Vivien Kirk
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Vivien Kirk | |
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.jpg) Vivien Kirk in 1990 | |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Auckland University of Cambridge |
| Doctoral advisor | Nigel Weiss |
| Academic work | |
| Doctoral students | Alona Ben-Tal[1] |
Vivien Kirk is a New Zealand mathematician who studies dynamical systems. She is a professor of mathematics at the University of Auckland, where she also serves as associate pro-vice chancellor graduate research,[2] and was president of the New Zealand Mathematical Society for 2017–2019.[3]
After earning bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Auckland, Kirk went to the University of Cambridge for doctoral studies.[2] She completed her Ph.D. in 1990; her dissertation, Destruction of tori in dissipative flows, was supervised by Nigel Weiss.[4]
She was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Berkeley and at the California Institute of Technology.[2] Kirk's notable students include Alona Ben-Tal.[5]
