Ryan is an applied mathematician, statistician, and data scientist focused on applications in biology. Ryan applies a range of mathematical and statistical modelling techniques to explore tumour growth, epithelial tissue dynamics, nanoparticle-cell interactions, and population dynamics. In these problems Ryan connects a variety of spatial and temporal scales, for example when exploring how subcellular processes that occur on the timescale of seconds influences tissue-level outcomes on the timescale of weeks.
Ryan enjoys teaching undergraduate subjects, supervising honours, masters, and PhD students, and is active in the Australian applied mathematics and mathematical biology community.
About me
Ryan is an applied mathematician, statistician, and data scientist focused on applications in biology. Ryan applies a range of mathematical and statistical modelling techniques to explore tumour growth, epithelial tissue dynamics, nanoparticle-cell interactions, and population dynamics. In these problems Ryan connects a variety of spatial and temporal scales, for example when exploring how subcellular processes that occur on the timescale of seconds influences tissue-level outcomes on the timescale of weeks.
Ryan enjoys teaching undergraduate subjects, supervising honours, masters, and PhD students, and is active in the Australian applied mathematics and mathematical biology community.
About me
About me
Doctor of Philosophy Queenland University of Technology
I am an applied mathematician, statistician and data scientist, with wet-lab experimental biology experience. I focus on applications in biology.
Mathematics. I specialise in: discrete models – taking the form of systems of ordinary differential equations; stochastic agent-based models; continuum models – taking the form of system of nonlinear partial differential equations; discrete to continuum limits; travelling wave analysis; perturbation analysis; moving boundary problems derived from biologically motivated cell-level processes; hierarchical models, and, tumour growth models.
Data science and statistics. To connect mathematical models to data I use techniques from statistics, specialising in: statistical uncertainty... Read more
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
Year | Output |
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2024 |
Open access
12
10
|
2023 |
Open access
7
7
|
2022 |
Open access
24
25
|
2020 |
Open access
16
|
2019 |
Open access
22
20
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Year | Output |
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2025 |
Open access
1
1
|
2024 |
Open access
2
1
|
2024 |
Open access
12
10
|
2024 |
Open access
11
11
|
2023 |
Open access
7
7
|
2023 |
Open access
7
6
|
2022 |
Open access
30
28
|
2022 |
Open access
17
17
|
2022 |
Open access
24
25
|
2022 |
Open access
10
9
|
2021 |
Open access
45
45
|
2021 |
Open access
11
11
|
2021 |
Open access
11
10
|
2021 |
Open access
5
5
|
2020 |
Open access
16
|
2020 |
8
|
2019 |
Open access
22
20
|
Research
I am an applied mathematician, statistician and data scientist, with wet-lab experimental biology experience. I focus on applications in biology.
Mathematics. I specialise in: discrete models – taking the form of systems of ordinary differential equations; stochastic agent-based models; continuum models – taking the form of system of nonlinear partial differential equations; discrete to continuum limits; travelling wave analysis; perturbation analysis; moving boundary problems derived from biologically motivated cell-level processes; hierarchical models, and, tumour growth models.
Data science and statistics. To connect mathematical models to data I use techniques from statistics, specialising in: statistical uncertainty analysis; parameter estimation; parameter identifiability; prediction; profile likelihood-based methods; Bayesian MCMC methods; approximate Bayesian computation.
Biology. Applications of interest include: epithelial tissue dynamics (mechanical cellular relaxation, cell proliferation, cell death, mechanical cell competition, mechanochemical feedback loops), avascular tumour growth (experimental design, co-culture growth, adaptation mechanisms to time-dependent oxygen), epithelial-mesenchymal transitions (EMT), the cell cycle, population dynamics; and nanoparticle-cell interactions.
