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.
"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]
2002
2002
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)), University of Reading, United Kingdom
2003
2003
Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Reading, United Kingdom
2007
2007
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Reading, United Kingdom
2007
2011
Career position - Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
2011
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
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
2016
Award - Christopher Heyde Medal, Australian Academy of Science
2016
2016
Award - South Australia Young Tall Poppy Award, Australian Institute of Policy and Science
2017
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
2020
Award - Australian Mathematical Society Medal
2020
2020
Award - Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship for Experienced Researchers
2020
2024
Award - ARC Future Fellow, University of Adelaide
2023
2023
Award - E. O Tuck Medal, ANZIAM (Australian and New Zealand Industrial And Applied Mathematics)