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Chair of Mathematical Modelling

Prof. Alain Goriely FRS

Ph D
Director of External Relations and Public Engagement
Status
Academic Faculty

Statutory Professor (Chair) of Mathematical Modelling
​Director of the Oxford Centre for Industrial Applied Mathematics (OCIAM)
Director of the Oxford Centre for Collaborative Applied Mathematics (OCCAM)
Director of the International Brain and Mechanics Trauma Lab (IBMTL)
Fellow of SIAM and the IMA

 

Contact form
http://www.goriely.com
+44 1865 615169
ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6436-8483
Research groups
  • Oxford Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
  • Data Science
  • Mathematical Biology
  • Networks

Address
Mathematical Institute
University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6GG

Recent books
Applied Mathematics Goriely, A (22 Feb 2018)
The Mathematics and Mechanics of Biological Growth Goriely, A (01 Jan 2017)
Preface Goriely, A (01 Jan 2017)
New Trends in the Physics and Mechanics of Biological Systems: Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School: July 2009 Amar, M Goriely, A Müller, M Cugliandolo, L (22 Sep 2011)
Integrability and Nonintegrability of Dynamical Systems Goriely, A (2001)
Preferred address

Mathematical Institute

Recent publications
Bayesian design optimization of biomimetic soft actuators
Kaczmarski, B Moulton, D Goriely, A Kuhl, E Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering volume 408 (01 Apr 2023)
Front propagation and arrival times in networks with application to neurodegenerative diseases
Putra, P Oliveri, H Thompson, T Goriely, A SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics volume 83 issue 1 194-224 (22 Feb 2023)
A predictive theoretical model for stretch-induced instabilities in liquid crystal elastomers
Mihai, L Raistrick, T Gleeson, H Mistry, D Goriely, A Liquid Crystals (08 Jan 2023)
A simulation tool for physics-informed control of biomimetic soft robotic arms
Moulton, D IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters volume 8 issue 2 936-943 (06 Jan 2023)
A multiscale model explains oscillatory slowing and neuronal hyperactivity in Alzheimer’s disease
Alexandersen, C de Haan, W Bick, C Goriely, A Journal of the Royal Society Interface volume 20 issue 198 (04 Jan 2023)
Two-component Turing reaction-diffusion models can explain how mother centrioles break PLK4 symmetry to generate a single daughter
Wilmott, Z Goriely, A Raff, J (2023)
Getting the most out of maths: how to coordinate mathematical modelling research to support a pandemic, lessons learnt from three initiatives that were part of the COVID-19 response in the UK
Dangerfield, C Abrahams, I Budd, C Butchers, M Cates, M Champneys, A Currie, C Enright, J Gog, J Goriely, A Hollingsworth, T Maini, P Journal of Theoretical Biology volume 557 (30 Oct 2022)
A mathematical model for the auxetic response of liquid crystal elastomers.
Mihai, L Mistry, D Raistrick, T Gleeson, H Goriely, A Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences volume 380 issue 2234 20210326- (29 Oct 2022)
Rheology of growing axons
Oliveri, H de Rooij, R Kuhl, E Goriely, A Physical Review Research volume 4 (12 Aug 2022)
The universal program of nonlinear hyperelasticity
Yavari, A Goriely, A Journal of Elasticity (20 Jul 2022)
Universality in anisotropic linear anelasticity
Goriely, A Journal of Elasticity volume 150 241-259 (13 Jul 2022)
Correlating tau pathology to brain atrophyusing a physics-based Bayesian model
Goriely, A Engineering with Computers volume 38 3867-3877 (07 Jun 2022)
Active filaments I: Curvature and torsion generation
Kaczmarski, B Moulton, D Kuhl, E Goriely, A Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids volume 164 (10 May 2022)
The universal program of linear elasticity
Yavari, A Goriely, A MATHEMATICS AND MECHANICS OF SOLIDS (07 May 2022) http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000796554500001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=4fd6f7d59a501f9b8bac2be37914c43e
Centrioles generate a local pulse of Polo/PLK1 activity to initiate mitotic centrosome assembly
Wong, S Wilmott, Z Alvarez-Rodrigo, I Zhou, F Chau, K Goriely, A Raff, J EMBO Journal volume 41 (03 May 2022)
A rod theory for liquid crystalline elastomers
Goriely, A Moulton, D Mihai, L Journal of Elasticity (27 Jan 2022)
Mathematical models of neuronal growth
Oliveri, H Goriely, A Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology volume 21 89-118 (07 Jan 2022)
The role of clearance in neurodegenerative diseases
Brennan, G Thompson, T Oliveri, H Rognes, M Goriely, A (2022)
Rheology of Growing Axons
Oliveri, H de Rooij, R Kuhl, E Goriely, A (2022)
Research interests
  • Methods of Applied Mathematics (differential equations, dynamical systems,...)
  • Discrete and continuum mechanics, elasticity, plasticity.
  • Application of mechanics and mathematics to biology.
  • Mathematical modelling in physics and engineering.
  • Interesting and otherwise unclassifiable mathematical problems.
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