Group Members
Current Members
- Dr Jason Atnip (ARC Research Fellow with A/Prof. Cecilia Gonzalez-Tokman)
- Dr Aleksandar Badza (ARC Research Fellow)
- Dr Manu Kalia (Einstein Research Fellow)
- Dr Matheus Manzatto de Castro (ARC Laureate Research Fellow)
- Dr Maxence Phalempin (ARC Laureate Research Fellow)
- Kevin Kühl Oliveira (PhD student)
- Yat Long (Luca) Lee (PhD student)
- Nicholas Peters (PhD student)
- Kathrin Völkner (Einstein PhD student, joint with Prof. Dr Peter Koltai)
- Redmond Mobbs Honours student.
- Jahan Peiris Honours student.
Former Members at UNSW (2006-)
Research Fellows
- Dr Michelle Dunbar (2015-2020) Cancer Australia and NHMRC Projects (with P. Bannon, J. Booth, F. Hegi-Johnson, R. O'Brien, C-C. Shieh, J-J. Sonke, and S. Vinod) (now Lecturer at UNSW Sydney)
- Konstantinos Sakellariou (2017-2018) ARC Discovery Project (with O. Junge and A. Quas) (now Researcher at Nodes and Links)
- Davor Dragičević (2015-2017) ARC Discovery Project (with O. Junge and A. Quas) (now A/Prof. at University of Rijeka)
- Cecilia González-Tokman, (2012-2015) ARC Discovery Project (with M. Dellnitz and A. Quas) (now Associate Professor at University of Queensland)
- Andy Hammerlindl, (2012-2015) ARC Discovery Project (with G. Gottwald) (now Senior Lecturer at Monash University)
- Naratip Santitissadeekorn, (2008-2011) ARC Centre of Excellence MASCOS (now Senior Lecturer at the University of Surrey)
- Simon Lloyd, (2007-2010) ARC Discovery Project (with M. Dellnitz and A. Treguier) (now Lecturer at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University)
- Irina Dumitrescu, (2006-2009) ARC Linkage Project (with N. Boland) (now Research Scientist at IBM Research & Development)
PhD students
- Michael C. Denes PhD 2023, UNSW.
Thesis: Transport and mixing by persistent and materially coherent ocean structures. (now Postdoctoral Researcher at Utrecht)
- Christopher P. Rock PhD 2022, UNSW.
Thesis: Extracting features from eigenfunctions: higher Cheeger constants and sparse eigenbasis approximation. (now Research Analyst at UNSW)
- Harry Crimmins PhD 2021, UNSW.
Thesis: Statistical stability for deterministic and random
dynamical systems. (now Quantitative Researcher · Susquehanna International Group)
- Fadi Antown PhD 2020, UNSW.
Thesis: Linear response in dynamical systems: Optimisation and finite-time coherent sets. (now Decision Scientist at Retail Insight)
- Eric Kwok PhD 2018, UNSW.
Thesis: Dynamic isoperimetry on graphs and weighted Riemannian manifolds. (now Project Analyst at UNSW).
- Thomas Watson PhD 2016, UNSW.
Thesis: On Aspects of Numerical
Ergodic Theory: Stability of Ulam's Method, Computing Oseledets Subspaces, and
Optimal Mixing. (now Data Scientist, Kinesis)
- Mehrdad Heidari, PhD 2015, UNSW.
Thesis: Quantification of Geological Uncertainty and Mine Planning Risk using Metric Spaces.
(now Principal Data Scientist, InfoReady Information Management Consulting)
- Robyn Stuart, PhD 2014, UNSW.
Thesis: Metastable sets in open dynamical systems and substochastic Markov chains.
(now Senior research scientist, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)
- Stephen Maher, PhD 2014, UNSW.
Thesis: The Application of Recoverable Robustness
to Airline Planning Problems.
(now an Senior Lecturer at University of Exeter)
- Amirah Rahman, PhD 2013, UNSW.
Thesis: Freight train scheduling on a single line network. (now Senior Lecturer at the Science University Malaysia)
- Michelle Dunbar, PhD 2012, UNSW.
Thesis: Minimising Propagated Delay in an Integrated Aircraft Routing and Crew Pairing Framework. (now Lecturer, UNSW)
- Ognjen Stancevic, PhD 2011, UNSW.
Thesis: Escape and Metastability in Deterministic and Random Dynamical Systems. (now Executive Manager, Enterprise Risk Analytics and Visualisation, Commonwealth Bank, Sydney)
- Dalia Terhesiu, PhD 2009, UNSW.
Thesis:
On the approximation of finite and infinite equilibrium states and some aspects of Young towers with non-integrable return function. (now Assistant Professor at the University of Leiden)
- Therese Keane, PhD 2009, UNSW (with J. Franklin).
Thesis: Combat Modelling with Partial Differential Equations. (now Senior Special Operations Science and Technology Advisor, DSTO, Sydney
Honours students
- Satvik Yadav, (Hons 2022), UNSW
- Ruiwen Zhong, (Hons 2022), UNSW
- Jack Hills (Hons 2022), UNSW Engineering with Prof. Tracie Barber
- Raymond Cheng, Hons 2020, UNSW
- Kevin Tian, Hons 2020, UNSW
- Christos Kollias, Hons 2019, UNSW
- Ben Madafiglio, Hons 2018, UNSW
- Chris Bladwell, Hons 2018, UNSW (now PhD student at UNSW)
- Harry Crimmins, Hons 2017, UNSW (now PhD student at UNSW)
- Daniel Picone, Hons 2017, UNSW (now Economist, Frontier Economics)
- Chris Rock, Hons 2017, UNSW (now PhD student at UNSW)
- Fadi Antown, Hons 2015, UNSW (now PhD student at UNSW)
- James Ross, Hons 2015, UNSW (now Research Data Scientist at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business)
- Jeremy Nugent, Hons 2014, UNSW (now PhD student at UNSW)
- Alec Gilbert, Hons 2013, UNSW (now postdoc at University of Heidelberg)
- Georgia Tsambos, Hons 2013, UNSW (now PhD student at UMelb)
- Andrew Ardill, Hons 2010, UNSW (now Business Intelligence Manager at TravelCard Real-Time Travel Insurance)
- Ognjen Stancevic, Hons 2007, UNSW (now Executive Manager, Enterprise Risk Analytics and Visualisation, Commonwealth Bank, Sydney)
- Ambros Gleixner, Hons 2006, UNSW (currently Head of research group Mathematical Optimization Methods at Zuse Institute Berlin)
- Gina Choutis, Hons 2006, UNSW (currently Marketing Insights Analyst at IAG (Insurance Australia Group))
