Bronwyn’s research interests lie in developing and solving mathematical models using nonlinear partial differential equations. She is motivated by many areas of application, including biological invasions, cell biology, viscous flow, and physical chemistry. She has a particular focus on the use of Lie symmetry techniques to construct analytic solutions of nonlinear reaction-diffusion equations.
Bronwyn is an enthusiastic teacher of mathematics.
About me
Bronwyn’s research interests lie in developing and solving mathematical models using nonlinear partial differential equations. She is motivated by many areas of application, including biological invasions, cell biology, viscous flow, and physical chemistry. She has a particular focus on the use of Lie symmetry techniques to construct analytic solutions of nonlinear reaction-diffusion equations.
Bronwyn is an enthusiastic teacher of mathematics.
About me
Current leadership in the mathematics profession
Secretary: Engineering Mathematics Group (from 2019)
Chair: AustMS Fellowship Committee (2020)
Committee member: AMSI Summer School Standing Committee (from 2017)
SA representative: ANZIAM Executive (from 2020)
Committee member: SA Branch of ANZIAM (from 2012)
Current leadership in mathematics education
Chief Examiner of Mathematics and Member of Eyesbury College Academic Board (from 2016)
Membership of professional associations
Member, Australian Mathematical Society (AustMS)
Member, Australian and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM)
Member, Engineering Mathematics Group (EMG; a Special Interest Group of ANZIAM)
Member, Women in Mathematics Special Interest Group of the AustMS (WIMSIG)
Member, Golden Key International Honour Society
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of Wollongong
Masters of Environmental Science University of Wollongong
Bachelor of Science The University of Adelaide
Coloid and surface science
Surface interactions; with Marta Krasowska (UniSA) and David Beattie (UniSA)
Modelling with nonlinear PDEs and symmetry analysis
A video about this aspect of my research can be found on the Sydney Mathematics Research Institute website.
Shocks in reaction-nonlinear diffusion; with Martin Wechselberger and Robert Marangell (the University of Sydney) and Peter van Heijster (QUT)
Calcium fertilisation waves; with Phil Broadbridge (La Trobe University) and Yvonne Stokes (the University of Adelaide)
Problems with nonlinear diffusion; with Phil Broadbridge (La Trobe University) and Joel Moitsheki (University of the Witwatersrand)
Compactly supported solutions of nonlinear reaction-diffusion... Read more
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Pattern formation of precursor films: a new mathematical model, ARC - Discovery Projects, 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2025
Unlocking complex resources through lean processing, SA Dept of Innovation and Skills (formerly DSD), 01/06/2018 - 31/08/2024
Unlocking complex resources through lean processing, BHP Billiton Olympic Dam Corporation Pty Ltd, 01/06/2018 - 31/08/2024
A novel geometric approach to shocks in reaction-nonlinear diffusion models, ARC - Discovery Projects, 2020 - 2022
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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2022 |
Open access
2
3
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2019 |
Open access
1
|
2019 |
Open access
7
7
2
|
2019 |
Open access
34
41
7
|
2015 |
Open access
18
16
1
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Year | Output |
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2024 |
Open access
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2024 |
Open access
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2024 |
Open access
4
4
|
2023 |
Open access
3
3
1
|
2023 |
Open access
1
|
2022 |
Open access
1
1
|
2022 |
Open access
2
1
|
2022 |
Open access
2
3
|
2022 |
Open access
|
2022 |
Open access
|
2021 |
Open access
8
9
2
|
2021 |
Open access
5
5
8
|
2021 |
Open access
4
4
4
|
2021 |
Open access
2
2
4
|
2021 |
Open access
35
34
4
|
2020 |
Open access
|
2020 |
Open access
2
2
|
2019 |
Open access
1
|
2019 |
Open access
7
7
2
|
2019 |
Open access
10
8
1
|
2019 |
Open access
12
11
6
|
2019 |
Open access
34
41
7
|
2019 |
Open access
31
24
24
|
2018 |
Open access
4
3
|
2018 |
Open access
19
18
7
|
2017 |
Open access
5
4
2
|
2016 |
Open access
20
20
1
|
2016 |
6
5
1
|
2015 |
Open access
9
8
|
2015 |
Open access
18
16
1
|
2015 |
Open access
7
6
|
2013 |
Open access
1
1
|
2013 |
11
10
|
2011 |
Open access
5
5
|
2011 |
10
10
|
2010 |
16
6
|
2010 |
4
4
|
2010 |
4
4
|
2009 |
19
19
|
2008 |
Open access
2
3
|
2008 |
15
16
|
Year | Output |
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2022 |
Open access
|
2022 |
Open access
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2020 |
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Research
Coloid and surface science
Surface interactions; with Marta Krasowska (UniSA) and David Beattie (UniSA)
Modelling with nonlinear PDEs and symmetry analysis
A video about this aspect of my research can be found on the Sydney Mathematics Research Institute website.
