Professor Tom Montenegro-Johnson
About me
Researcher profile: I am an interdisciplinary mathematician working with experimental scientists in Biological Sciences, Chemistry, and Engineering, with a focus on smart and soft active matter, mathematical biology (from plant sciences to the sense of touch) slow viscous flows and complex fluids, and microscale propulsion.
Approach: A mixture of asymptotic analysis and numerical solution of partial differential equations, with a particular specialisation in singularity methods. I have very recently begun work on Machine Learning for the solution of Partial Differential Equations.
Links: Publications are on my Google Scholar and more information about "The Soft Mathematics Group" can be found on my personal website. An up to date CV can be found here.
Consultancy: Experienced and available for technical consultancy for industry, REF Impact consultancy for academia, and scientific consultancy for the entertainment industry.
Students and Postdocs: I am always keen to take on new group members, please come and have a chat with me about available opportunities. If you are applying for a fellowship, such as a Marie-Curie, and would like to be hosted, please email to discuss this plenty of time before the deadline.
Funding: I am the grateful recipient of a Leverhulme Trust Research Leadership Award "Shape Transforming Active Matter", (to Dec 2026). For previous awards, see my CV.
Public Engagement: I love finding fun new ways to get maths across. I have a permanent exhibit in the Birmingham Science Museum (thinktank), have worked on installations with origami artist Coco Sato, and have worked as the scientific advisor on a movie currently in pre-production.
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| Postdocs | Current Members: Daniel Booth (Sep 2024) Former members: Panayiota Katsamba - now a managing coordinator at the Cyprus Institute James Andrews - now an assistant professor at the School of Mathematics, U. Birmingham Matthew Butler - now Clifford Fellow at UCL Azar Shirazi - now Research Fellow at the Future Biomanufacturing Research Hub, U. Manchester Amin Rahmat - now SMQB Fellow, U. Birmingham |
| Phd Students (completed) | Berk Altunkeyik - thesis title: "Shape-Shifting Bubble-Driven Hydrogel Microbots" Matthew Clowe - thesis title "Motility, Multicellularity, and Multiciliates" |