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2027 ANZIAM Lecturer

The AMSI-ANZIAM Lecture Tour invites a distinguished international academic in an applied mathematical field to speak at universities across Australia after the conclusion of the ANZIAM conference. It includes a series of talks including specialist and public lectures. The tour is organised biennially by AMSI and is supported by ANZIAM.

Speaker

Professor Bindi Brook

Mathematical Medicine and Biology, University of Nottingham

Professor Bindi Brook is a Professor of Mathematical Medicine and Biology in the School of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Nottingham.

Her interest in applying mathematical models to biological problems began during her PhD at the University of Leeds, under the supervision of Professor Tim Pedley. Her doctoral research focused on blood flow in giraffe jugular veins, particularly flow–structure interactions in compliant vessels.

She subsequently undertook postdoctoral research at the University of Sheffield, modelling mechanically ventilated lungs and drug delivery within the airways. For more than 20 years, Professor Brook and her research group have developed integrative, multiscale mathematical models of respiratory biomechanics and mechanobiology.

Their work draws on a range of approaches, including discrete stochastic models of cell–matrix interactions, vertex-based cell and spring-network models, continuum fluid and soft-tissue mechanics, and multiphase models of tissue growth in airway remodelling.

The group aims to connect cellular-level processes with the structure, function and (patho)physiology of tissues. Its research has a particular focus on asthma and, more recently, destructive lung diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Professor Brook works closely with biologists and clinicians to develop interdisciplinary models that improve understanding of the emergence and progression of respiratory disease, with the ultimate goal of predicting personalised disease trajectories for individual patients.

Schedule

AMSI is inviting expressions of interest from member universities interested in hosting an event as part of the 2027 AMSI–ANZIAM Lecture Tour.

Held biennially, the Lecture Tour brings a distinguished international academic in an applied mathematical field to universities across Australia following the ANZIAM Conference. The tour includes a program of specialist and public lectures, providing opportunities for researchers, students and the wider community to engage with leading international work in applied mathematics.

The tour is organised by AMSI with the support of ANZIAM. Member universities are invited to express their interest in hosting one of the scheduled lectures and contributing to this important national program.

Prior to the lecture tour, Professor Bindi Brook will deliver a plenary talk at the ANZIAM Conference held in Auckland, NZ from 1-5 February 2027. The AMSI-ANZIAM lecture tour will be hosted in Australia from 8-19 February 2027.

Expressions of interest will close Monday 7 September.

AMSI will notify all parties of the outcome of their bids by Monday 28 September.

 

Talk abstract

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