Tom Shearer

Tom Shearer

Dr

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7536-5547

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Biography

I am a Reader in Applied Mathematics based in the Department of Mathematics. My research interests lie within the area of continuum mechanics with an emphasis on solid mechanics - particularly elasticity and viscoelasticity. My current focus is to understand how microstructure affects mechanical behaviour in biological soft tissues and composite materials used in industrial engineering applications.

I completed my CASE PhD in Applied Mathematics at the University of Manchester in 2012 before being awarded an EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship (2013-2014) and an EPSRC Postdoctoral Fellowship (2014-2017) both of which were focussed on imaging and mathematically modelling tendons. I was appointed as a Lecturer here in 2017, promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2020 and to Reader in 2024.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

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  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 4 - Quality Education
  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
  • SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms

  • Christabel Pankhurst Institute

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  • BioMedEng22

    Shearer, T. (Member of programme committee)

    8 Sept 2022 → 9 Sept 2022

    Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research

  • BioMedEng21

    Shearer, T. (Member of programme committee)

    6 Sept 2021 → 7 Sept 2021

    Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research

  • External Examiner of PhD Thesis

    Shearer, T. (Examiner)

    22 Jul 2020

    Activity: Examination › Research

  • Science Advances (Journal)

    Shearer, T. (Peer reviewer of publications)

    2020 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review › Research

  • Seminar at University of Oxford

    Shearer, T. (Invited speaker)

    13 Jun 2019

    Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research

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