Person
Bennetts, Luke
- Occupation
- Applied mathematician
Summary
Luke Bennetts is an applied and theoretical mathematician whose research focuses on waves. He has developed innovative techniques for addressing problems in hydroelasticity and waves, particularly related to the Southern Ocean and the Arctic regions. Bennetts was appointed Associate Professor in the School of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Adelaide in 2020. His work has been recognised with a number of awards, including from the Australian Academy of Science and the Australian Mathematical Society.
Details
"Dr Bennetts is an applied mathematician who models how waves of various kinds, e.g. acoustic waves, electromagnetic waves and waves at the surface of the ocean, are affected by solitary objects or assemblages of objects in their path. A major focus in on how ocean waves interact with ice floes in the polar seas, as this phenomenon appears to be a key contributor to the changes the Earth is experiencing in the Arctic Basin and the Southern Ocean due to the onset and furtherance of global climate warming. Because the polar regions are so important to the world's atmosphere and oceans, the methodology that Dr Bennetts has created is also immediately applicable to the refinement of hemisphere-scale, coupled, operational climate forecasting, as well as contemporary research schema. His fusion of analytical technical mathematics with sophisticated computational methods allows real world problems, including nonlinear modes of behaviour, to be tackled and solved." [from https://www.science.org.au/opportunities-scientists/recognition/honorific-awards/honorific-awardees/2016-awardees#heyde 13/5/2022]
Chronology
- 2002
- Education - BSc (hons), University of Reading, United Kingdom
- 2003
- Education - MSc, University of Reading, United Kingdom
- 2007
- Education - PhD, University of Reading, United Kingdom
- 2007 - 2011
- Career position - Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
- 2011
- Career position - Research Fellow, Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre, Norway
- 2011 - 2013
- Career position - Lecturer, School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Adelaide
- 2013 - 2016
- Award - Australian Research Council Early Career Research Fellow, University of Adelaide
- 2014
- Career event - Cofounder, Australasian KOZWaves conference series
- 2015 -
- Career position - Chairman, Executive Committee, KOZWaves (Australasian wave science)
- 2015 - 2019
- Career position - Senior Lecturer, School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Adelaide
- 2016
- Award - Christopher Heyde Medal, Australian Academy of Science
- 2016
- Award - South Australia Young Tall Poppy Award, Australian Institute of Policy and Science
- 2017
- Award - Simons Fellowship, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge
- 2020 -
- Career position - Associate Professor, School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Adelaide
- 2020
- Award - Australian Mathematical Society Medal
- 2020
- Award - Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship for Experienced Researchers
- 2020 - 2024
- Award - ARC Future Fellow, University of Adelaide
- 2023
- Award - E. O Tuck Medal, ANZIAM (Australian and New Zealand Industrial And Applied Mathematics)
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Published resources
Resources
- The E O Tuck Medal, Australian and New zZeraland Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 2023, https://www.anziam.org.au/The+EO+Tuck+Medal. Details
- Christopher Heyde Medal, Australian Academy of Science, 2022. https://www.science.org.au/christopher-heyde-medal. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 13 May 2022, Last modified: 24 April 2023