Research in the field of mathematical physics from the Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne.
Researchers
Nicholas Beaton Statistical mechanics, particularly lattice models of walks, polygons, animals and trees, and their applications to modelling interacting polymer systems.
Chris Bradly Statistical mechanics and polymers
Jan de Gier Combinatorics, mathematical physics, integrable models, stochastic processes.
Peter Forrester Probability theory, mathematical physics, statistical mechanics, special functions, integrable systems, random matrix theory.
Alexandr (Sasha) Garbali Mathematical physics, discrete mathematics.
Anthony (Tony) Guttmann Critical phenomena (phase transitions), exact solutions of lattice models, statistical mechanics, enumerative combinatorics, mathematical physics.
Charles Hill Quantum computation
Mario Kieburg Harmonic analysis and group and representation theory, random matrix theory, orthogonal functions and polynomials, quantum field theory, telecommunications systems, supersymmetry & graded algebras, quantum chaos, quantum information theory.
Johanna Knapp String theory, algebraic geometry, gauge Theory
Paul Pearce Conformal/quantum field theory, critical phenomena (phase transitions), exact solutions of lattice models, statistical mechanics, mathematical physics, integrable systems.
Thomas Quella Representation theory and applications, conformal field theory, quantum integrable models, topological states of matter, tensor network states, Lie (super) algebras, diagram algebras, quantum groups, quantum many-body physics.
David Ridout Conformal field theory, vertex operator algebras, representation theory, Lie (super) algebras, integrable models.
Volker Schlue Partial differential equations, general relativity, geometric analysis.
Michael Wheeler Algebraic combinatorics, exactly solvable lattice models, stochastic processes, integrable probability, symmetric function theory, combinatorics.
Paul Zinn-Justin Quantum integrable systems, algebraic combinatorics, Schubert calculus.
Research centres
ARC CoE for Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers (ACEMS)
Brings together Australia's best researchers in applied mathematics, statistics, mathematical physics and machine learning.
Mathematical Research Institute MATRIX
MATRIX is an international research institute that runs research programs where world lead researchers in the mathematical sciences, as well as experts from business and industry, can come together.
Research in this area is conducted in the School of Mathematics and Statistics.