Dr. John Norbury

About Me

I was born and educated in Australia, and then took a doctorate in applied mathematics in Cambridge working on the theoretical existence of swirling "doughnuts" (both spherical and toroidal) of fluid known as vortex rings, and on the computation of their shape and energy. I then taught at University College London for seven years, during which I spent 12 months at the Courant Institute, New York University. Next I came to Oxford, and I now teach applied mathematics, by giving lectures for undergraduates on differential equations, for Masters students on methods of applied mathematics (see notes) modelling some of the real world problems outlined on my Research page, and by supervising graduate students, at present in pattern formation in (nearly singular) dynamical systems in mathematical biology and the mathematics of global weather forecasting. In College I give tutorials in most areas of applied mathematics to Lincoln undergraduates.