Assoc ProfessorMiguel Bustamante
Associate Professor
School of Mathematics and Statistics
- Associate ProfessorSchool of Mathematics and Statistics
- 01 716 2236
- University College Dublin, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Science Centre - North Belfield Dublin 4
BIO
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Thank you for attending the 2nd European Fluid Dynamics Conference.
This was hosted in University College Dublin, Ireland, during the dates 26-29 August 2025.
It ran under the aegis of EUROMECH, the European Mechanics Society.
Here is the EFDC2 conference website: www.ucd.ie/efdc2
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I am an applied mathematician with a PhD in Physics. The bulk of my work is theoretical and numerical, but I always look for experimental applications of my results.
My research interests can be put in 2 categories:
- Turbulence, extreme events and finite-time singularities in fluids and general nonlinear systems.
- Nonlinear energy-transfer mechanisms in wave systems such as precession resonance and dynamical systems approach.
I have applied my work successfully to many real-life systems, including:
- Free-surface water waves driven by gravity.
- Drift waves in plasmas and planetary Rossby waves in the atmosphere and oceans.
- Ideal inviscid fluids, classical fluids and magneto-hydrodynamics.
- Quantum superfluids.
More recently I have collaborated in Industrial Mathematics and Mathematical Biology, in the context of European Study Groups with Industry.
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN APPOINTMENTS
- Head of Research and InnovationUniversity College Dublin, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Dublin, Ireland2013 - 2014
- Elected Member of the Academic CouncilUniversity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland1 Nov 2016 - 31 Oct 2018
- Head of Subject (Applied and Computational Mathematics)University College Dublin, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Dublin, IrelandJul 2018 - Jun 2021
- Head of Exams (Applied and Computational Mathematics)University College Dublin, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Ireland1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2024
- Head of Exams (Applied and Computational Mathematics)University College Dublin, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Ireland1 Jul 2025 - 31 Dec 2026
- EDI Committee MemberUniversity College Dublin, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Dublin, Ireland1 Mar 2022 - 1 Mar 2024
- Stage Transfer Assessment Panel MemberUniversity College Dublin, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Dublin, Ireland1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2026
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Research FellowUniversity of Warwick1 Sep 2006 - 31 Dec 2008
- Research FellowEcole Normale Superieure1 Sep 2004 - 31 Aug 2006
- Lecturer in Applied and Computational MathematicsUniversity College Dublin, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Dublin, Ireland1 Jan 2009 - 31 Dec 2013
DEGREES
- BScUniversidad de Chile
- Certificate of CPD, Cert of CPD Univ Teaching & LearningUniversity College Dublin
- PhDUniversidad de Chile
- PhD Qualifying Exam, PhD Qualifying ExamUniversidad de Chile
LANGUAGES
- EnglishCan read, write, speak and understand
- FrenchCan read, write, speak and understand
- Spanish; CastilianCan read, write, speak and understand