Michael Chen

Dr Michael Chen

Senior Lecturer

School of Mathematical Sciences

College of Sciences

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

My research is focused on fluid mechanics and mathematical biology. My papers have been published in well regarded journals, such as Acta Biomaterialia, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, among others.

Throughout my career I have been involved in applying mathematics to real-world problems. Most recently I have been been working on modelling optical fibre fabrication (fluid mechanics) and how to grow artificial cartilage (mathematical biology).

Date Position Institution name
2021 - ongoing Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics University of Adelaide
2018 - 2021 Lecturer in Applied Mathematics University of Adelaide
2016 - 2017 Postdoctoral Research Assistant University of Oxford
2013 - 2016 Postdoctoral Research Associate University of Adelaide
2010 - 2013 Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of Tasmania

Date Institution name Country Title
2006 - 2010 University of Tasmania Australia PhD
2002 - 2005 University of Tasmania Australia Bachelor of Science (Hons)

Year Citation
2023 Ainsworth, M. J., Lotz, O., Gilmour, A., Zhang, A., Chen, M. J., McKenzie, D. R., . . . Castilho, M. (2023). Covalent Protein Immobilization on 3D-Printed Microfiber Meshes for Guided Cartilage Regeneration. Advanced Functional Materials, 33(2), 1-14.
DOI Scopus37 WoS35
2023 Mancini, I. A. D., Levato, R., Ksiezarczyk, M. M., Castilho, M. D., Chen, M., van Rijen, M. H. P., . . . Malda, J. (2023). Microstructural differences in the osteochondral unit of terrestrial and aquatic mammals.. eLife, 12, e80936.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1
2022 Ranathunga, G. P., Stokes, Y. M., & Chen, M. J. (2022). Unsteady stretching of a glass tube with internal channel pressurization. Physics of Fluids, 34(8), 083103-1-083103-12.
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2021 Chen, M. J., Stokes, Y. M., Buchak, P., Crowdy, D. G., Foo, H. T. C., Dowler, A., & Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H. (2021). Investigation of oversized channels in tubular fibre drawing. Optical Materials Express, 11(3), 905-912.
DOI Scopus4 WoS3
2021 Aljedani, J., Chen, M. J., & Cox, B. J. (2021). Estimating the effective bending rigidity of multi-layer graphene. Materials Research Express, 8(5, article no. 055001), 10 pages.
DOI Scopus2 WoS1
2021 Aljedani, J., Chen, M. J., & Cox, B. J. (2021). Variational model for collapsed graphene wrinkles. Applied Physics A, 127(11), 13 pages.
DOI Scopus5 WoS4
2020 Aljedani, J., Chen, M. J., & Cox, B. J. (2020). Variational model for a rippled graphene sheet. RSC Advances, 10(27), 16016-16026.
DOI Scopus8 WoS8 Europe PMC1
2020 Aljedani, J. A. B. R., Chen, M. J., & Cox, B. J. (2020). Multi--layer graphene folds supported on a substrate: a variational model. Materials Research Express, 8(1, article no. 015002), 1-12.
DOI Scopus4 WoS5
2019 Stokes, Y. M., Wylie, J. J., & Chen, M. J. (2019). Coupled fluid and energy flow in fabrication of microstructured optical fibres. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 874, 548-572.
DOI Scopus15 WoS14
2019 Chen, M. J., Whiteley, J. P., Please, C. P., Ehlicke, F., Waters, S. L., & Byrne, H. M. (2019). Identifying chondrogenesis strategies for tissue engineering of articular cartilage. Journal of Tissue Engineering, 10, 4 pages.
DOI Scopus16 WoS27 Europe PMC15
2019 Castilho, M., Mouser, V., Chen, M., Malda, J., & Ito, K. (2019). Bi-layered micro-fibre reinforced hydrogels for articular cartilage regeneration. Acta Biomaterialia, 95, 297-306.
DOI Scopus108 Europe PMC81
2018 Chen, M. J., Whiteley, J. P., Please, C. P., Schwab, A., Ehlicke, F., Waters, S. L., & Byrne, H. M. (2018). Inducing chondrogenesis in MSC/chondrocyte co-cultures using exogenous TGF-β: a mathematical model. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 439, 1-13.
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2018 Chen, M. J., Kimpton, L. S., Whiteley, J. P., Castilho, M., Malda, J., Please, C. P., . . . Byrne, H. M. (2018). Multiscale modelling and homogenisation of fibre-reinforced hydrogels for tissue engineering. European Journal of Applied Mathematics, 31(1), 1-29.
DOI Scopus31 WoS34 Europe PMC13
2016 Chen, M., Stokes, Y., Buchak, P., Crowdy, D., Foo, H., Dowler, A., & Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H. (2016). Drawing tubular fibres: experiments versus mathematical modelling. Optical Materials Express, 6(1), 166-180.
DOI Scopus27 WoS25
