Raphael Assier

Raphael Assier is a Reader in Applied Mathematics at the University of Manchester, Department of Mathematics. His research focuses on canonical scattering problems, mathematical diffraction theory, and complex analysis applications. He holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge and has held positions at Imperial College London before joining Manchester in 2013. His work bridges pure mathematics and industrial applications, including acoustic and electromagnetic wave scattering, combustion instabilities, and elastic wave dynamics.

Education: Graduated from Ecole Centrale de Lyon, completed MAST (Part III) at Cambridge, and earned a PhD in Applied Mathematics from Cambridge under Nigel Peake. Research areas include wave diffraction by quarter-planes, functions of several complex variables, and homogenization techniques for periodic media.

Research Groups: Mathematics of Waves and Materials, Continuum Mechanics (Fluid/Solid Dynamics), and Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Collaborations span global institutions, with recent work on wedge diffraction, Floquet-Bloch transforms, and high-frequency homogenization.