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Personal Statement
I am an applied mathematician by training with expertise at the interface of mathematical modelling, applied analysis and theoretical physics. I primarily specialise in the mathematics and modelling of nematic liquid crystals and partially ordered materials, including their applications in industry. My research programme has four essential strands - (i) analysis of continuum theories for liquid crystals and soft materials; (ii) multiscale theories that focus on the relationship between microscopic and macroscopic continuum approaches; (iii) non-equilibrium phenomena e.g. switching processes and transition pathways between metastable states and (iv) modelling of soft-matter based applications in industry and technology, with emphasis on geometry- and energy-driven pattern formation.
I have worked with researchers from different branches of mathematics e.g. pure and applied mathematics, numerical analysis, industrial mathematics. Given the inherently interdisciplinary nature of my research, I have worked with physicists, chemists and researchers from industry e.g. Merck Chemicals. I have collaborators all around the world e.g. Luxembourg, China, India, Chile, Mexico and the States and my work is currently funded by three separate international projects.
Prior to my appointment at Strathclyde, I have worked at the University of Bristol, University of Oxford and University of Bath. I was the Director for the Centre for Nonlinear Mechanics at Bath from 2018-2019, which is a University Research Centre focussed on interdisciplinary research in applied mathematics. I also led a Bath-Chile-Mexico network spanning four institutions and co-funding four international research workshops. I am currently a Visiting Professor at the University of Bath and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford, where I have co-supervised graduate students. I am also a member of the Programme Committee of the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences in Edinburgh and a member of the Global Challenges Research Funding Strategic Advisory Group in the United Kingdom. I am deeply committed to applied mathematics in an interdisciplinary context and please feel free to contact me directly at apala.majumdar@strath.ac.uk for research projects. PhD and postdoctoral opportunities.
More information about my research group can be found at https://themajumdargroup.wordpress.com/
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Nematic-Based Materials for the Next Generation of Applications. (RSE Network)
1/12/21 → 30/11/23
Project: Knowledge Exchange
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Uniaxial versus biaxial pathways in one-dimensional cholesteric liquid crystals
Han, Y., Dalby, J., Carter, B. M. G. D., Majumdar, A. & Machon, T., 6 Jul 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Physical Review Research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Elastic anisotropy in the reduced Landau-de Gennes model
Han, Y., Harris, J., Majumdar, A. & Zhang, L., 25 May 2022, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 478, 2261, 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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British Liquid Crystal Society Cyril Hilsum Medal
Majumdar, Apala (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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British Liquid Crystal Society Young Scientist Prize
Majumdar, Apala (Recipient), 1 Apr 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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National Centre for Mathematics Advanced Training School on Modelling, Analysis and New Mathematical Perspectives for Complex Fluids and Liquid Crystals (2022)
Apala Majumdar (Participant)
18 Jul 2022 → 27 Jul 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organiser of major conference
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LMS Durham-Oxford-Strathclyde network workshop on "Anisotropic Materials"
Apala Majumdar (Participant)
30 Jun 2022 → 1 Jul 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organiser of major conference