Professor Martin Wechselberger
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Professor Martin Wechselberger

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9351 3860
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9351 4534
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F07 - Carslaw Building
The University of Sydney
Professor Martin Wechselberger

Martin Wechselberger is a member of the

Research Interests

  • Dynamical systems, ordinary and partial differential equations
  • Geometric singular perturbation theory
  • Dynamics of rhythms and patterns, nonlinear waves and stability
  • Mathematical Physiology
Project titleResearch student
Mathematical and Computational Approaches to Optimising Immunotherapy to Treat CancerGeorgio HAWI
Nonstandard geometric singular perturbation theory methods of model reductions for biochemical reaction networks with multiple time-scalesTimothy LAPUZ

Publications

Books

  • Wechselberger, M. (2020). Geometric Singular Perturbation Theory Beyond the Standard Form. Cham: Springer. [More Information]

Book Chapters

  • Bertram, R., Tabak, J., Teka, W., Vo, T., Wechselberger, M. (2015). Geometric Singular Perturbation Analysis of Bursting Oscillations in Pituitary Cells. In R. Bertram, J. Tabak, W. Teka, T. Vo, M. Wechselberger, V. Kirk, J. Sneyd (Eds.), Mathematical Analysis of Complex Cellular Activity, (pp. 1-52). Cham: Springer. [More Information]
  • Wechselberger, M., Mitry, J., Rinzel, J. (2013). Canard Theory and Excitability. In Peter E Kloeden, Christian Potzsche (Eds.), Nonautonomous Dynamical Systems in the Life Sciences, (pp. 89-132). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. [More Information]

Journals

  • Miller, T., Tam, A., Marangell, R., Wechselberger, M., Bradshaw- Hajek, B. (2025). Shock selection in reaction–diffusion equations with partially negative diffusivity using nonlinear regularisation. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 474, 134561-1-134561-14. [More Information]
  • Bradshaw-Hajek, B., Lizarraga, I., Marangell, R., Wechselberger, M. (2024). A Geometric Singular Perturbation Analysis of Shock Selection Rules in Composite Regularized Reaction-Nonlinear Diffusion Models. SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems, 23(3), 2099-2137. [More Information]
  • Miller, T., Tam, A., Marangell, R., Wechselberger, M., Bradshaw-Hajek, B. (2024). Analytic shock-fronted solutions to a reaction–diffusion equation with negative diffusivity. Studies in Applied Mathematics, 153(Open Access), e12685-1-e12685-23. [More Information]

Conferences

  • Bradshaw-Hajek, B., Lizarraga, I., Marangell, R., Wechselberger, M. (2022). A geometric singular perturbation analysis of regularised reaction-nonlinear diffusion models including shocks. The 47th Sapporo Symposium on Partial Differential Equations, Sapporo: Hokkaido University.
  • Wechselberger, M. (2005). Poincaré maps for relaxation oscillations in R^3 - invariant manifolds, canards and turning points. EQUADIFF 2003, Hackensack, NJ: World Scientific Publishing.

2025

  • Miller, T., Tam, A., Marangell, R., Wechselberger, M., Bradshaw- Hajek, B. (2025). Shock selection in reaction–diffusion equations with partially negative diffusivity using nonlinear regularisation. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 474, 134561-1-134561-14. [More Information]

2024

  • Bradshaw-Hajek, B., Lizarraga, I., Marangell, R., Wechselberger, M. (2024). A Geometric Singular Perturbation Analysis of Shock Selection Rules in Composite Regularized Reaction-Nonlinear Diffusion Models. SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems, 23(3), 2099-2137. [More Information]
  • Miller, T., Tam, A., Marangell, R., Wechselberger, M., Bradshaw-Hajek, B. (2024). Analytic shock-fronted solutions to a reaction–diffusion equation with negative diffusivity. Studies in Applied Mathematics, 153(Open Access), e12685-1-e12685-23. [More Information]
  • Abelson, D., Di Michiel, J., Frater, C., Pearson, M., Russo, R., Wechselberger, M., Cottee, A., Morgan, L. (2024). Mucus clears from the trachea in a helix: a new twist to understanding airway diseases. Thorax, 79(7), 607-614. [More Information]

2022

  • Bradshaw-Hajek, B., Lizarraga, I., Marangell, R., Wechselberger, M. (2022). A geometric singular perturbation analysis of regularised reaction-nonlinear diffusion models including shocks. The 47th Sapporo Symposium on Partial Differential Equations, Sapporo: Hokkaido University.
  • Hester, E., Vasil, G., Wechselberger, M. (2022). On the stability of shocks in isothermal black hole accretion discs. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 512(4), 5771-5781. [More Information]
  • Jelbart, S., Pages, N., Kirk, V., Sneyd, J., Wechselberger, M. (2022). Process-Oriented Geometric Singular Perturbation Theory and Calcium Dynamics. SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems, 21 (Open Access)(2), 982-1029. [More Information]

