysis of mathematical models of intracellular calcium dynamics
- Phuong Nguyen: Mathematical modelling of steroid hormones synthesis and metabolism during pregnancy
- Ruanui Nicholson: Uncertainties and model reduction in astronomical imaging
- Kate O'Byrne: Mathematical modelling of airway smooth muscle
- Laurence Palk: Mathematical Physiology - Calcium signalling in the parotid acinar cell
- Anup Purewal: Differential Delay Equations
- Noorhelyna Razali: Numerical Analysis Robert Chan and John Butcher
- Attique Ur Rehman: Computational Astronomy
- Shafiq Ur Rehman: N-Body Simulations of the Solar System
- Katie Sharp: Dynamical systems of mathematical biology
- Michael Smith: Wave theory, Mathematical Physics, Wave-structure interaction
- Pun Wong Yau: The global and nonlinear stability theory for vortex-dominated flows
- Andrew Keene
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Programmes, Centres and Partners
- Community for Understanding and Learning in the Mathematical Sciences (CULMS)
- Centre for Mathematical Social Science (CMSS)
- Department of Computer Science
- Department of Engineering Science
- Department of Physics
- Department of Statistics
- Auckland Bioengineering Institute
- New Zealand Journal of Mathematics
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