Research Training

Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Assistant

  1. Dr Kai Li. Postdoctoral research fellow, commencing 2025.
  2. Dr Hilary Hunt. Postdoctoral research fellow, commencing 2025.
  3. Dr James Bennett. Postdoctoral research fellow, 2024-present.
  4. Dr Alexander Johnston. Postdoctoral research fellow, 2024-present.
  5. Dr Nizhum Rahman. Research assistant, 2022-2023. After this position Nizhum commenced a postdoctoral research position at the University of Michigan.
  6. Dr Ryan Murphy. Postdoctoral research fellow, 2021-2023. After this position Ryan commenced a postdoctoral research position at the University of Melbourne, and then commenced a tenure track position at the University of South Australia.
  7. Dr Alex Browning. Postdoctoral research fellow, 2021-2022. After this position Alex secured commenced a Hooke Research Fellowship at the University of Oxford, and then commenced a tenure track position at the University of Melbourne.
  8. Dr Alex Tam. Postdoctoral research fellow, 2021-2022. After this position Alex commenced a tenure track position at the University of South Australia and then secured an ARC DECRA.
  9. Dr David Warne. Postdoctoral research fellow, 2020-2021. After this position David commenced a tenure track position at QUT and then secured an ARC DECRA fellowship.
  10. Dr Nabil Fadai. Postdoctoral research fellow, 2018-2020. After this position Nabil commenced a tenure track position at the Univeristy of Nottingham.
  11. Dr Tarunendu Mapder. Postdoctoral research fellow, 2018-2020. After this position Tarunendu commenced a postdoctoral research position at Indiana University.
  12. Dr Wang Jin. Postdoctoral research fellow, 2018-2021. After this position Jin commenced a postdoctoral research position at the University of New South Wales.
  13. Mr Alex Browning. Research assistant, 2017-2017. After this position Alex commenced a PhD at QUT.
  14. Dr Wang Jin. Research assistant, 2017-2018. After this position Jin commenced as a Vice Chancellor's Research Fellow at QUT.
  15. Dr Catherine Penington. Postdoctoral research fellow, 2015-2017. After this position Catherine commenced a tenure track position at Macquarie University.
  16. Ms Parvathi Haridas. Research assistant, 2012-2014. After this position Parvathi commenced a PhD at QUT.

