Dr Martin Homer
B.A., M.Sc., Ph.D.(Bristol)
Current positions
Associate Professor in Mathematical Modelling
School of Engineering Mathematics and Technology
Contact
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Research interests
My main research interest is mathematical modelling of real-world systems, in a wide range of application areas from engineering to the life sciences. I am an expert in the theory and computation of nonlinear dynamical systems, especially those that are nonsmooth.
Current research problems include:
- Hearing mechanisms in mammals and insects,
- Collective behaviour of insect swarms,
- High-speed atomic force microscopy,
- Temperature-mediated architectural adaptations of plants,
- Noise and vibration in gearboxes and other mechanical systems,
- Cellular dynamics of intestinal crypts,
- AMR in gonorrhoea,
- Dynamical systems approaches to complexity sciences,
- Smart materials.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Copy of Networks on Networks: Self-organized patterns in meta food webs
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Engineering MathematicsDates
01/10/2016 to 31/03/2020
8032 EPSRC EP/M027546/1
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Engineering MathematicsDates
01/08/2016
Bristol Bridge EP/M027546/1 DA Investigators
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Engineering MathematicsDates
01/08/2016
Micro-cantilever Hydrodynamics - the theory of measuring very soft samples without touching them
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
This project is to support a visit by University of Bristol researchers to the University of Auckland. The aim is to develop techniques to calibrate multi-frequency and non-contact atomic force…Managing organisational unit
Department of Engineering MathematicsDates
01/06/2016 to 15/06/2016
MATHEMATICAL MODELLING OF THE ACTIVE HEARING PROCESS IN THE MAMALIAN INNER EAR
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Engineering MathematicsDates
01/09/2008 to 01/09/2011
Thesis supervisions
Smart Dielectric Elastomer Generators
Supervisors
Tools and applications of cybergenetics control of living cells
Supervisors
Mathematical and computational modelling of intestinal organoids
Supervisors
Computational approaches to study human pluripotent stem cell proliferation and fate dynamics in vitro
Supervisors
Development of Contact Resonance Atomic Force Microscopy
Supervisors
Multiscale Modelling of Stem Cell Population Dynamics
Supervisors
Agent-based modelling and data analysis in complex systems
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
27/01/2025In silico modelling of organ-on-a-chip devices
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
Classification of Filippov type 3 singular points in planar bimodal piecewise smooth systems
SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems
In-silico and in-vitro morphometric analysis of intestinal organoids
PLoS Computational Biology
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