Curriculum Vitae

Duke University, Box 90320 Durham, NC 27708-0320 USA

660-2871 (office) (email)

Personal

Birth Date: 19/01/1974
Birth Place: Northampton, Northamptonshire, UK
Citizenship: British
Marital Status: Single
WWW: http://www.math.duke.edu/faculty/bowen

Education

B.Eng. in Electronic Engineering and Mathematics (Joint Honours), Nottingham University, UK, 1995 Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, University of Nottingham, UK, 1998

Areas of Research

Partial and ordinary differential equations, numerical methods and fluid mechanics

Areas of Experience

Thin films and interface behaviour
Degenerate diffusion equations
Asymptotics and similarity solutions
Scientific computing

Professional Experience / Employment History

Duke University, USA

Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Mathematics, 2000-present

Leiden University, The Netherlands

Postdoctoral Researcher, Mathematical Institute, January-December 1999

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

Dean Moore Research Scholarship, University of Nottingham

Publications

Papers Published

1. M. Bowen, J. R. King and J. Hulshof, Anomalous exponents and dipole solutions for the thin film equation, SIAM J. Appl. Math., (2001), 62:149-179 [ps]
2. J. R. King and M. Bowen, Moving boundary problems and non-uniqueness for the thin film equation, Euro. J. Appl. Math. (2001), 12:321-356 [ps]
3. J. Hulshof, J. R. King and M. Bowen, Intermediate asymptotics of the porous medium equation with sign changes, Adv. Diff. Eq. (2001), 6:1115-1152 [ps]
4. M. Bowen and J. R. King, Asymptotic behaviour of the thin film equation in bounded domains, Euro. J. Appl. Math. (2001), 12:135-157 [ps]

Papers Submitted

1. T. P. Witelski and Mark Bowen, ADI schemes for higher-order nonlinear diffusion equations, Appl. Num. Math. , submitted 2001