CURRICULUM VITAE

 

 

Katrina Elfrieda Hibberd

 

Discipline of Mathematics,

The University of Queensland, QLD, 4072.

 

Tel:  07 3365 2302      Mob: 0438 680750

Email:  keh@maths.uq.edu.au

Website: http://www.maths.uq.edu.au/~keh

Nationality:  Australian

 

ACADEMIC HISTORY:

Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics (Awarded: 2nd March 1998)

The University of Queensland, Australia

Title of Thesis: “The Algebraic Bethe Ansatz Study of the Supersymmetric U Model"

Supported by an Australian Postgraduate Award.

 

Awarded Bachelor of Science, with first class Honours in Mathematics (1993)

The University of Queensland, Australia

Majors:  Pure and Applied Mathematics

Other Areas:  Numerical mathematics, statistics, introduction to programming, physics

Fourth Year Project: The fluid dynamics of aircraft flutter.

 

APPOINTMENTS/FELLOWSHIPS:

·       Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Mathematics, UQ, Australia (The University of Queensland Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for Women, May 2007 - Apr 2010)

Activities:    

o    The development of mathematical models describing quantum systems and research in analogue models of general relativity,  

o    Established the Mathematics Detonation Theory Group funded by the Sustainable Minerals Institute, UQ,

o    Publication of articles in peer-reviewed international journals, invited speaker at international tertiary institutions and participant at international workshops and conferences,

o    Involvement in Discipline and Inter-Faculty committees and in the running of the Centre of Mathematical Physics,

o    Teaching and supervision of students,

o    Prepared successful research proposals and briefs and continued initiating international collaborations.

 

·       Research Officer, Mathematics, UQ, Australia (May 2005 - Apr 2007)

Activities:

o    The development of mathematical models describing quantum systems,

o    Published in peer-reviewed international journals, was an invited speaker at an international workshop and a participant at conferences,

o    Prepared successful research proposals and briefs,

o    Teaching and supervision of students,

o    Maintained international collaborations between Australia, UK, Spain and Brazil.

 

·       Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Departamento de Física, Universidade do Minho (Postdoctoral Fellowship, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal, Jan 2003 - Apr 2005) 

·       Visiting researcher, Departamento de Física, Universidade do Minho (Oct 2002 - Dec 2002)

·       Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Departamento de Física Teórica, Universidad de Zaragoza (Postdoctoral Fellowship, Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, Spain, Mar 2001 - Aug 2002) 

Activities:    

o    Development of mathematical models describing quantum systems and analogue gravity,

o    Published in peer-reviewed international journals, participated in international workshops and conferences,

o    Prepared successful research proposals and initiated international collaborations between Australia, Spain, USA and Brazil.

 

·       Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centro Brasileiro De Pesquisas Fisicas (Postdoctoral Fellowship, CNPq and FAPERj, Brazil, Aug 1998 - Feb 2001) 

Activities:    

o    Development of mathematical models describing systems of correlated electrons with generalized boundary conditions and impurities,

o    Studies of inflation and wormholes in cosmology and gravitation,

o    Published in peer-reviewed international journals and participated in international workshops and conferences,

o    Prepared successful research proposals and established international collaborations between Australia and Brazil.

 

·       Research Assistant, UQ (Oct 1997 - Dec 1997) 

Activities:    

o    Development of mathematical models describing systems of correlated electrons,

o    Established international collaborations between Australia and Brazil.

 

·       Tutor in pure and applied mathematics, UQ (1993 - 1997)

Activities:    

o    Provided both one-on-one and group assistance to undergraduate students, liaised between lecturers and students.

 

PUBLICATIONS:

List attached, detailing 19 peer-review publications in high impact ranking international journals, gaining over 100 citations and four conference proceedings.  Also included is participation in 17 conferences/workshops.

 

COMPETITIVE GRANTS/FUNDING:

·       $39 000 ResTeach, UQ.  A Teaching grant for research staff 2006-2009

·       $4 000 Teaching Initiative “A module for an undergraduate research-type experience for second-year students in Mathematics” from the School of Physical Sciences, UQ, 2008

·       $80 000 Faculty and School of Physical Sciences funding to refurbish the “Maths Space” for undergraduate students, UQ, 2007/2008

·       $2 000 Teaching Initiative “Enhancing the student experience in Mathematics through the use of a group project” from the School of Physical Sciences, UQ, 2007

·       $2 500 Professional Development Support for Staff with Carer Responsibilities, UQ 2007

·       $2 000 Grant to attend ICMP2006 in Brazil received from the conference organizers 2006

