QUT | Staff Profiles | Matthew Simpson

Name: Professor Matthew Simpson
Position(s): Professor
Science and Engineering Faculty,
Mathematical Sciences,
Applied and Computational Mathematics; 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
Email: 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

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.

Johnston ST, Baker R, Simpson MJ, (2017) A new and accurate continuum description of moving fronts, New Journal of Physics
Andrews C, Cuttle L, Simpson MJ, (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 AS, McElwain SL, Simpson MJ, (2016) Standard melanoma-associated markers do not identify the MM127 metastatic melanoma cell line, Scientific Reports p1-6
Johnston ST, Shah E, Chopin LK, McElwain SL, Simpson MJ, (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 MJ, Baker R, (2015) Exact calculations of survival probability for diffusion on growing lines, disks, and spheres: The role of dimension, The Journal of Chemical Physics p1-5
Simpson MJ, (2015) Exact solutions of linear reaction-diffusion processes on a uniformly growing domain: Criteria for successful colonization, PLoS One p1-11
Johnston ST, Simpson MJ, Baker R, (2015) Modelling the movement of interacting cell populations: A moment dynamics approach, Journal of Theoretical Biology p81-92
Johnston ST, Simpson MJ, 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 MJ, 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 MJ, Treloar KK, Binder BJ, Haridas P, Manton KJ, Leavesley DI, 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 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

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

Title: Multi scale modelling of cell migration in developmental biology
Primary fund type: CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID: DP0662804
Start year: 2006
Keywords

Awards and recognition

Grants and projects (Category 1: Australian Competitive Grants only)

Completed supervisions (Doctorate)