Vivien Kirk
Vivien Kirk is a New Zealand mathematician who studies dynamical systems. She is an associate professor of mathematics at the University of Auckland, where she also serves as associate dean,[1] and was president of the New Zealand Mathematical Society for 2017–2019.[2]
Education and career[]
After earning bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Auckland, Kirk went to the University of Cambridge for doctoral studies.[1] She completed her Ph.D. in 1990; her dissertation, Destruction of tori in dissipative flows, was supervised by Nigel Weiss.[3]
She was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Berkeley and at the California Institute of Technology.[1]
Books[]
Kirk is the co-author of the books Mathematical Analysis of Complex Cellular Activity (Springer, 2015) and Models of Calcium Signalling (Springer, 2016).
Recognition[]
In 2017, Kirk won the Miriam Dell Excellence in Science Mentoring Award of New Zealand's Association for Women in the Sciences, in part for her efforts in founding and running a series of annual workshops for young women in mathematics and physics since 2007.[4]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Associate Professor Vivien Kirk, University of Auckland, retrieved 2018-10-11
- ^ Presidents of the Society, New Zealand Mathematical Society, retrieved 2018-10-11
- ^ Vivien Kirk at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ Association for Women in the Sciences (December 1, 2007), Mathematician Vivien Kirk Recognised for Mentoring Others – via Scoop
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