Vivien Kirk
Vivien Kirk | |
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.jpg) Vivien Kirk in 1990 | |
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| Alma mater | University of Auckland University of Cambridge |
| Doctoral advisor | Nigel Weiss |
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| Doctoral students | Alona Ben-Tal[1] |
Vivien Kirk is a New Zealand mathematician who studies dynamical systems. She is a professor of mathematics at the University of Auckland, where she also serves as associate dean,[2] and was president of the New Zealand Mathematical Society for 2017–2019.[3]
Education and career[edit]
After earning bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Auckland, Kirk went to the University of Cambridge for doctoral studies.[2] She completed her Ph.D. in 1990; her dissertation, Destruction of tori in dissipative flows, was supervised by Nigel Weiss.[4]
She was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Berkeley and at the California Institute of Technology.[2] Kirk's notable students include Alona Ben-Tal.[5]
Books[edit]
Kirk is the co-author of the books Mathematical Analysis of Complex Cellular Activity (Springer, 2015) and Models of Calcium Signalling (Springer, 2016).
Recognition[edit]
In 2017, Kirk won the Miriam Dell Excellence in Science Mentoring Award of New Zealand's Association for Women in the Sciences, in part for her efforts in founding and running a series of annual workshops for young women in mathematics and physics since 2007.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Ben-Tal, Alona (2001). A Study of Symmetric Forced Oscillators (Doctoral thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland.
- ^ a b c Professor Vivien Kirk, University of Auckland, retrieved 2022-02-09
- ^ Presidents of the Society, New Zealand Mathematical Society, retrieved 2018-10-11
- ^ Vivien Kirk at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ Ben-Tal, Alona (2001). A Study of Symmetric Forced Oscillators (Doctoral thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland.
- ^ Association for Women in the Sciences (1 December 2007), Mathematician Vivien Kirk Recognised for Mentoring Others – via Scoop
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