Adelle Coster

Professor Adelle Coster is an applied mathematician at the University of New South Wales, affiliated with the School of Mathematics & Statistics. Her interdisciplinary research employs dynamical systems analyses, stochastic modelling, and queueing theory to address biological and biomedical challenges, ranging from cellular glucose transport to archaeological starch analysis.

• PhD (1998), University of New South Wales
• BSc (1991) First Class Honours, University Medal, University of New South Wales

Her research spans mathematical biology, focusing on:

• Quantitative analysis of insulin signalling networks in glucose transport
• Dynamical systems theory for excitable cell behaviour (e.g., cardiac pacemaker cells)
• Geometric morphometrics and machine learning for archaeological starch identification
• Stochastic models of actin-tropomyosin interactions in cytoskeletal dynamics

Recent publications highlight her expertise in interdisciplinary mathematical models, particularly in:

• Insulin resistance mechanisms
• Paleoenvironmental reconstructions
• Biological network synchronization
• Hypergraph applications in quantitative biology

She has secured major ARC Centre of Excellence funding (2023-2029) as Deputy Director for Research, alongside multiple Discovery Projects for cellular transport models. Collaborations include experimentalists at the Garvan Institute, University of Sydney, and Technical University of Eindhoven.