Shocks in reaction-nonlinear diffusion; with Martin Wechselberger and Robert Marangell (the University of Sydney) and Peter van Heijster (QUT)
Calcium fertilisation waves; with Phil Broadbridge (La Trobe University) and Yvonne Stokes (the University of Adelaide)
Problems with nonlinear diffusion; with Phil Broadbridge (La Trobe University) and Joel Moitsheki (University of the Witwatersrand)
Compactly supported solutions of nonlinear reaction-diffusion equations; with Maureen Edwards (University of Wollongong) and Bob Anderssen (CSIRO)
Selected invited conferences and seminars
Reaction-diffusion, symmetries and solutions, plenary speaker, ANZIAM conference, 2022
Analytic solutions of various reaction-diffusion models, keynote speaker, AustMS Annual Meeting, 2021
Analytic solutions of nonlinear reaction-diffusion equations with applications in biology, ANZIAM Lecturer, New Zealand Mathematics Colloquium, 2019
Analytic solutions for a reaction-diffusion model of calcium waves on the surface of amphibian eggs, Australia-Japan Workshop on Dynamical Systems and the Life Sciences, Biei, Japan, 2018
Analytical solutions of nonlinear reaction-diffusion equations in various coordinate systems, Mathematical Society of Japan Seasonal Institute: The role of metrics in the theory of PDEs, Sapporo, Japan, 2018
Analytic solutions to nonlinear reaction-diffusion equations on the surface of a sphere, Workshop on Waves in Neural Media, The Fields Institute, Toronto, 2017
Electrokinetics behaviour concentrated suspensions, Workshop on Wave Transport of Ionic Species, The Fields Institute, Toronto, 2017
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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City University of Hong Kong (CityU) | HONG KONG |
CP Kelco Oy | FINLAND |
CSIRO Australia (Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research organisation) | AUSTRALIA |
Glenn Research Center | UNITED STATES |
Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry PAS | POLAND |
Kyushu University | JAPAN |
La Trobe University | AUSTRALIA |
Loughborough University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Magotteaux Australia Pty Ltd | AUSTRALIA |
National University of Sciences and Technology | PAKISTAN |
Queensland University of Technology | AUSTRALIA |
RMIT University | AUSTRALIA |
Stellenbosch University | SOUTH AFRICA |
Technical University of Darmstadt | GERMANY |
University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
University of Alberta | CANADA |
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | UNITED STATES |
University of New South Wales | AUSTRALIA |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
University of the Witwatersrand | SOUTH AFRICA |
University of Wollongong | AUSTRALIA |
Vidyasagar University | INDIA |
Virginia Commonwealth University | UNITED STATES |
Wrocław University of Science and Technology | POLAND |
External engagement & recognition
Engagement/recognition | Year |
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Associate EditorProceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences |
2023 |
Associate EditorANZIAM Journal |
2023 |
Board Member and Associate Member RepresentativeAustralian Mathematical Sciences Institute |
2023 |
Committee MemberAustralia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) SA Branch |
2023 |
Council memberAustralian Council of Heads of Mathematical Sciences |
2023 |
Editorial Board MemberActa Applicandae Mathematicae |
2023 |
Invited speakerQueensland University of Technology School of Mathematics Colloquium |
2023 |
Keynote speakerMathematical Association of South Australia Annual Conference Carol Moule Keynote Address |
2023 |
Associate EditorANZIAM Journal |
2022 |
Board Member and Associate Member RepresentativeAustralian Mathematical Sciences Institute |
2022 |
Committee MemberAustralia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) SA Branch |
2022 |
Committee MemberAustralia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) |
2022 |
Council memberAustralian Council of Heads of Mathematical Sciences |
2022 |
Editorial Board MemberActa Applicandae Mathematicae |
2022 |
Invited speakerUniversity of Melbourne Mathematical Biology Seminar Series |
2022 |
Plenary SpeakerAustralia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) conference |
2022 |
Associate EditorANZIAM Journal |
2021 |
Associate EditorActa Applicandae Mathematicae |
2021 |
Committee MemberAustralia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) SA Branch |
2021 |
Committee MemberAustralia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) |
2021 |
Editorial Board MemberActa Applicandae Mathematicae |
2021 |
Invited SpeakerPDE Models in Mathematical Biology, AMIS Workshop |
2021 |
Secretary, Engineering Mathematics GroupEmerald Group Publishing Ltd |
2021 |
Academic Board Member, Chief ExaminerEynesbury College |
2020 |
Associate EditorANZIAM Journal |
2020 |
Board MemberAustralian Mathematical Sciences Institute |
2020 |
Chair, Engineering Mathematics GroupAustralia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) |
2020 |
