James McCaw

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James M. McCaw
Alma mater University of Melbourne
Scientific career
Fields Mathematical epidmiology
Institutions University of Melbourne
Website sites.google.com/site/jamesmccaw

James M. McCaw is an Australian mathematical biologist. He is professor of Mathematical Biology in the School of Mathematics and Statistics [1] and in the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health at the University of Melbourne. He was Associate Dean (of Research) in Science from 2020--2021. [2]

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He is primarily known for his work in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in which he assisted in informing Australia's public health response. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic he had carried out award winning research on infectious diseases, notably influenza [3] and malaria. [4] He is on the editorial board for several scholarly journals including eLife , [5] Epidemics [6] and PLoS Computational Biology [7]

Education

McCaw obtained his B.Sc. and PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Melbourne [8] where he served as President of the Postgraduate Physics Students Society.

Awards and honours


References

  1. ↑ "James McCaw's profile". School of Mathematics and Statistics. University of Melbourne. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
  2. ↑ "Research profile". Find an Expert. University of Melbourne. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
  3. ↑ "Australia's disease forecasting system wins National Innovation Awards". OpenGov. OpenGovAsia. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
  4. ↑ "Tilley et al, WINNER 2016 Eureka Prize for Infectious Diseases Research". YouTube. YouTube. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
  5. ↑ "eLife - Editorial Board". eLife. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  6. ↑ "Epidemics - Editorial Board". Epidemics. Elsevier. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
  7. ↑ "PLoS Computational Biology - Editorial Board". PLoS Computational Biology. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  8. ↑ McCaw, James M. (2005), Quantum chaos: Spectral analysis of Floquet operators (published 2004), arXiv: math-ph/0503032 , Bibcode:2005PhDT.......249M , retrieved 24 May 2021
  9. ↑ "2024 Laureate Profile: Professor James McCaw". Australian Research Council . Retrieved 2024-06-03.
  10. ↑ "Australian Museum Eureka Prizes" . Retrieved 2024-06-03.
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