Dr Bakhtier Vasiev
Senior Lecturer in
Mathematics,
Liverpool University
Contact details:
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Office: Room
413, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Peach Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZL, UK
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Phone: +44
151 794 4004
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Fax: +44 151
794 4061
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e-mail: b.vasiev@liverpool.ac.uk
Teaching:
1st
semester: Math103
(Introduction to Linear Algebra) tutorials: recorded
videos
2nd
semester: Introduction
to Statistics, Math162
Chaos
and Dynamical Systems, Math322: video
lectures
Previously
taught: Dynamic Modelling, Math122: video lectures
Timetable (Office Hours) for the 1st semester in 2022/23
Research interests: mathematical
biology, nonlinear dynamics, pattern formation, chemotaxis, aging, mortality
dynamics.
Examples of research projects offered to
students:
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Modelling migration
of cells in biological tissues. Overview in video lecture and
poster presentation.
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Modelling
proliferation and transformation of cells. Example: Modelling
epithelial tissue topology.
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Modelling pattern
formation in biology. Examples:
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Scaling of Patterns Forming in Reaction-Diffusion
Systems;
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Formation of Patterns in Cellular Automata.
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Modelling aging
and mortality dynamics. Overview in PowerPoint
and poster presentations.
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Modelling
competitive interactions between bacterial populations. Overview in poster1 and poster2 presentations.
Past project students: click
here
Past PhD
students:
2012:
Nigel Harrison: Modelling chemotactic motion of cells
in biological tissues with applications to embryogenesis
2014: Manou Rasolonjanahary: Scaling of morphogenetic patterns in
continuous and discrete models
2016:
Demetris Avraam: Modelling
Mortality Dynamics in Heterogeneous Human Populations
2018:
AbdulAziz Abdullah: Mathematical modelling of embryonic
tissue development
2022: Nouf Alghamdi: A Combined Experimental and Mathematical Study
of Evolution of Microbial Community Composed of Interacting Staphylococcus Strains
Research
expertise:
Dr
Vasiev has graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology with a PhD
in Biophysics in 1990. His research is focused on mathematical aspects of
nonlinear dynamics and pattern formation in biological systems. He has gained
his experience in a number of universities and research centres across Europe
including Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics of Russian
Academy of Science and universities in Utrecht, Munich and Dundee. Dr Vasiev is
a lecturer in the Department of Mathematical Sciences of the Liverpool
University since 2007. His research is associated with theoretical studies of
biological development, demographics and aging. His early works were devoted to
investigation of propagating waves in excitable systems and chemotactic motion
of aggregating cells (Dictyostelium
population). Most recently his research is focused on mechanisms of formation
of morphogenetic patterns and migration of cells in developing tissues. He is
also working on theoretical aspects of aging in human populations as reflected
by mortality data.
Last
updated on 23/09/2019