Professor Joseph Grotowski

Head of School

School of Mathematics and Physics
Faculty of Science
j.grotowski@uq.edu.au
+61 7 336 53260
+61 7 336 53405

Overview

Professor Joseph Grotowski completed his Bachelor of Science with Honours in Mathematics at the Australian National University in 1985. He then moved to New York for postgraduate studies in Mathematics, and completed an MS in 1987 and a PhD in 1990 at the Courant Institute, NYU.

He held a number of positions in Germany, and completed his Habilitation at the Friedrich-Alexander Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg in 2001. He took up a position as an Associate Professor at the City College of New York of the City University of New York in 2003, and returned to Australia to take up a position as a Senior Lecturer at UQ in 2005. He was promoted to Associate Professor from 2010, and Full Professor from 2013.

His main research area is geometric and nonlinear partial differential equations.

He served as Head of the Mathematics Discipline from 1 January 2010 until 30 April 2014. From 1 May 2014 he has been Head of the School of Mathematics and Physics. As Head of School, he is responsible for ensuring that the School delivers a high standard of research and teaching, as well as engagement with the broader community, across our disciplines of mathematics, physics and statistics. He is also responsible for providing and fostering strategic leadership within the School, as well as for financial management of the School’s budget and management of the School’s resources.

He is a former Board Member of the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute, and serves on the advisory Board of the MATRIX Research Insitute. He has been active in CSIRO Mathematicians in Schools for a number of years.

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, New York University
  • Masters (Coursework) of Science, New York University
  • Bachelor of Science, Australian National University

Publications

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Supervision

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Available Projects

  • This project relates to analytic aspects of a mathematical model for Chemotaxis.

  • We are currently working in an exciting new area of mathematics called Topology optimisation. Our aim is to develop the tools to optimize the shape and topology of porous and composite materials to perform specific tasks. In particular we have a current ARC Discovery grant that will provide funding for APA top-ups and research costs for projects relating to optimal design of bone implants. Specific projects involve research in a range of fields from applied mathematics, as well as computational science. There is also scope for projects with an emphasis on pure mathematics (geometric evolution equations).

    Projects to be supervised by me and/or Dr. Tony Roberts

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Publications

Book Chapter

  • Duzaar, F., Grotowski, J. and Steffen, K. (2003). Optimal regularity results via A-harmonic approximation. Geometric analysis and nonlinear partial differential equations. (pp. 265-296) edited by S. Hildebrandt and H. Karcher. Berlin: Springer Verlag.

Journal Article

Conference Publication

  • Muhlhaus, Hans B., Moresi, L., Gross, Lutz and Grotowski, Joseph (2010). The influence of non-coaxiality on shear banding in viscous-plastic materials. Scientific Conference on From Shear Bands to Rapid Flow, Monte Verita, Switzerland, 22-27 Februray, 2009. Berlin, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/s10035-010-0176-9

  • Grotowski, JF (1991). Heat-Flow for Harmonic Maps. Nato Advanced Research Workshop On Defects, Singularities and Patterns in Nematic Liquid Crystals : Mathematical and Physical Aspects, Orsay France, May 28-Jun 01, 1990. DORDRECHT: KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL.

Other Outputs

  • Abeysooriya, Sasenka, Akhlaghpour, Saeed, Bongiovanni, Ivano, Dowsett, Dallas, Grotowski, Joseph, Holm, Mike, Kim, Dan, Ko, Ryan, Phillips, Andelka M., Slapnicar, Sergeja, Stockdale, David, Swinson, John, Thonon, Geoffroy, Utting, Mark, Walker-Munro, Brendan and Willoughby, Shannon (2023). Discussion Paper: 2023-2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy. UQ CYBER and AUSCERT.

  • Hillock, Poh Wah, Roberts, Anthony, Grotowski, Joseph, Jennings, Michael, Kavanagh, Lydia and Scharschkin, Victor (2013). A mathematics support program for first year engineering students. Brisbane, QLD Australia: School of Mathematics and Physics, The University of Queensland.

  • Hillock, Poh Wah, Roberts, Anthony, Grotowski, Joseph, Jennings, Michael and Scharaschkin, Victor (2012). Developing a profile of student performance in large classes. Brisbane, QLD Australia: School of Mathematics and Physics, The University of Queensland.

Grants (Administered at UQ)

PhD and MPhil Supervision

Completed Supervision

Possible Research Projects

Note for students: The possible research projects listed on this page may not be comprehensive or up to date. Always feel free to contact the staff for more information, and also with your own research ideas.

  • This project relates to analytic aspects of a mathematical model for Chemotaxis.

  • We are currently working in an exciting new area of mathematics called Topology optimisation. Our aim is to develop the tools to optimize the shape and topology of porous and composite materials to perform specific tasks. In particular we have a current ARC Discovery grant that will provide funding for APA top-ups and research costs for projects relating to optimal design of bone implants. Specific projects involve research in a range of fields from applied mathematics, as well as computational science. There is also scope for projects with an emphasis on pure mathematics (geometric evolution equations).

    Projects to be supervised by me and/or Dr. Tony Roberts