Presentations

Brumley Lab

Talks and presentations from the Brumley Lab.

Model citizens: How mathematicians are helping the planet

Science at Melbourne Public Lecture

To avert catastrophic climate change and preserve our biodiversity, nations, industries, communities, and individuals must swiftly deploy a wide range of tactics and technologies. Our panel of mathematical eco-warriors will share how they are using the power of numbers and new powerful models to help protect life on Earth.

Panellists: Associate Professor Douglas Brumley, Professor Jennifer Flegg, Associate Professor Guoqi Qian. Moderated by: Dr Graham Phillips

Forthcoming talks

  • Departmental Seminar, Physics Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. June 2026.
  • Niels Bohr Lecture, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. June 2026.
  • Invited seminar, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, UK. July 2026.
  • Departmental Seminar, University of Manchester, UK. July 2026.
  • Departmental Seminar, University of Cambridge, UK. July 2026.

Recent invited talks

  • Guest Lecture, Microsensor Analysis in the Environmental Sciences Course, Marine Biological Station Rønbjerg, Denmark. May 2026.
  • CeMiSt seminar, Center for Microbial Secondary Metabolites, Technical University of Denmark. Copenhagen, Denmark. May 2026.
  • Invited seminar, Soft Matter and Complex Systems Seminar, University of Warsaw. May 2026.
  • Invited seminar, Biocomplexity, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. May 2026.
  • Invited seminar, DTU Aqua Seminar Series, Technical University of Denmark. Copenhagen, Denmark. April 2026.
  • Occasional address guest speaker. Faculty of Science Graduation Ceremony. The University of Melbourne. December 2025.
  • Invited speaker, Advances in Nonequilibrium Systems and Stochastic Processes. Raman Research Institute (RRI), Bengaluru, India. November 2025.
  • Invited speaker, Active Matter Symposium. University of Queensland, Australia. November 2025.
  • Invited speaker, Microscale Ocean Biophysics Seminar Series. September 2025.
  • Invited seminar, ETH Zürich. Zürich, Switzerland. September 2025.
  • Invited speaker, Particulates across Scales: Mathematical Modeling, Computation, and Applications. Banff International Research Station, Canada. July 2025.
  • Invited speaker, Melbourne Biophysics Colloquium. The University of Melbourne, Australia. July 2025.
  • Colloquium speaker, School of Physics. The University of Melbourne, Australia. May 2025.
  • Invited speaker, American Physical Society (APS), March Meeting. Anaheim, USA. March 2025.
  • Invited speaker, Heron Island Research Station, coral workshop. Australia. January 2025.
  • Invited speaker, ICAM Week of Science. Wellington, New Zealand. January 2025.
  • Colloquium speaker, School of Mathematics & Statistics. The University of Melbourne, Australia. March 2024.
  • Invited seminar, Tufts University, USA. November 2023.
  • Invited speaker, International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Tokyo, Japan. August 2023.
  • Invited seminar, Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University. Sendai, Japan. June 2023.
  • Invited seminar, University of Tsukuba. Tsukuba, Japan. June 2023.
  • Invited seminar, RIKEN. Tokyo, Japan. June 2023.
  • Invited seminar, Kyoto University. Kyoto, Japan. June 2023.
  • Invited speaker, Imedea workshop. Mallorca, Spain. June 2023.
  • Invited seminar, Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology. Sydney, Australia. March 2023.