Biography:David Gavaghan
David Gavaghan | |
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| Born | David J. Gavaghan 10 February 1966 |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
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| Institutions | University of Oxford |
| Thesis | Parallel numerical algorithms for the solution of diffusion problems. (1992) |
| Doctoral advisor | John Sidney Rollett |
| Website | www |
David J. Gavaghan (born 10 February 1966) is Professor of Computational Biology in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford. He is also the director of the Life Sciences Interface Doctoral Training Centre, Principal Investigator of the Integrative Biology project[1] and Research Fellow in Mathematics at New College, Oxford.[2][3][4][5]
Education
Gavaghan completed his undergraduate degree in Mathematics at Durham University in 1986.[6] This was followed by a Master of Science in Numerical Analysis and Mathematical Modelling in 1987 and his Doctor of Philosophy on the development of Parallel Numerical Algorithms in 1991 at Linacre College at the University of Oxford.[7]
Research and career
Gavaghan's research is interdisciplinary and involves the application of mathematical and computational techniques to problems in the biomedical sciences.[7] Gavaghan serves on the advisory board chair for the Software Sustainability Institute (SSI).[8]
References
- ↑ "Integrative Biology: Project Board". Archived from the original on 2007-04-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20070429125004/http://www.integrativebiology.ac.uk/board.html.
- ↑ "New College: Fellows". Archived from the original on September 26, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20060926164810/http://www.new.ox.ac.uk/Teaching_and_Research/Staff_Profile_Page.php?staffId=20.
- ↑ David Gavaghan publications indexed by Google Scholar
- ↑ Smallbone, Kieran; Gavaghan, David J.; Gatenby, Robert A.; Maini, Philip K. (2005). "The role of acidity in solid tumour growth and invasion". Journal of Theoretical Biology 235 (4): 476–484. doi:10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.02.001. ISSN 0022-5193. PMID 15935166.
- ↑ Jadad, Alejandro R.; Moore, R.Andrew; Carroll, Dawn; Jenkinson, Crispin; Reynolds, D.John M.; Gavaghan, David J.; McQuay, Henry J. (1996). "Assessing the quality of reports of randomized clinical trials: Is blinding necessary?". Controlled Clinical Trials 17 (1): 1–12. doi:10.1016/0197-2456(95)00134-4. PMID 8721797.
- ↑ "Durham University gazette, 1985/86" (in en). http://reed.dur.ac.uk/xtf/view?docId=bookreader/DU_Gazettes/DUGazette1985-6/DUGazette19856METS.xml#page/100/mode/2up. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Professor David Gavaghan". Oxford: University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 2015-06-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20150620135544/http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/people/david.gavaghan/.
- ↑ "SSI Advisory Board". software.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2012-03-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20120329105112/http://www.software.ac.uk/about/advisory-board.
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