Associate Professor Kerry Landman
Mathematics-in-Industry Study Group (MISG) Director
Department of Mathematics, University of Melbourne
Associate Professor
Kerry Landman
Mathematics in Industry Study Group (MISG) Director
Mathematics Department
University of Melbourne
Parkville, Victoria 3052
Tel: 61 3 9344 6762 Fax: 61 3 9344 4599
Biographical note: Kerry graduated with a PhD in Mathematics from
University of Melbourne and then spent
six years working as an applied mathematician in USA.
She returned to Melbourne to join a mathematics/statistics consulting firm
before joining the
University of Melbourne.
Her research covers modelling changes in red blood cell shapes
and the transport of radon gas into houses--a much publicised form of indoor pollution.
Currently she is conducting research into the consolidation and filtration
of slurries and suspensions in mineral processing.
Kerry was appointed MISG Director in 1993.
Now much of her time in spent describing the power and versatility of mathematics
to business and industry.
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