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Jennifer Flegg (born 1965) is an Australian mathematician and is an Associate Professor of applied mathematics in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Melbourne.
'''Jennifer A. Flegg''' is an Australian mathematician and is a Professor of applied mathematics in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the [[University of Melbourne]].


==Education and career==
==Education and career==
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Flegg received her PhD in Applied Mathematics from [[Queensland University of Technology]] in 2009. Her dissertation, "''Mathematical Modelling of Chronic Wound Healing",'' was supervised by Dr. Sean McElwain.<ref>{{citation |title=Mathematical modelling of chronic wound healing |author=Jennifer Flegg |url=https://eprints.qut.edu.au/40164/ |publisher=Queensland University of Technology |accessdate=30 April 2021}}</ref> From 2010 to 2013, she was a researcher at the University of Oxford developing mathematical models for the spread of resistance to antimalarial drugs. From 2014 to early 2017, she was a mathematical lecturer in the School of Mathematical Sciences at Monash University. In May 2017, she joined the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Melbourne as a senior lecturer in Applied Mathematics and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2020 and again to Professor in 2022.


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Flegg is an expert in the field of mathematical biology, with special focus in infectious disease epidemiology, wound healing and tumor growth.
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Dr. Flegg received her PhD in Applied Mathematics from Queensland University of Technology in 2009. Her dissertation, "''Mathematical Modelling of Chronic Wound Healing''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Flegg|first=Jennifer|title=Mathematical Modelling of Chronic Wound Healing|url=https://eprints.qut.edu.au/40164/1/Jennifer_Flegg_Thesis.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>''",'' was supervised by Dr. Sean McElwain. From 2010 to 2013, she was a researcher at the University of Oxford developing mathematical models for the spread of resistance to antimalarial drugs. From 2014 to early 2017, she was a mathematical lecturer in the School of Mathematical Sciences at Monash University. In May of 2017, she joined the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Melbourne as a senior lecturer in Applied Mathematics and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2020.


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As of 2020, Flegg also serves as an Editorial Board member for [[PLOS Computational Biology]], [[eLife]] and the [[Bulletin of Mathematical Biology]].
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Dr. Flegg is an expert in the field of mathematical biology, with special focus in infectious disease epidemiology, wound healing and tumor growth.


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==Awards and honors==
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As of 2020, Dr. Flegg also serves as an Editorial Board member for PLOS Computational Biology, eLife and the Bulletin of Mathematical Biology.
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==Awards and Honors==


In 2020, Dr. Flegg was awarded the JH Michell Medal for excellence in research by ANZIAM (Australian and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics), as well as the Christopher Heyde Medal from the Australian Academy of Science and the Society of Mathematical Biology.
In 2020, Flegg was awarded the JH Michell Medal for excellence in research by [[ANZIAM]] (Australian and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics),<ref>{{Cite web|title=ANZIAM : The 2020 JH Michell Medal|url=https://www.anziam.org.au/The+2020+JH+Michell+Medal|access-date=2021-04-08|website=www.anziam.org.au}}</ref> as well as the Christopher Heyde Medal<ref>{{Cite web|title=Christopher Heyde Medal {{!}} Australian Academy of Science|url=https://www.science.org.au/christopher-heyde-medal|access-date=2021-04-09|website=www.science.org.au|language=en}}</ref> from the [[Australian Academy of Science]] and the Society of Mathematical Biology.


== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 06:00, 20 March 2023

Jennifer Flegg
Alma materQueensland University of Technology
Awards
  • JH Mitchell Medal (2020)
  • Christopher Heyde Medal (2020)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Melbourne
ThesisMathematical Modelling of Chronic Wound Healing (2009)
Doctoral advisorDr. Sean McElwain

Jennifer A. Flegg is an Australian mathematician and is a Professor of applied mathematics in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Melbourne.

Education and career

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Flegg received her PhD in Applied Mathematics from Queensland University of Technology in 2009. Her dissertation, "Mathematical Modelling of Chronic Wound Healing", was supervised by Dr. Sean McElwain.[1] From 2010 to 2013, she was a researcher at the University of Oxford developing mathematical models for the spread of resistance to antimalarial drugs. From 2014 to early 2017, she was a mathematical lecturer in the School of Mathematical Sciences at Monash University. In May 2017, she joined the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Melbourne as a senior lecturer in Applied Mathematics and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2020 and again to Professor in 2022.

Flegg is an expert in the field of mathematical biology, with special focus in infectious disease epidemiology, wound healing and tumor growth.

As of 2020, Flegg also serves as an Editorial Board member for PLOS Computational Biology, eLife and the Bulletin of Mathematical Biology.

Awards and honors

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In 2020, Flegg was awarded the JH Michell Medal for excellence in research by ANZIAM (Australian and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics),[2] as well as the Christopher Heyde Medal[3] from the Australian Academy of Science and the Society of Mathematical Biology.

References

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  1. ^ Jennifer Flegg, Mathematical modelling of chronic wound healing, Queensland University of Technology, retrieved 30 April 2021
  2. ^ "ANZIAM : The 2020 JH Michell Medal". www.anziam.org.au. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Christopher Heyde Medal | Australian Academy of Science". www.science.org.au. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
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