2021

  • Lizarraga, I., Rink, B., Wechselberger, M. (2021). Multiple timescales and the parametrisation method in geometric singular perturbation theory. Nonlinearity, 34, 4163-4201. [More Information]
  • Li, Y., van Heter, P., Simpson, M., Wechselberger, M. (2021). Shock-fronted travelling waves in a reaction–diffusion model with nonlinear forward–backward–forward diffusion. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 423(Open Access), 132916 - 1-132916 - 14. [More Information]
  • Jelbart, S., Kristiansen, K., Wechselberger, M. (2021). Singularly perturbed boundary-equilibrium bifurcations. Nonlinearity, 34(11), 7371-7414. [More Information]

2020

  • Harley, K., van Heijster, P., Marangell, R., Pettet, G., Roberts, T., Wechselberger, M. (2020). (In)stability of travelling waves in a model of haptotaxis. SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 80(4), 1629-1653. [More Information]
  • Lizarraga, I., Wechselberger, M. (2020). Computational Singular Perturbation Method for Nonstandard Slow-Fast Systems. SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems, 19(2), 994-1028. [More Information]
  • Wechselberger, M. (2020). Geometric Singular Perturbation Theory Beyond the Standard Form. Cham: Springer. [More Information]

2017

  • Mitry, J., Wechselberger, M. (2017). Folded Saddles and Faux Canards. SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems, 16(1), 546-596. [More Information]
  • Carter, P., Knobloch, E., Wechselberger, M. (2017). Transonic canards and stellar wind. Nonlinearity, 30(3), 1006-1033. [More Information]

2016

  • Boie, S., Kirk, V., Sneyd, J., Wechselberger, M. (2016). Effects of quasi-steady state reduction on biophysical models with oscillations. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 393, 16-31. [More Information]
  • Hayes, M., Kaper, T., Szmolyan, P., Wechselberger, M. (2016). Geometric desingularization of degenerate singularities in the presence of fast rotation: A new proof of known results for slow passage through Hopf bifurcations. Indagationes Mathematicae, 27(5), 1184-1203. [More Information]

2015

  • Roberts, K., Rubin, J., Wechselberger, M. (2015). Averaging, foIded singularities and torus canards: explaining transitions between bursting and spiking in a coupled neuron model. SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems, 14(4), 1808-1844. [More Information]
  • Vo, T., Wechselberger, M. (2015). Canards of folded saddle-node type I. SIAM Journal On Mathematical Analysis, 47(4), 3235-3283. [More Information]
  • Bertram, R., Tabak, J., Teka, W., Vo, T., Wechselberger, M. (2015). Geometric Singular Perturbation Analysis of Bursting Oscillations in Pituitary Cells. In R. Bertram, J. Tabak, W. Teka, T. Vo, M. Wechselberger, V. Kirk, J. Sneyd (Eds.), Mathematical Analysis of Complex Cellular Activity, (pp. 1-52). Cham: Springer. [More Information]

2014

  • Vo, T., Tabak, J., Bertram, R., Wechselberger, M. (2014). A geometric understanding of how fast activating potassium channels promote bursting in pituitary cells. Journal of Computational Neuroscience, 36(2), 259-278. [More Information]
  • Harley, K., van Heijster, P., Marangell, R., Pettet, G., Wechselberger, M. (2014). Existence of Traveling Wave Solutions for a Model of Tumor Invasion. SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems, 13(1), 366-396. [More Information]
  • Harley, K., van Heijster, P., Marangell, R., Pettet, G., Wechselberger, M. (2014). Novel solutions for a model of wound healing angiogenesis. Nonlinearity, 27(12), 2975-3003. [More Information]

2013

  • Wechselberger, M., Mitry, J., Rinzel, J. (2013). Canard Theory and Excitability. In Peter E Kloeden, Christian Potzsche (Eds.), Nonautonomous Dynamical Systems in the Life Sciences, (pp. 89-132). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. [More Information]
  • Vo, T., Tabak, J., Bertram, R., Wechselberger, M. (2013). Canard- and Hopf-induced bursting in pituitary cells. Gazette of the Australian Mathematical Society, 40(3), 199-201.
  • Mitry, J., McCarthy, M., Kopell, N., Wechselberger, M. (2013). Excitable Neurons, Firing Threshold Manifolds and Canards. Journal of Mathematical Neuroscience, 3(12), 1-32. [More Information]

2012

  • Wechselberger, M. (2012). A Propos de Canards. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, 364(6), 3289-3309. [More Information]
  • Vo, T., Bertram, R., Wechselberger, M. (2012). Bifurcations of canard-induced mixed mode oscillations in a pituitary Lactotroph model. Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series A, 32(8), 2879-2912. [More Information]
  • Desroches, M., Guckenheimer, J., Krauskopf, B., Kuehn, C., Osinga, H., Wechselberger, M. (2012). Mixed-Mode Oscillations with Multiple Time Scales. SIAM Review, 54(2), 211-288. [More Information]