·       $3 000 Grant from FCT, Portugal to attend the workshops “Foundations and Methodologies of Mathematical Physics,” and “Modern Developments in Lie Theory,” 2004

·       $1 500 Grant from FCT, Portugal to attend “Recent Advances in the Theory of Quantum Integrable Systems, International Workshop”, 2003

·       $3 000 Grant from the FAPERj, Brazil and the conference organisers to attend the “Sixth International Wigner Symposium,” 1999

 

TEACHING AND SUPERVISION:

·       Lectured half of 4th year course on Integrable Systems at UQ, 2nd semester 2008, 9 enrolments

·       Supervision of 4th year Honours student 2008, Topic: Analogue Gravity from BEC’s

·       Supervision of research staff in Mathematics Education 2008, 2009

·       Supervision of vacation scholars at UQ 2007, 2008, 2009

·       Lectured half of 2nd year undergraduate course on Calculus and Linear Algebra II at UQ, 2nd semester 2007, enrolments >130 students

·       Lectured half of 1st year undergraduate course on Mathematical Foundations at UQ, 1st semester 2007, enrolments >500 students (2 nominations received in student feedback on effective teaching)

·       Lectured half of 1st year undergraduate course on Basic Mathematics at UQ, 2nd semester 2006, enrolments >150 students

·       Lectured half of 1st year undergraduate course on Mathematical Foundations at UQ, 1st semester 2006, enrolments >450 students

·       Supervision of 2nd year research project in the Advanced Studies Program UQ, 2005, 2006, 2007

·      Associate supervisor for PhD student, Vincent Mellor, UQ commencing 2006, Topic: Triangular lattice Ising models

·       Lectured half of 2nd year undergraduate course on Dynamics, Chaos and Special Relativity at UQ, 2nd semester 2005, 27 enrolments

 

OTHER RECENT ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES:

·       Webmaster and member of the local organizing committee for the “Mathematical Physics Workshop 2009” and “AustMS 2010”

·       Organizer of a Tutor Mentoring Scheme, UQ 2009

·       Initiator of the PhD student journal club UQ 2008, and in Spain 2001

·       Committee member of the Marketing Science Working Group 2008

·       Committee member and Project control group member for the User Group: Science Student Space, Budget: $1 200 000, UQ 2007

·       Development and management of the Mathematics Education webpage, UQ, 2007

·       Committee member for the Undergraduate Research Experience in Science Working Party, UQ 2007

·       Development and management of the “Maths Space” for undergraduate mathematics and statistics students, UQ 2007

·       Member of the Mathematics Promotional and Development Committee, UQ 2007

·       Speaker at the “Experience Science” week, UQ, July 2006, 2007, at the Engineering Links workshop, UQ, June 2007 and at the Mathematics Careers Day, UQ 2005

·       Volunteer at the UQ Careers Day, 2006, 2007, at the UQ Science Honours Information Day, 2006, and at the Succeed@Science@UQ 2007

·       Organiser of lecture series for the Centre of Mathematical Physics, UQ, 2005 – present

·       Webmaster of the Centre of Mathematical Physics webpage, UQ, 2005 – present

·       Member of the Organising committee for the Mathematics Postgraduate Information Day, UQ, September 2005, 2006

 

COMPUTING SKILLS:

Familiarity with the UNIX operating system, Microsoft Word and Excel, basic web design. Knowledge of Maple, Mathematica, Matlab and Fortran mathematical software packages. Extensive use of document preparation system Latex2e.

 

STAFF DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES:

2007 - Senior First aid certificate St Johns Ambulance Australia, Using blackboard: becoming confident with the basics,

2006 - Introduction to teaching and learning for new academics, Lecturing effectively (teaching large classes), Fire safety, First year experience project Workshop,

2005 - ARC grant applications, Developing your role as a UQ academic, Essential Knowledge for research management.

 

LANGUAGES:  

First language:  English.

Good speaking, reading and writing skills in Spanish and Portuguese.

 

OTHER INTERESTS:

Family, Dance, Piano, Choir, Swimming, Gym, Sports in general.

 

REFEREES:

Dr J.R. Links,

Mathematics,

The University of Queensland,

St Lucia, QLD, 4072,

Australia.

email: jrl@maths.uq.edu.au

 

Prof. A.J. Bracken,

Mathematics,

The University of Queensland,

St Lucia, QLD, 4072,

Australia.

email: ajb@maths.uq.edu.au

 

Prof. A. Foerster,

Instituto de Fisica da UFRGS,

Porto Alegre, 91501-970

Brazil.

email: angela@if.ufrgs.br