Rate My Professor Yvonne Stokes

Professor Yvonne Stokes is a Professor in the School of Mathematical Sciences within the College of Sciences at The University of Adelaide. She obtained her BSc in Mathematics and Computer Science from Murdoch University in 1991, BSc Honours in Applied Mathematics from The University of Adelaide in 1994, and PhD from The University of Adelaide in 1999 with a thesis on very viscous fluid flows. Prior to her academic career, she worked as a technical draftsperson. At The University of Adelaide, she commenced as an ARC Postdoctoral Fellow from 2000 to 2002, advanced to Lecturer (2002–2005), Senior Lecturer (2005–2014), Associate Professor (2014–2017), and has been Professor since 2018. She also served as an ARC Future Fellow from 2017 to 2021.

Stokes undertakes research in theoretical fluid mechanics, particularly viscous flows involving free and moving boundaries, modelling of optical fibre fabrication, thin-film flow in curved channels and ducts, and mathematical biology encompassing nutrient transport and chemical signalling in tissue. Key publications include 'Drawing of micro-structured fibres: circular and non-circular tubes' (Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2014), 'Coupled fluid and energy flow in fabrication of microstructured optical fibres' (Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2019), 'Effect of inertial lift on a spherical particle suspended in flow through a curved duct' (Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2019), 'Extensional fall of a very viscous fluid drop' (Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2004), and 'Extensional fall of a very viscous fluid drop' (Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics, 2000). Her achievements are honoured with the ARC Postdoctoral Fellowship (2000–2002), ARC Future Fellowship (2017–2021), J.H. Michell Medal (ANZIAM, 2007), E.O. Tuck Medal (ANZIAM, 2018), and 2023 Gavin Brown Prize. Stokes chairs the Women in Mathematics Special Interest Group of the Australian Mathematical Society since 2017, co-chaired it in 2019–2020, represents ANZIAM on the International Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics board since 2020, serves as Officer-at-Large for ICIAM since 2023, and acts as Associate Editor for the ANZIAM Journal since 2019.