Personal details
- Name
- Professor Matthew Simpson
- Position(s)
- Professor
Faculty of Science,
School of Mathematical Sciences - IHBI Membership
Institute of Health Biomedical Innovation (IHBI),
IHBI Science and Engineering Projects,
IHBI Mathematical Sciences - IPTM - Discipline *
- Applied Mathematics, Numerical and Computational Mathematics, Other Mathematical Sciences
- Phone
- +61 7 3138 5241
- matthew.simpson@qut.edu.au
- Location
- View location details (QUT staff and student access only)
- Identifiers and profiles
-
- Qualifications
-
Doctor of Philosophy (University of Western Aust.)
- Professional memberships
and associations - Keywords
-
Cell Biology, Computational Modelling, Mathematical Modelling, Multiscale Modelling, Random Walk
* Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Biography
- 1995-1998: BE (Environmental) Honours 1. The University of Newcastle
- 2000-2003: PhD (with Distinction). Environmental Engineering. The University of Western Australia.
- 2003-2006: Research Fellow. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne.
- 2006-2009: Australian Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne.
- 2010-2011: Lecturer in Mathematics. Queensland University of Technology.
- 2011-2013: Senior Lecturer in Mathematics. Queensland University of Technology.
- 2012: Awarded the J.H. Michell Medal, you can read the citation here.
- 2013-2014: Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics. Queensland University of Technology.
- 2014-present: Australian Research Council Future Fellow. Queensland University of Technology.
- 2014-present: Professor of Applied Mathematics. Queensland University of Technology.
This information has been contributed by Professor Matthew Simpson.
Teaching
My most recent teaching interests include first year calculus and analysis, and later year courses on differential equations and applied mathematical modelling.
This information has been contributed by Professor Matthew Simpson.
Publications
- Johnston S, Baker R, Simpson M, (2017) A new and accurate continuum description of moving fronts, New Journal of Physics
- Andrews C, Cuttle L, Simpson M, (2016) Quantifying the role of burn temperature, burn duration and skin thickness in an in vivo animal skin model of heat conduction, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer p542-549
- Haridas P, McGovern J, Kashyap A, McElwain S, Simpson M, (2016) Standard melanoma-associated markers do not identify the MM127 metastatic melanoma cell line, Scientific Reports p1-6
- Johnston S, Shah E, Chopin L, McElwain S, Simpson M, (2015) Estimating cell diffusivity and cell proliferation rate by interpreting IncuCyte ZOO(TM) assay data using the Fisher-Kolmogorov model, BMC Systems Biology p1-12
- Simpson M, Baker R, (2015) Exact calculations of survival probability for diffusion on growing lines, disks, and spheres: The role of dimension, Journal of Chemical Physics p1-5
- Simpson M, (2015) Exact solutions of linear reaction-diffusion processes on a uniformly growing domain: Criteria for successful colonization, PLoS One p1-11
- Johnston S, Simpson M, Baker R, (2015) Modelling the movement of interacting cell populations: A moment dynamics approach, Journal of Theoretical Biology p81-92
- Johnston S, Simpson M, McElwain S, (2014) How much information can be obtained from tracking the position of the leading edge in a scratch assay?, Journal of the Royal Society Interface p1-9
- Simpson M, Jazaei F, Clement T, (2013) How long does it take for aquifer recharge or aquifer discharge processes to reach steady state?, Journal of Hydrology p241-248
- Simpson M, Treloar K, Binder B, Haridas P, Manton K, Leavesley D, McElwain S, Baker R, (2013) Quantifying the roles of cell motility and cell proliferation in a circular barrier assay, Journal of the Royal Society Interface p1-12
For more publications by this staff member, visit QUT ePrints, the University's research repository.
Awards
Awards and recognition
- Type
- Committee Role/Editor or Chair of an Academic Conference
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- I am co-chair of the 2015 meeting of ANZIAM, the professional association of Australian and New Zealand applied mathematicians.
- Type
- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- I am an executive associate editor of the Journal of Engineering Mathematics
- Type
- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- I am an academic editor of the interdisciplinary journal PLoS ONE
- Type
- Recipient of a Nationally Competitive Research Fellowship
- Reference year
- 2013
- Details
- Fellowship Type: ARC Principal Research Fellowship Project Title: New data-driven mathematical models of collective cell motion External Reference : FT130100148 Years Awarded: 2013 - 2017 Total Funding Awarded: $617,220
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2012
- Details
- The J.H. Michell Medal is awarded annually by ANZIAM to at most one outstanding new researcher who has carried out distinguished research in applied or industrial mathematics within Australia and New Zealand. At the recent ANZIAM Annual Meeting, the 2012 J.H. Michell Medal was awarded to Dr Matthew Simpson.
- Type
- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2011
- Details
- I am a member of the Editorial board of the ANZIAM Journal, the leading Australian journal focussing on applied mathematics
Research projects
Grants and projects (Category 1: Australian Competitive Grants only)
- Title
- Mathematical Models of Cell Migration in Three-dimensional Living Tissues
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP170100474
- Start year
- 2018
- Keywords
- Title
- A new hierarchy of mathematical models to quantify the role of ghrelin during cell invasion
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP140100249
- Start year
- 2014
- Keywords
- Mathematical modelling;Mathematical biology;Multiscale modelling
- Title
- New data-driven mathematical models of collective cell motion
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- FT130100148
- Start year
- 2014
- Keywords
- Mathematical modelling;Multiscale modelling;Mathematical biology
- Title
- Modelling Cell Invasion Incorporating the Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition: Exploring Therapies to Control Wound Healing and Cancer Progression
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP120100551
- Start year
- 2012
- Keywords
- Mathematical Biology;Mathematical Modelling;Multiscale Modelling;Cell Invasion