About
Toby Kirk is a Lecturer in the Mathematical Modelling Group in the School of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Southampton. He uses analytical and numerical methods to study problems across engineering related to energy and sustainability.
Research
Research groups
Research interests
- Transport phenomena (heat and mass) in engineering
- Asymptotic methods
- Fluid dynamics
- Lithium ion battery modelling
- Thermal energy and sustainability
Publications
Biography
Before becoming a lecturer in Southampton in October 2024, Toby was a Chapman Research Fellow in Applied Mathematics in the Department of Mathematics at Imperial College London (2022-24). Previously, he spent several years (2018-22) as a postdoc in the Battery Modelling Group at the Mathematical Institute in Oxford, working under Profs. Colin Please and Jon Chapman. He attained his PhD in 2017 in fluid dynamics under the supervision of Prof. Demetrios Papageorgiou in Mathematics at Imperial College London.