CURRICULUM VITAE
Discipline of Mathematics,
The
Website:
http://www.maths.uq.edu.au/~keh
ACADEMIC
HISTORY:
Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics
(Awarded: 2nd March 1998)
The
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
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,
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,
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
·
Postdoctoral
Research Fellow, Departamento de Física, Universidade do Minho (Postdoctoral
Fellowship, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT),
·
Visiting
researcher, Departamento de Física, Universidade do
·
Postdoctoral
Research Fellow, Departamento de Física Teórica, Universidad de
Zaragoza (Postdoctoral Fellowship, Ministerio de Educación y Cultura,
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
·
Research
Assistant, UQ (Oct 1997 - Dec 1997)
Activities:
o
Development of mathematical
models describing systems of correlated electrons,
o
Established international
collaborations between
·
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
·
$80
000 Faculty and
·
$2
000 Teaching Initiative “Enhancing the student experience in Mathematics
through the use of a group project” from the
·
$2
500 Professional Development Support for Staff with Carer Responsibilities, UQ 2007
·
$2
000 Grant to attend ICMP2006 in
·
$3
000 Grant from FCT,
·
$1
500 Grant from FCT,
·
$3
000 Grant from the FAPERj,
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 St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia. email: jrl@maths.uq.edu.au |
Prof. A.J. Bracken, Mathematics, The St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia. email: ajb@maths.uq.edu.au |
Prof. A. Foerster,
Instituto de Fisica da UFRGS,
email: angela@if.ufrgs.br