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Centenary Institute | AUSTRALIA |
Indian Institute of Science | INDIA |
Queensland University of Technology | AUSTRALIA |
University of Auckland | NEW ZEALAND |
University of Canterbury | NEW ZEALAND |
University of Melbourne | AUSTRALIA |
University of Oxford | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Pennsylvania | UNITED STATES |
University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
University of Western Australia | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
Engagement/recognition | Year |
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Associate EditorBulletin of Mathematical Biology |
2025 |
Andrew Sisson Support GrantThe University of Melbourne |
2024 |
Applied Mathematics Seminar Series at Monash UniversityMonash University |
2024 |
Landahl Travel GrantSociety of Mathematical Biology |
2024 |
Mathematical Biology Special Interest Group Panel Member (ANZIAM 2024)Australia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics |
2024 |
MATRIX Institute Workshop: Mathematical Models for Lipids and Cells in Atherosclerotic Plaques.MATRIX Institute |
2024 |
MATRIX Institute Workshop: Parameter Identifiability in Mathematical BiologyMATRIX Insitute |
2024 |
Melbourne Mathematical Biology Seed Fund GrantThe University of Melbourne |
2024 |
School of Mathematics and Statistics Small GrantThe University of Melbourne |
2024 |
Society of Mathematical Biology Featured Bulletin of Mathematical Biology ArticleSociety of Mathematical Biology |
2024 |
Society of Mathematical Biology Featured Early Career ResearcherSociety of Mathematical Biology |
2024 |
Conference Organiser for QANZIAMQueensland branch of the Australian and New Zealand Industrial Applied Mathematics (QANZIAM) |
2023 |
Mathematical Biology Special Interest Group ConferenceMathematical Biology Special Interest Group of ANZIAN of Austrailan Mathematical Society |
2023 |
TreasurerQueensland branch of the Australian and New Zealand Industrial Applied Mathematics (QANZIAM) |
2023 |
Applied Mathematics Seminar Series at the University of MelbourneUniversity of Melbourne |
2022 |
Applied Mathematics Seminars Series at the University of New South WalesUniversity of New South Wales |
2022 |
Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI) Scientific Workshop FundingAustralian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI) |
2022 |
Australian Society for Dermatology Research Publication of the quarterAustralian Society for Dermatology Research |
2022 |
Conference Organiser for QANZIAMQueensland branch of the Australian and New Zealand Industrial Applied Mathematics (QANZIAM) |
2022 |
Faculty of Science Executive Dean’s Commendation for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis for 2022.Queensland University of Technology |
2022 |
Frazer Institute Seminar Series at the University of QueenslandUniversity of Queensland |
2022 |
Guest Editor for MATRIX Annals for Mathematics of Tissue Dynamics MATRIX ProgramMATRIX Institute |
2022 |
MATRIX Institute Discretionary FundsMATRIX Institute |
2022 |
MATRIX Institute Research Program Grant.MATRIX Institute |
2022 |
Ordinary member.Queensland branch of the Australian and New Zealand Industrial Applied Mathematics (QANZIAM) |
2022 |
TreasurerQueensland branch of the Australian and New Zealand Industrial Applied Mathematics (QANZIAM) |
2022 |
Workshop Organiser for MATRIX Institute (5 day residential)MATRIX Institute |
2022 |
Guest Editor for MATRIX Annals for Mathematics of Tissue Dynamics MATRIX ProgramMATRIX Institute |
2021 |
Ordinary member.Queensland branch of the Australian and New Zealand Industrial Applied Mathematics (QANZIAM) |
2021 |
Workshop Organiser for AMSI/MATRIXAustralian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI) and MATRIX Institute |
2021 |
Featured on cover of Proceedings of the Royal Society AProceedings of the Royal Society A |
2019 |
University of Oxford Scholarship in recognition of performance in examinationsUniversity of Oxford |
2015 |
University of Oxford Scholarship in recognition of performance in examinationsUniversity of Oxford |
2014 |
University of Oxford Scholarship in recognition of performance in examinationsUniversity of Oxford |
2013 |
University of Oxford Scholarship in recognition of performance in examinationsUniversity of Oxford |
2012 |
University of Oxford Scholarship in recognition of performance in examinationsUniversity of Oxford |
2011 |
Teaching & student supervision