Researcher

My Expertise

Mathematical Modelling

Keywords

Fields of Research (FoR)

Applied mathematics, Numerical and computational mathematics, Dynamical systems in applications, Bioinformatic methods development, Forestry fire management

Biography

Dr Isaac Towers is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences at UNSW Canberra.


My Research Activities

Current Research

  • Ecological modelling
  • Bioinformatics
  • Nonlinear dynamics

PhD Opportunities and Scholarships

If you are interested in PhD research in Applied Mathematics contact: Dr Isaac Towers, i.towers@unsw.edu.au


My Research Supervision


Supervision keywords

Dr Isaac Towers is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences at UNSW Canberra.


My Research Activities

Current Research

  • Ecological modelling
  • Bioinformatics
  • Nonlinear dynamics

PhD Opportunities and Scholarships

If you are interested in PhD research in Applied Mathematics contact: Dr Isaac Towers, i.towers@unsw.edu.au


My Research Supervision


Supervision keywords


Currently supervising

 

  • Sahar Masoudian - Stochastic modelling of bushfire spread
  • Zakir Hossine - Understanding differential abundance in microbial ecology using community structure

 

Past Postgraduate Students

  1. Luis Mijangos Aruajo (PhD) - Genetics for Forecasting and Managing Biodiversity
  2. Rashed Saifuddin (PhD) - Developing realistic models for stressed ecosystems
  3. Chris Thomas (PhD) - Incorporation of spotting and intrinsic fire dynamics in a coupled atmosphere-fire modelling framework
  4. Hilyati Zazali (PhD) - Stochastic bushfire spread modelling
  5. Andrew Robards (MPhil) - The cost efficiency of different freight modes
  6. Zhejun Huang  (PhD) - Combustion waves in a two-stage sequential exothermic-endothermic reaction scheme
  7. Chad Anderson (MPhil) - Population Dynamics in a Stochastic Environment
  8. Tom Dose (Honours) - Discrete population dynamics with varying carrying capacity
  9. Prof. Hamizah Safuan - Mathematical Analysis of Population Growth Subject to Environmental Change (2014 Ria de Groot Prize Winner)
  10. Yang Sun (MPhil) -  Soliton Dynamics in Frequency-Modulated Lattices

My Teaching

 

Lecturing on linear algebra and discrete mathematics at the undergraduate level:

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Location

Room 132a PEMS South (Bldg 26) School of Science, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy, PO Box 7916, Canberra BC ACT 2610, AUSTRALIA

Contact

+61 2 5114 5050