Committee MemberAustralia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) |
2020 |
Committee MemberAustralia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) SA Branch |
2020 |
Invited SpeakerMathematical Medicine and Biology Virtual Seminar Series, University of Nottingham |
2020 |
Keynote SpeakerApplied Mathematics Session, Australian Mathematical Society Annual Meeting |
2020 |
Academic Board Member, Chief ExaminerEynesbury College |
2019 |
ANZIAM LecturerNew Zealand Mathematics Colloquium |
2019 |
Associate EditorANZIAM Journal |
2019 |
Chair, Engineering Mathematics GroupAustralia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) |
2019 |
Committee MemberAustralia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) |
2019 |
Committee MemberAustralia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) SA Branch |
2019 |
Conference Director, Workshop on Applications of Nonlinear Diffusion EquationsAustralian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI) |
2019 |
Invited SpeakerQueensland Branch of ANZIAM |
2019 |
Invited SpeakerQueensland University of Technology |
2019 |
Invited SpeakerUniversity of Adelaide |
2019 |
Invited two day workshopUniversity of Newcastle |
2019 |
Academic Board Member, Chief ExaminerEynesbury College |
2018 |
Associate EditorANZIAM Journal |
2018 |
ChairAustralia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) SA Branch |
2018 |
Chair, Engineering Mathematics GroupAustralia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) |
2018 |
Committee MemberAustralia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) |
2018 |
Committee MemberAustralia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) SA Branch |
2018 |
Invited LecturerThe 11th Mathematical Society of Japan Seasonal Institute |
2018 |
Invited SpeakerSecond Joint Australia-Japan Workshop on Dynamical Systems with Applications in Life Science |
2018 |
Academic Board Member, Chief ExaminerEynesbury College |
2017 |
Associate EditorANZIAM Journal |
2017 |
ChairAustralia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) SA Branch |
2017 |
Chair, Engineering Mathematics GroupAustralia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) |
2017 |
Committee MemberAustralia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) |
2017 |
Committee MemberAustralia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) SA Branch |
2017 |
Invited Speaker, Focus Program on Multi-scale Modelling of Wave Structures in TissuesFields Institute |
2017 |
MemberAustralian Mathematical Society (AustMS) |
2017 |
Academic Board Member, Chief ExaminerEynesbury College |
2016 |
Associate EditorANZIAM Journal |
2016 |
ChairAustralia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) SA Branch |
2016 |
Chair, Engineering Mathematics GroupAustralia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) |
2016 |
Committee MemberAustralia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) |
2016 |
Committee MemberAustralia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) SA Branch |
2016 |
Associate EditorANZIAM Journal |
2015 |
Chair, Engineering Mathematics GroupAustralia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) |
2015 |
Committee MemberAustralia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) |
2015 |
Committee MemberAustralia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) SA Branch |
2015 |
Conference Director, Engineering Mathematics GroupAustralia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) |
2015 |
SecretaryAustralia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) SA Branch |
2015 |
Committee MemberAustralia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) SA Branch |
2014 |
SecretaryAustralia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) SA Branch |
2014 |
Committee MemberAustralia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) SA Branch |
2013 |
SecretaryAustralia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) SA Branch |
2013 |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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106660- Wetting, spreading, and adhesion of oils on composite mineral surfaces | Current |
108311-Ultrathin ionic liquid films on surfaces | Current |
208-Mathematical modelling and computation of biofilm growth and cell death | Current |
213-Mathematical modelling of the extracellular actin scavenging system | Current |
Integration of in-stream and particle size measurements in flotation | Current |
Lie symmetry analysis in regularised nonlinear diffusion problems | Current |
Pattern formation of precursor films: a new mathematical model | Current |
Diffusive processes in mineral processing | Completed |
E.D.E.M. extended-domain-eigenfunction method | Completed |
Fluid flow and particle transport through periodic capillaries | Completed |
Harmonic-measure distribution functions, and related functions, for simply connected and multiply connected two-dimensional regions | Completed |
Hydrodynamic boundary conditions at fluid-liquid interfaces: from fundamentals to application | Completed |
Towards multilayered emulsion applications: polyelectrolyte multilayers at interfaces | Completed |