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Professor Matthew Simpson
Faculty of Science,
School of Mathematical Sciences
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.
Personal details
Positions
- Professor
Faculty of Science,
School of Mathematical Sciences
Keywords
Cell Biology, Computational Modelling, Mathematical Modelling, Multiscale Modelling, Random Walk
Research field
Applied mathematics, Numerical and computational mathematics, Other mathematical sciences
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (University of Western Aust.)
Teaching
My most recent teaching interests include first year calculus and analysis, and later year courses on differential equations and applied mathematical modelling.
Publications
- Johnston, S., Baker, R. & Simpson, M. (2017). A new and accurate continuum description of moving fronts. New Journal of Physics, 19(3). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/103140
- 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, 101, 542–549. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/102579
- 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, 6, 1–6. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/100062
- 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, 9, 1–12. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/91497
- 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, 143(9), 1–5. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/91496
- Simpson, M., (2015). Exact solutions of linear reaction-diffusion processes on a uniformly growing domain: Criteria for successful colonization. PLoS One, 10(2), 1–11. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/91502
- Johnston, S., Simpson, M. & Baker, R. (2015). Modelling the movement of interacting cell populations: A moment dynamics approach. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 370, 81–92. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/91503
- 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, 11(97), 1–9. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/70568
- 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, 501, 241–248. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/61707
- 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, 10(82), 1–12. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/57433
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Matthew, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Awards
- 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 FellowshipProject Title: New data-driven mathematical models of collective cell motionExternal Reference : FT130100148Years Awarded: 2013 - 2017Total 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
Selected research projects
- 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
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
Supervision topics
- Curvature dependence of reaction-diffusion wave front speed with nonlinear diffusion.
- Parameter identifiability for stochastic processes in biological systems
- Surrogate models for accurate prediction and inference in mathematical biology
- Branching processes, stochastic simulations and travelling waves
- Making predictions using simulation-based stochastic mathematical models
- Mean exit time calculations in complicated geometries
- Exact and approximate solutions of diffusion on evolving domains
- Moving boundary problems in mathematical biology
- First passage time for diffusion
- Equation learning for partial differential equation models of stochastic random walk models
- Creation of fibrous tissue at moving interfaces
- Emergence of curvature-dependent growth in mathematical models of tissue invasion
- Efficient Parameter Estimation for Stochastic Simulations
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.