Doctor of Philosophy

  1. Mr Adarshkrishnan (Krishnan) Rajakumar. Doctor of Philosophy. 2025-present. Interpreting gene function using gene expression data, mathematical modelling and model selection.
  2. Mr Luke Ross. Doctor of Philosophy. 2025-present. Simulation-based mathematical models and parameter estimation to interpret tissue growth experiments with multiple controllable gradients.
  3. Mr Patrick Storch. Doctor of Philosophy. 2024-present. New discrete and continuum mathematical models for tissue formation.
  4. Mr Shahak Kuba. Doctor of Philosophy. 2023-present. Mathematical models of tissue growth in constrained geometries.
  5. Mr Yihan Liu. Doctor of Philosophy. 2022-present. Likelihood-based inference, identifiability and prediction for random walk walk models in mathematical biology.
  6. Dr Yifei Li. Doctor of Philosophy. 2018-2022. The role of nonlinear diffusion in mathematical biology. After graduation Yifei commenced working as a postdoctoral research fellow at Harbin Institute of Technology.
  7. Dr Maud El-Hachem. Doctor of Philosophy. 2018-2021. Mathematical models of biological invasion. Maud recieved the 2021 AustMS WIMSIG Maryam Mirzakhani Award. After graduation Maud took up a position as a research fellow in Biological Mathematics at CSIRO.
  8. Dr Jesse Sharp. Doctor of Philosophy. 2018-2021. Numerical methods for optimal control and parameter estimation in the life sciences. After graduation Jesse commenced working as a postdoctoral research fellow jointly with the Australian Institute of Marine Science and QUT.
  9. Dr Ryan Murphy. Doctor of Philosophy. 2018-2021. Mechanochemical and experimental models in mathematical biology. After graduation Ryan continued working at QUT as a postdoctoral research fellow.
  10. Dr Alexander (Alex) Browning. Doctor of Philosophy. 2018-2021. Model complexity in biology and bioengineering. Alex won an outstanding thesis award, meaning that his thesis was ranked in the top 5% of QUT PhD theses in 2022. After graduation Alex continued working at QUT as a postdoctoral research fellow.
  11. Dr Anudeep Surendran. Doctor of Philosophy. 2017-2020. Stochastic and continuum descriptions of population dynamics with spatial structure. After graduation Anudeep took up a position as a research fellow at the University of Montreal.
  12. Dr Sean Vittadello. Doctor of Philosophy. 2016-2020. Mathematical models for cell migration and proliferation informed by visualisation of the cell cycle. After graduation Sean took up a position as a research fellow at the University of Melbourne.
  13. Dr David Warne. Doctor of Philosophy. 2015-2019. Computational inference in mathematical biology: methodological developments and applications. David won an outstanding thesis award, meaning that his thesis was ranked in the top 5% of QUT PhD theses in 2020. After graduation David took up a position as a research fellow at QUT.
  14. Dr Oleksii (Alex) Matsiaka. Doctor of Philosophy. 2015-2019. New mathematical models for cell biology assays incorporating realistic cell size dynamics. After graduation Alex took up a position as a research fellow at the University of Queensland.
  15. Dr Parvathi Haridas. Doctor of Philosophy. 2014-2017. In vitro characterisation of melanoma progression in a melanoma skin equivalent model. After graduation Parvathi took up a position as a research scientist at Envoi Pathology.
  16. Dr Wang Jin. Doctor of Philosophy. 2014-2017. Investigating the reproducibility of in vitro cell biology assays using mathematical models. Jin won an outstanding thesis award, meaning that his thesis was ranked in the top 5% of QUT PhD theses in 2017. After graduation Jin took up a position as a research fellow at QUT.
  17. Dr Stuart Johnston. Doctor of Philosophy. 2013-2017. Mathematical models for quantifying collective cell behaviour. After graduation Stuart took up a position as a research fellow at the University of Melbourne where he was supported by an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Award.
  18. Dr Adam Ellery. Doctor of Philosophy. 2013-2016. Modelling transport through biological environments that contain obstacles. After graduation Adam took up a position as a computational scientist at the University of Queensland.
  19. Dr Katrina Treloar. Doctor of Philosophy. 2012-2015. Mathematical models for collective cell spreading. After graduation Katrina took up a position at Suncorp bank.

Master of Philosophy

  1. Mr Daniel VandenHeuvel. Master of Philosophy. 2022-2023. New mathematical and statistical methods for tissue engineering. After graduation Daniel commenced a PhD at Imperial College London.
  2. Mr Luke Filippini. Master of Philosophy. 2022-2023. Surrogate models for diffusive transport in radially-symmetric media. After graduation Luke commenced a PhD at QUT.
  3. Mr Jonah Klowss. Master of Philosophy. 2020-2021. A stochastic mathematical model of 4D tumour spheroids with real-time fluorescent cell cycle labelling. After graduation Jonah commenced a PhD at the University of St Andrews.
  4. Mr Michael Carr. Master of Philosophy. 2020-2021. Estimating parameters of a stochastic cell invasion model with fluorescent cell cycle labelling using Approximate Bayesian Computation. After graduation Michael took up a position as a data analyst with RACQ.
  5. Ms Tamara Tambyah. Master of Philosophy. 2019-2020. A novel free boundary mathematical model of epithelial tissues with mechanobiological coupling. After graduation Tamara took up a position with the Department of Defence Science and Technology and commenced a PhD at Monash University.
  6. Ms Solene Hegarty-Cramer. Master of Philosophy. 2019-2020. Spatial control and cell guidance in evolving biological tissues. After graduation Solene took up a position at Boeing.
  7. Mr Sean McInerney. Master of Philosophy. 2017-2018. Parameterising continuum models of heat transfer in heterogeneous living skin using experimental data. After graduation Sean enrolled in a Master of Education degree to pursue a teaching career.
  8. Mr Alex Browning. Master of Philosophy. 2016-2017. Stochastic mathematical models of cell proliferation assays. After graduation Alex took up a position as a research assistant at Queensland University of Technology.