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Professor Apala Majumdar

Visiting Professor

Mathematics and Statistics

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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听 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听apala.majumdar@strath.ac.uk听for research projects. PhD and postdoctoral opportunities.

More information about my research group can be found at听https://themajumdargroup.wordpress.com/

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Prize And Awards

Recipient
2025
Recipient
13/8/2024
Recipient
9/4/2024
Recipient
1/8/2023
Recipient
14/11/2022
Recipient
11/2020

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Publications

Han Yucen, Rajamanickam Prabakaran, ,
Physical Review E Vol 113 (2026)
Rajamanickam Prabakaran, ,
IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics Vol 90, pp. 488-514 (2026)
Shi Baoming, , Zhang Lei
Physical Review E Vol 113 (2026)
Wu Dawei, Shi Baoming, Han Yucen, Zhang Pingwen, , Zhang Lei
SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis Vol 57, pp. 4358 - 4395 (2025)
Mandal Dhananjoy, Wang Yiwei, Kaur Supreet, Mohiuddin Golam, , Sinha Aloka
Journal of Molecular Liquids Vol 430 (2025)
Shi Baoming, Han Yucen, Ma Chengdi, , Lei Zhang
SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics Vol 85, pp. 821-847 (2025)

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Professional Activities

Visiting researcher
1/11/2025
Organiser
13/10/2025
Advisor
1/10/2025
Advisor
22/9/2025
Keynote/plenary speaker
22/9/2025
Keynote/plenary speaker
3/9/2025

Projects

Miller, Laura (Principal Investigator) Majumdar, Apala (Co-investigator)
An INI Network grant (拢6,000) to create a Strathclyde led UK-EU network on Biological Tissues - Modelling, Mechanics, and Applications, with stakeholders in Glasgow, Oxford, Italy, Czech Republic and Germany.
25-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2027
Majumdar, Apala (Principal Investigator)
01-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2025
Sprick, Seb (Principal Investigator) Chamberlain, Luke (Co-investigator) Majumdar, Apala (Co-investigator) Scott, Fraser (Co-investigator)
26-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2027
Miller, Laura (Principal Investigator) Majumdar, Apala (Co-investigator) Wray, Alexander (Co-investigator)
Awarded 拢3000 of funds to host academic visitors from ISP TU Delft and allow us to establish a new partnership with academics in the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering there
05-Jan-2025
Majumdar, Apala (Principal Investigator)
ICMS Strategic Workshop funded by Supported by EPSRC Grant EP/Z000467/1.
Grant value: 拢25000 (see https://www.icms.org.uk/RWAM2025)
13-Jan-2025 - 17-Jan-2025
Majumdar, Apala (Principal Investigator)
02-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2026

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Professor Apala Majumdar
Visiting Professor
Mathematics and Statistics

Email: apala.majumdar@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3804