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David Smith is a Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Birmingham and Deputy Director of Research and Knowledge Transfer at the Engineering and Physical Sciences Healthcare Technologies Institute. He is renowned for his interdisciplinary research applying mathematical modeling to medicine and biology, particularly in microscale fluid dynamics of fertility, sperm motility, cilia mechanics, and mathematical endocrinology.
Research Interests:
- Microfluid dynamics of fertility and reproduction, especially sperm motility and embryonic nodal cilia
- Mathematical endocrinology, including pharmacokinetics of cortisol and thyroid disease
- Development and application of regularized Stokeslets methods for biological flows
- Bayesian modeling for spectroscopic biomedical diagnostics
- Multiscale modeling in reproductive health and cell motility
His recent publications span computational tools for viscous flow, dinoflagellate swimming, kinetic modeling of biochemical reactions, and Bayesian diagnostics using Raman spectroscopy, reflecting a broad and impactful interdisciplinary portfolio.
Projects & Grants:
- Principal Investigator, EPSRC project on rapid sperm capture using imaging and machine learning (2016–2022)
- Co-Investigator, US Army and UK Ministry of Defence projects on traumatic brain injury biomarkers (2021–2028)
- Alan Turing Institute Turing Fellowship (2019–2020)
- EPSRC and Proctor & Gamble supported parameter estimation projects
Smith chairs the editorial board of Mathematics in Medical and Life Sciences, has organized major conferences on bioactive fluids, and delivered keynote lectures on regularized Stokeslets methods. He currently supervises four PhD students and a postdoctoral fellow, welcoming new doctoral applicants.
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