Paul Glendinning

Early Life and Education

Paul Glendinning studied mathematics at the University of Cambridge. He later earned his PhD, also in mathematics, from the same university.

Career and Research

Paul Glendinning is a Beyer Professor of Applied Mathematics in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Manchester. He studies dynamical systems, which are ways to model how things change over time.

His work looks at how systems can shift suddenly, a topic called bifurcation theory. He also researches synchronization, special types of changes called blowout bifurcations, low-dimensional maps, and systems with repeating patterns.

Through his research, Glendinning helps us understand patterns in nature and mathematics. His work has been very important in the field of applied mathematics.

Education

Paul Glendinning earned his PhD from King's College, Cambridge in 1985. His thesis was about homoclinic bifurcations. He was supervised by Nigel Weiss.

Career and research

Paul Glendinning studied and worked at many universities. He started with postdoctoral research at the University of Warwick. Later, he returned to Cambridge and worked at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. In 1992, he won the Adams Prize.

He also worked at Queen Mary and Westfield College and the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST). In 2004, he became head of the School of Mathematics after two universities joined together. He served as Scientific Director of the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences in Edinburgh. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. In 2022, he became president of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications.

Personal life

Paul Glendinning lives in Marsden, West Yorkshire. He is the son of academic Nigel Glendinning and writer and broadcaster Victoria Glendinning. His brother is philosopher Simon Glendinning.