Prof. Alain Goriely | Mathematical Institute

Prof. Alain Goriely

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)
Fellow of SIAM and the IMA

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Personal website:

www.goriely.com

+44 1865 615169

ORCID iD:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6436-8483

Research groups:

Address

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

Recent Books:

Applied Mathematics

ISBN-13: 9780198754046 (22 February 2018)

The Mathematics and Mechanics of Biological Growth

ISBN-13: 9780387877105 (29 May 2017)

New Trends in the Physics and Mechanics of Biological Systems: Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School: July 2009

ISBN-13: 9780199605835 (22 September 2011)

Integrability and Nonintegrability of Dynamical Systems

ISBN-13: 9789812811943 (2001)

Recent Publications:

Building a carnivorous trap.

Building a carnivorous trap.
Moulton, D; Goriely, A
Science (New York, N.Y.) issue 6473 volume 367 page 24-25 (January 2020)

Mechanics unlocks the morphogenetic puzzle of interlocking bivalved shells

Mechanics unlocks the morphogenetic puzzle of interlocking bivalved shells
Moulton, D; Goriely, A; Chirat, R
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences issue 1 volume 117 page 43-51 (16 December 2019)

Spatially-extended nucleation-aggregation-fragmentation models for the dynamics of prion-like neurodegenerative protein-spreading in the brain and its connectome

Spatially-extended nucleation-aggregation-fragmentation models for the dynamics of prion-like neurodegenerative protein-spreading in the brain and its connectome
Schäfer, A; Fornari, S; Kuhl, E; Goriely, A
Journal of Theoretical Biology volume 486 page 110102- (3 December 2019)

Prion-like spreading of Alzheimer's disease within the brain's connectome.

Prion-like spreading of Alzheimer's disease within the brain's connectome.
Fornari, S; Schäfer, A; Goriely, A; Jucker, M; Kuhl, E
Journal of the Royal Society, Interface issue 159 volume 16 page 20190356- (16 October 2019)

Growth and remodelling of living systems: perspectives, challenges, and opportunities

Growth and remodelling of living systems: perspectives, challenges, and opportunities
Ambrosi, D; Ben Amar, M; Cyron, C; Goriely, A; De Simone, A; Humphrey, J; Kuhl, E
Journal of the Royal Society Interface issue 157 volume 16 page 20190233- (21 August 2019)

Likely oscillatory motions of stochastic hyperelastic solids

Likely oscillatory motions of stochastic hyperelastic solids
Fitt, D; Mihai, A; Woolley, T; Goriely, A
Transactions of Mathematics and Its Applications issue 1 volume 3 (5 August 2019)

A computational framework for the morpho-elastic development of molluskan shells by surface and volume growth

A computational framework for the morpho-elastic development of molluskan shells by surface and volume growth
Rudraraju, S; Moulton, D; Chirat, R; Goriely, A; Garikipati, K
PLoS Computational Biology issue 7 volume 15 page e1007213- (29 July 2019)

Spatially-extended nucleation-aggregation-fragmentation models for the dynamics of prion-like neurodegenerative protein-spreading in the brain and its connectome

Spatially-extended nucleation-aggregation-fragmentation models for the dynamics of prion-like neurodegenerative protein-spreading in the brain and its connectome
Fornari, S; Schäfer, A; Kuhl, E; Goriely, A
(4 July 2019)

On the figure of elastic planets I: gravitational collapse and infinitely many equilibria

On the figure of elastic planets I: gravitational collapse and infinitely many equilibria
Jai, F; Kodio, O; Chapman, S; Goriely, A
Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences issue 2224 volume 475 page 2224- (17 April 2019)

Likely chirality of stochastic anisotropic hyperelastic tubes

Likely chirality of stochastic anisotropic hyperelastic tubes
Mihai, A; Woolley, T; Goriely, A
International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics volume 114 page 9-20 (16 April 2019)

Likely equilibria of the stochastic Rivlin cube

Likely equilibria of the stochastic Rivlin cube
Mihai, A; Woolley, T; Goriely, A
Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences issue 2144 volume 377 page 20180068- (18 March 2019)

Revisiting the wrinkling of elastic bilayers I: Linear analysis

Revisiting the wrinkling of elastic bilayers I: Linear analysis
Alawiye, H; Kuhl, E; Goriely, A
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences issue 2144 volume 377 page 20180076- (6 May 2019)

Corrigendum to ``A mathematical model of tumor-immune interactions'' [Journal of Theoretical Biology 294 (2012) 56-73].

Corrigendum to ``A mathematical model of tumor-immune interactions'' [Journal of Theoretical Biology 294 (2012) 56-73].
Robertson-Tessi, M; El-Kareh, A; Goriely, A
Journal of theoretical biology volume 464 page 180- (March 2019)

Corrigendum to ``A model for effects of adaptive immunity on tumor response to chemotherapy and chemoimmunotherapy'' [Journal of Theoretical Biology 380 (2015) 569-584].

Corrigendum to ``A model for effects of adaptive immunity on tumor response to chemotherapy and chemoimmunotherapy'' [Journal of Theoretical Biology 380 (2015) 569-584].
Robertson-Tessi, M; El-Kareh, A; Goriely, A
Journal of theoretical biology volume 464 page 181- (March 2019)

Axonal Buckling Following Stretch Injury

Axonal Buckling Following Stretch Injury
Lang, G; Waters, S; Vella, D; Goriely, A
Multiscale Soft Tissue Mechanics and Mechanobiology page 239-256 (28 November 2018)

Symmetry breaking in wrinkling patterns: Gyri are universally thicker than sulci

Symmetry breaking in wrinkling patterns: Gyri are universally thicker than sulci
Holland, M; Budday, S; Goriely, A; Kuhl, E
Physical Review Letters issue 22 volume 121 page 228002- (28 November 2018)

Likely equilibria of stochastic hyperelastic spherical shells and tubes

Likely equilibria of stochastic hyperelastic spherical shells and tubes
Mihai, L; Woolley, T; Fitt, D; Goriely, A
Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids issue 7 volume 24 page 2066-2082 (11 November 2018)

Likely cavitation in stochastic elasticity

Likely cavitation in stochastic elasticity
Mihai, L; Woolley, T; Goriely, A; Fitt, D
Journal of Elasticity issue 1 volume 137 page 27–42- (30 October 2018)

A physics-based model explains the prion-like features of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

A physics-based model explains the prion-like features of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Weickenmeier, J; Jucker, M; Goriely, A; Kuhl, E
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids volume 124 page 264-281 (15 October 2018)

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.

Preferred address:

Mathematical Institute

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