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Alice Thompson

Alice Thompson

Dr

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9558-1554

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Overview

I am a Reader in Applied Mathematics. I joined the University of Manchester in 2016 as a Lecturer in Applied Mathematics. I was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2019 and Reader in 2024. Before starting this lectureship, I was a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Manchester and at Imperial College London.

My research interests are focused around free-surface problems in fluid mechanics (e.g. drops, bubbles and films). I am interested in mathematical modelling, computations, asymptotic methods, feedback control, nonlinear dynamics, and collaborations with experimentallists. I am an active member of the Manchester Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics.

Qualifications

PhD in Applied Mathematics, University of Nottingham, 2012.

Part III Mathematics, University of Cambridge, 2007.

BA Mathematics, University of Cambridge, 2006.

I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Teaching

I currently lecture on one course:

MATH45032/65032 (Stability Theory). An MMath/MSc course on stability theory, which I now teach jointly with Ashleigh Hutchinson.

I have been module leader for several lecture courses in the past:

MATH20401 (PDEs and Vector Calculus A). I taught the second half of this second-year course.

MATH64062 (PDEs: Theory and Practice). This was a compulsory course in our MSc in Applied Mathematics. It is also delivered to PhD students as part of the MAGIC network.

MATH44151/64151 (Mathematical Methods for PDEs). This is an MMath/MSc course, new for 2024-25. I co-wrote this course with Dr Gareth Wyn Jones.

Supervision information

I have co-supervised three PhD students:

  • Jake Harris: Modelling single and multi-phase flow in non-uniform Hele-Shaw channels, 2018-22, with Andrew Hazel
  • Sammy Ayoubi: Control-based exploration of disordered systems, 2021-2025, with Anne Juel
  • James Shemilt: Modelling lung deposition of inhaled particles in cystic fibrosis, 2020-2024, with Oliver Jensen, Carl Whitfield and Alex Horsley.

I have worked as supervisor or co-supervisor for several PDRAs in various projects:

  • Daniel Netherwood (2026)
  • Joao Fontana (2020-2022), in association with my EPSRC New Investigator Award "Feedback Control of Deformable Bubbles" for which I was PI
  • Jack Keeler, Antoine Gaillard, Gregoire Lemoult, in association with the EPSRC award "Transition to Disordered Front Propagation", for which I was a Co-I (with Anne Juel and Andrew Hazel)

Education/Academic qualification

Doctor of Philosophy, Surface-tension-driven coalescence, University of Nottingham

24 Sept 2007 → 31 Oct 2011

Award Date: 1 Jul 2012

Keywords

  • applied mathematics
  • fluid mechanics
  • Asymptotic methods

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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