Paul Smith
Department of Mathematics
Macquarie University
Australia
Biography
Paul Smith completed his PhD at Cambridge, following undergraduate studies at Adelaide. He was appointed to the Chair of Mathematics at Macquarie University in 2002. His previous position was Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Dundee, Scotland, where he spent some twenty years building an international reputation in modern applied mathematics. He is interested in understanding phenomena in waves and non-linear dynamical systems by a synthesis of novel mathematical analysis, modelling and computation. Such theoretical studies have practical outcomes: he led the team which developed a device for imaging and detecting anti-personnel landmines (it was sucessfully deployed in Bosnia and elsewhere), and he holds patents for other similar devices. He regularly consults for government and industry in UK, USA and Australia. In his spare time, Paul enjoys music, especially live.
Research Interest
• Leadership • Teams • Employee attitudes and performance
Publications
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Smith P. Discerning the subject. U of Minnesota Press; 1988.
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Cao Y, Smith P, Heeger AJ. Counter-ion induced processibility of conducting polyaniline and of conducting polyblends of polyaniline in bulk polymers. Synthetic Metals. 1992 Jun 15;48(1):91-7.
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Emmert-Buck MR, Bonner RF, Smith PD, Chuaqui RF, Zhuang Z, Goldstein SR, Weiss RA, Liotta LA. Laser capture microdissection. Science. 1996 Nov 8;274(5289):998-1001.
