Yvonne Marie Stokes is an Australian mathematician whose research involves

fluid mechanics Fluid mechanics is the branch of physics concerned with the mechanics of fluids ( liquids, gases, and plasmas) and the forces on them. It has applications in a wide range of disciplines, including mechanical, aerospace, civil, chemical and bio ...

mathematical biology Mathematical and theoretical biology, or biomathematics, is a branch of biology which employs theoretical analysis, mathematical models and abstractions of the living organisms to investigate the principles that govern the structure, development a ...

, and industrial

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. She is a professor and

Australian Research Council The Australian Research Council (ARC) is the primary non-medical research funding agency of the Australian Government, distributing more than in grants each year. The Council was established by the ''Australian Research Council Act 2001'', ...

Future Fellow at the

University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide (informally Adelaide University) is a public research university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third-oldest university in Australia. The university's main campus is located on N ...

Education and career

Stokes earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics and computer science at

Murdoch University Murdoch University is a public university in Perth, Western Australia, with campuses also in Singapore and Dubai. It began operations as the state's second university on 25 July 1973, and accepted its first undergraduate students in 1975. Its n ...

in 1991, and earned bachelor's honours in applied mathematics from the University of Adelaide in 1994. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of Adelaide in 1998. Her dissertation, ''Very viscous flows driven by gravity with particular application to slumping of molten glass'', was supervised by

Ernie Tuck Professor Ernest Oliver (Ernie) Tuck was an Australian applied mathematician, notable for his sustained work in ship hydrodynamics, and for Tuck's incompressibility function.M.V. Berry and P. Shukla, "Tuck's incompressibility function: statisti ...

. After postdoctoral research at the University of Adelaide, she became a lecturer at the university in 2002. She was given an ARC Future Fellowship in 2017, and was promoted to full professor in 2018.

Activism

Stokes chaired the Women in Mathematical Sciences Special Interest Group of the

Australian Mathematical Society The Australian Mathematical Society (AustMS) was founded in 1956 and is the national society of the mathematics profession in Australia. One of the Society's listed purposes is to promote the cause of mathematics in the community by representing t ...

beginning in 2017. She has also been active in promoting women in

science, technology, engineering, and mathematics Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is an umbrella term used to group together the distinct but related technical disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The term is typically used in the context of ...

, for instance in organising an annual workshop for advanced secondary students.

Recognition

In 2007, Stokes won the JH Michell Medal of

ANZIAM The Australian Mathematical Society (AustMS) was founded in 1956 and is the national society of the mathematics profession in Australia. One of the Society's listed purposes is to promote the cause of mathematics in the community by representing t ...

. In 2018 she won the EO Tuck Medal of ANZIAM, named after her advisor Ernie Tuck.

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