2016 Chen, M., Stokes, Y., Buchak, P., Crowdy, D., & Bendorff-Heidepriem, H. (2016). Asymptotic modelling of a six-hole MOF. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 34(24), 5651-5656.
DOI Scopus14 WoS12
2015 Forbes, L., Paul, R., Chen, M., & Horsley, D. (2015). Kelvin-Helmholtz creeping flow at the interface between two viscous fluids. ANZIAM Journal, 56(4), 317-358.
DOI Scopus11 WoS11
2015 Chen, M., Stokes, Y., Buchak, P., Crowdy, D., & Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H. (2015). Microstructured optical fibre drawing with active channel pressurisation. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 783, 137-165.
DOI Scopus28 WoS25
2013 Chen, M., & Forbes, L. (2013). Spatially periodic temperature modulation of a compressible fluid. European Journal of Mechanics B: Fluids, 42, 129-141.
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2011 Chen, M., & Forbes, L. (2011). Accurate methods for computing inviscid and viscous Kelvin-Helmholtz instability. Journal of Computational Physics, 230(4), 1499-1515.
DOI Scopus23 WoS21
2011 Chen, M., & Forbes, L. (2011). Waves in two-layer shear flow for viscous and inviscid fluids. European Journal of Mechanics B, 30(4), 387-404.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3
2008 Chen, M., & Forbes, L. (2008). Steady periodic waves in a three-layer fluid with shear in the middle layer. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 594, 157-181.
DOI Scopus18 WoS18
2007 Forbes, L. K., Chen, M. J., & Trenham, C. E. (2007). Computing unstable periodic waves at the interface of two inviscid fluids in uniform vertical flow. Journal of Computational Physics, 221(1), 269-287.
DOI Scopus25 WoS24
- Aljedani, J., Chen, M. J., & Cox, B. J. (2022). Analysing the stability of graphene wrinkles using variational calculus. ANZIAM Journal, 63, C97-C109.
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Year Citation
2022 Chen, M., & Castilho, M. (2022). PREDICTING MECHANICAL ENVIRONMENT WITHIN FIBRE-REINFORCED SCAFFOLDS USING MATHEMATICAL MODELLING. In TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A Vol. 28 (pp. S357). Maastricht, NETHERLANDS: MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC.
2019 Stokes, Y., & Chen, M. (2019). Inverse modelling of microstructured optical fibre drawing. In J. Ballato, & L. Dong (Eds.), Proceedings of SPIE - Sixth International Workshop on Specialty Optical Fibers and Their Applications (WSOF 2019) Vol. 11206. Bellingham, Washington, USA: SPIE.
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2019 Stokes, Y. M., Crowdy, D. G., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Buchak, P., & Chen, M. J. (2019). Can we fabricate that fibre?. In S. Gutschmidt, J. N. Hewett, & M. Sellier (Eds.), IUTAM Symposium on Recent Advances in Moving Boundary Problems in Mechanics: Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium on Moving Boundary Problems, Christchurch, New Zealand, February 12-15, 2018 Vol. 34 (pp. 1-13). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
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Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2025 Co-Supervisor Theoretical and computational modelling of ice shelf vibrations Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Philip Johann Bottke
2025 Co-Supervisor Effect of instability on fibre geometry in optical fibre drawing Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Miss Caitriona Lightbody
2025 Co-Supervisor Theoretical and computational modelling of ice shelf vibrations Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Philip Johann Bottke
2025 Co-Supervisor Effect of instability on fibre geometry in optical fibre drawing - Master Full Time Miss Caitriona Lightbody

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2024 - 2025 Co-Supervisor Modelling of Antarctic Ice Shelf Flexural Response to Ocean Waves Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Jie Liang
2019 - 2021 Co-Supervisor Predictive Model of Cap Formation for Carbon Nanotube Synthesis via Chemical Vapour Deposition Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Patrick James Bowe
2018 - 2022 Co-Supervisor New Variational Models for Graphene-based Nanomaterials Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Jabr Ateeg Allah J Aljedani
2018 - 2022 Co-Supervisor Mathematical modelling of unsteady tube stretching with internal channel pressurisation for fabricating electrospray ionisation emitters Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Gagani Pathumika Ranathunga

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