MSc in Mathematics

• Awarded in July 2004, Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick
• Dissertation Title: Phyllotaxis

MSc in Mathematical Biology and Biophysical Chemistry

• Awarded in January 2005, MOAC Doctoral Training Centre, University of Warwick
• Project 1 in Biology: Acanthamoeba polyphaga trophozoites regulation
  Supervisors: Dr William Gaze and Prof Elizabeth Wellington
• Project 2 in Mathematics: Locomotory regulation in Acanthamoeba polyphaga
  Supervisor: Dr Nigel Burroughs
• Project 3 in Chemistry: Detecting Quorum Sensing signal molecules
  Supervisor: Dr Andrew J Clark

Research Interests

• Pattern formations in biological phenomena
• Syncrhrony-breaking bifurcations in coupled cell networks
• Network motifs (from graph theory) and their dynamics

PhD Research

• PhD thesis title: Interplay between Network Topology and Synchrony-breaking Bifurcation: Homogeneous Four-cell Coupled Cell Networks
• Supervisors: Prof Ian Stewart (Mathematics Institute)
• Advisor: Prof Hugh R Woodland (Biological Science Department)
• Submission and viva 2008, graduation July 2009.

Teaching

• 2001-2005: Supervisor of first year Mathematics undergraduates in groups of up to five
• 2003-2006: Teaching assistant for third year undergraduate Mathematics course "Topics in Mathematical Biology" (MA390)
• 2004-2007: Teaching assistant for first year ungergraduate Economics course "Mathematics for Economists" (EC119)
• Awarded the Postgraduate Award (PGA) in Introduction to Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (June 2007)

Publications from PhD

• Hiroko Kamei (2009), Construction of lattices of balanced equivalence relations for regular homogeneous networks using lattice generators and lattice indices, International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 19(11), 3691-3705.
  DOI: 10.1142/S0218127409025067
• Hiroko Kamei (2009), The existence and classification of synchrony-breaking bifurcations in regular homogeneous networks using lattice structures, International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos , 19(11), 3707-3732.
  DOI: 10.1142/S0218127409025079

Later Publications

• Hiroko Kamei, Robert C. Jackson, Daniella Zheleva and Fordyce A. Davidson (2010), An integrated pharmacokinetic–pharmacodynamic model for an Aurora kinase inhibitor. Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics, 37(4), 407-434.
  DOI: 10.1007/s10928-010-9166-0