NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow, McGill University
Welcome to my site! Here you can find information about my research (topics, publications and related MATLAB code) and related activities, as well as my curriculum vitae.
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Figure: a plot of the quadratic coefficient of one component of a (discontinuous) local centre manifold of a particular scalar impulsive delay differential equation. Time is on the horizontal axis, with history argument on the vertical axis (scale removed for aesthetics).
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Who I am.I am a NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow currently working with Dr. Jean-Philippe Lessard in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. I defended my PhD thesis in July 2019 and will be receiving my diploma in October 2019. I was supervised by Dr. Xinzhi Liu and Dr. Jun Liu at the University of Waterloo, where I wrote my thesis Invariant manifold theory for impulsive functional differential equations with applications.
I do research in theory and applications of discontinuous dynamical systems, focusing on stability and bifurcation, with an emphasis on systems with impulse effects. More recently I have started applying techniques of rigorous numerics and computer-assisted proof to solve problems in this field. If you want to know more, please consult my up-to-date curriculum vitae. |
Recent News.
I will be jointly hosting the session "Applications and Recent Developments in Discontinuous Dynamical Systems" at the 2020 CMS Winter Meeting with my former MSc supervisor Dr. Robert Smith?, December 4-7.
With COVID-19 on everybody's mind, Waterloo reshared their interview with me from June 2019. A nice coincidence, as I have a few CEGEP students finishing up a math project about vaccines right now!
My talk at the ISS Informal Systems Seminar on March 27, 2020 has been cancelled due to COVID-19 precautions. It will be rescheduled when activities return to normal. This will be a more control-oriented version of a talk I gave at the CRM Applied Mathematics Seminar in February.
I was on "The Morning Edition" with Craig Norris on CBC Radio One Kitchener-Waterloo on November 7th, 2019, talking about how some of my recent work on seasonal vaccination reinforces common-sense flu vaccine policy but also emphasizes the importance of getting vaccinated early.
The University of Waterloo put out a press release about one of my recent publications on pulse vaccination and its interaction with finite immunity. This was then picked up by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction.
I participated in the University of Waterloo Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition in 2018, representing the Faculty of Mathematics at the finals after winning the Math faculty heat. Read the release from the Department of Applied Mathematics and watch a video of me compete in the university finals.
With COVID-19 on everybody's mind, Waterloo reshared their interview with me from June 2019. A nice coincidence, as I have a few CEGEP students finishing up a math project about vaccines right now!
My talk at the ISS Informal Systems Seminar on March 27, 2020 has been cancelled due to COVID-19 precautions. It will be rescheduled when activities return to normal. This will be a more control-oriented version of a talk I gave at the CRM Applied Mathematics Seminar in February.
I was on "The Morning Edition" with Craig Norris on CBC Radio One Kitchener-Waterloo on November 7th, 2019, talking about how some of my recent work on seasonal vaccination reinforces common-sense flu vaccine policy but also emphasizes the importance of getting vaccinated early.
The University of Waterloo put out a press release about one of my recent publications on pulse vaccination and its interaction with finite immunity. This was then picked up by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction.
I participated in the University of Waterloo Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition in 2018, representing the Faculty of Mathematics at the finals after winning the Math faculty heat. Read the release from the Department of Applied Mathematics and watch a video of me compete in the university finals.
Get In Touch.
With the current global situation, the best way to contact me is by email at kevin.church@mcgill.ca.
