Queen Mary University of London Paul Glendinning is a Beyer Professor of Applied Mathematics, in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Manchester who is known for his work on dynamical systems, specifically models of the time-evolution of complex mathematical or physical processes.
[1][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] He gained his PhD from King's College, Cambridge in 1985 with a thesis entitled Homoclinic Bifurcations under the supervision of Nigel Weiss.
In 1987 he moved to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge as Director of Studies in Applied Mathematics.
His term of office as head of school expired in August 2008.
He was Scientific Director of the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences in Edinburgh from 2016 to 2021.