Bruce Henry
Deputy Head of School
Office Room 3066 , Mathematics
Phone 9385 7044
Fax 9385 7123
Email B.Henry@unsw.edu.au
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
  • University of New South Wales, Bachelor of Science
  • University of New South Wales, Doctor of Philosophy
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Pattern formation, random walks, anomalous diffusion, fractional calculus, applications of chaos and fractals, mathematical modelling, neuronal degeneration, nonlinear lattice dynamics and statistical mechanics
ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES
  • Deputy Head of School
  • Director, UNSW Schools Mathematics Competition
  • Editor, Parabola
TEACHING DUTIES
  • MATH1241 Calculus
  • MATH2281 Biomathematics
  • MATH3041 Mathematical Modelling for Real World Systems
  • MATH5215 Modern Topics in Dynamics Chaos
EXTERNAL
Node Co-ordinator, Complex Open Systems Network
RECENT GRANTS
  • ARC Discovery Project 2006, 2007, 2008 "Mathematical measurement and modelling of neuronal degeneration"
  • Goldstar Award 2009, Modelling diseases that compartmentalize through dynamical interaction between the infection and the immune system
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
  • M.Batchelor, R.V. Burne, B.I. Henry, T.Slatyer, Statistical physics and stromatolite growth: new perspectives on an ancient dilemma, Physica A-Statistical and Theoretical Physics, 350(1) (2005), 6-11.
  • M.Y. Boon, C.M. Suttle, B.I. Henry, Estimating chromatic contrast thresholds from the transient visual evoked potential, Vision Research, 45(18) (2005), 2367-2383.
  • B.I. Henry, T.A.M. Langlands, S.L. Wearne, Turing pattern formation in fractional activator-inhibitor systems, Physical Review E, 72(2) (2005), 026101.
  • T.A.M. Langlands, B.I. Henry, The accuracy and stability of an implicit solution method for the fractional diffusion equation, Journal of Computational Physics, 205(2) (2005), 719-736.
  • P.Rothnie, D.Kabaso, P.Hof, B.I. Henry, S.Wearne, Functionally relevant measures of spatial complexity in neuronal dendritic arbors, Journal of Theoretical Biology, 238(3) (2006), 505-526.
  • B.I. Henry, T.A.M. Langlands, S.L. Wearne, Anomalous diffusion with linear reaction dynamics: From continuous time random walks to fractional reaction-diffusion equations, Physical Review E, 74(2) (2006), 031116.
  • B.I. Henry, T.A.M. Langlands, S.L. Wearne, Fractional cable models for spiny neuronal dendrites, Physical Review Letters, 100(2) (2008), 128103.
FURTHER INFORMATION
More information on Bruce Henry can be obtained by contacting him directly.
School of Mathematics and Statistics, UNSW Sydney NSW 2052, Telephone: (+61 02) 9385 7111 CRICOS Provider Code 00098G; AUTHORISED BY Head, School of Mathematics and Statistics
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