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Dr Graeme Boswell

Senior Lecturer

Specialist Subjects: Mathematical biology

Main Research Interests

My research is in mathematical biology, with particular emphasis on ecological applications. Past and current projects include modelling:

  • Habitat fragmentation for E.burchilli
  • The evolution of gigantism in societies
  • The impact of heterogeneous growth conditions for fungi
  • Enzyme-kinetics and Michaelis-Menton theory
  • Biobarriers as tools for bioremediation

 

Career Summary, Specialist Projects and Academic Activities

2003-present. Senior Lecturer, Division of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Glamorgan.
2000�2003. Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Division of Mathematics, University of Dundee (employed on BBSRC 94/MAF12243).
1996�1999. PhD Student, Department of Mathematics, University of Bath.

In 2004 I was awarded a Nuffield Foundation grant for Newly Appointed Lecturers in Science, Engineering and Mathematics (NUF-NAL 04) to investigate biobarriers as tools for bioremediation.

I have successfully supervised 1 PhD student who investigated bilingualism using competition-based ecological models and am currently supervising 1 PhD student who is modelling the growth of mycelial networks using lattice-free approaches.

 

Selected Publications

 

  1. Boswell G. P., F. A. Davidson (2007). Diffusion fronts in enzyme-catalysed reactions. Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 59: 157�169.
  2. Boswell G. P., H. Jacobs, K. Ritz, G. M. Gadd, F. A. Davidson (2007). The development of fungal networks in complex environments. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 69, 605�634.
  3. Boswell G. P., H. Jacobs, G. M. Gadd, K. Ritz, F. A. Davidson (2003). A mathematical approach to studying fungal mycelia. Mycologist, 17, 165�175.
  4. Boswell G. P., H. Jacobs, F. A. Davidson, G. M. Gadd, K. Ritz (2003). Growth and function of fungal mycelia in heterogeneous environments. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 65, 447�477.
  5. Boswell, G. P., H. Jacobs, F. A. Davidson, G. M. Gadd, K. Ritz (2003). A positive numerical scheme applied to a mixed-type 1D partial differential equation model for fungal growth. Applied Mathematics and Computation, 138, 321�340.
  6. Boswell, G. P., H. Jacobs, F. A. Davidson, G. M. Gadd, K. Ritz (2002). Functional consequences of nutrient translocation in mycelial fungi. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 217, 459�477.
  7. Boswell G. P., N. R. Franks, N. F. Britton (2001). Arms Races and the Evolution of Big Fierce Societies. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B, Biological Sciences, 268, 1723�1730.
  8. Boswell G. P., N. R. Franks, N. F. Britton (2000). Habitat fragmentation and swarm raiding army ants. In Behavior and Conservation (Eds. L.M.Gosling & W.J.Sutherland). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. pp. 141�158.
  9. Boswell G. P., N. F. Britton & N. R. Franks (1998). Habitat fragmentation, percolation theory and the conservation of a key-stone species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B, Biological Sciences, 265, 1921�1925.

BSc (Hons) PhD

 

Mathematics and Statistics

University of Glamorgan

Tel: 01443 482180

Fax: 01443 482711

Email: gpboswel@glam.ac.uk