2011

  • Zhang, W., Kirk, V., Sneyd, J., Wechselberger, M. (2011). Changes in the criticality of Hopf bifurcations due to certain model reduction techniques in systems with multiple timescales. Journal of Mathematical Neuroscience, 1(9), 1-22. [More Information]
  • Harvey, E., Kirk, V., Wechselberger, M., Sneyd, J. (2011). Multiple Timescales, Mixed Mode Oscillations and Canards in Models of Intracellular Calcium Dynamics. Journal of Nonlinear Science, 21, 639-683. [More Information]
  • Teka, W., Tabak, J., Vo, T., Wechselberger, M., Bertram, R. (2011). The dynamics underlying pseudo-plateau bursting in a pituitary cell model. Journal of Mathematical Neuroscience, 1(12), 1-23. [More Information]

2010

  • Wechselberger, M., Pettet, G. (2010). Folds, canards and shocks in advection-reaction-diffusion models. Nonlinearity, 23, 1949-1969. [More Information]
  • Krupa, M., Wechselberger, M. (2010). Local analysis near a folded saddle-node singularity. Journal of Differential Equations, 248(12), 2841-2888. [More Information]
  • Vo, T., Bertram, R., Tabak, J., Wechselberger, M. (2010). Mixed mode oscillations as a mechanism for pseudo-plateau bursting. Journal of Computational Neuroscience, 28(3), 443-458. [More Information]

2009

  • Wechselberger, M., Weckesser, W. (2009). Bifurcations of mixed-mode oscillations in a stellate cell model. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 238(16), 1598-1614. [More Information]
  • Ermentrout, B., Wechselberger, M. (2009). Canards, Clusters, and Synchronization in a Weakley Coupled Interneuron Model. SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems, 8(1), 253-278. [More Information]
  • Wechselberger, M., Weckesser, W. (2009). Homoclinic clusters and chaos associated with a folded node in a stellate cell model. Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series S, 2(4), 829-850. [More Information]

2008

  • Rostein, H., Wechselberger, M., Kopell, N. (2008). Canard induced mixed-mode oscillations in a medial entorhinal cortex layer II Stellate cell model. SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems, 7(4), 1582-1611. [More Information]
  • Beck, M., Jones, C., Schaeffer, D., Wechselberger, M. (2008). Electrical Waves in a One-Dimensional Model of Cardiac Tissue. SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems, 7(4), 1558-1581. [More Information]
  • Rubin, J., Wechselberger, M. (2008). The selection of mixed-mode oscillations in a Hodgkin-Huxley model with multiple timescales. Chaos, 18(1), 015105-1-015105-12. [More Information]

2007

  • Wechselberger, M. (2007). Canards. Scholarpedia, 2(4), 1356-1-1356-7.
  • Rubin, J., Wechselberger, M. (2007). Giant Squid - Hidden Canard: the 3D Geometry of the Hodgkin Huxley Model. Biological Cybernetics, 97(1), 5-32. [More Information]

2006

  • Guckenheimer, J., Wechselberger, M., Young, L. (2006). Chaotic attractors of relaxation oscillators. Nonlinearity, 19(3), 701-720. [More Information]
  • Wechselberger, M., Wright, C., Bishop, G., Boulant, J. (2006). Ionic channels and conductance-based models for hypothalamic neuronal thermosensitivity. American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 291(3), R518-R529. [More Information]
  • Brons, M., Krupa, M., Wechselberger, M. (2006). Mixed mode oscillations due to the generalized canard phenomenon. Fields Institute Communications, 49, 39-63.

2005

  • Wechselberger, M. (2005). Existence and bifurcation of canards in R^3 in the case of a folded node. SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems, 4(1), 101-139. [More Information]
  • Wechselberger, M. (2005). Poincaré maps for relaxation oscillations in R^3 - invariant manifolds, canards and turning points. EQUADIFF 2003, Hackensack, NJ: World Scientific Publishing.
  • Best, J., Borisyuk, A., Rubin, J., Terman, D., Wechselberger, M. (2005). The dynamic range of bursting in a model respiratory pacemaker network. SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems, 4(4), 1107-1139. [More Information]

2004

  • Szmolyan, P., Wechselberger, M. (2004). Relaxation oscillations in R^3. Journal of Differential Equations, 200(1), 69-104. [More Information]

2002

  • Wechselberger, M. (2002). Extending Melnikov theory to invariant manifolds on non-compact domains. Dynamical Systems-An International Journal, 17(3), 215-233.

2001

  • Szmolyan, P., Wechselberger, M. (2001). Canards in R^3. Journal of Differential Equations, 177(2), 419-453.

Selected Grants

2022

  • A coordinate-independent theory for multi-time-scale dynamical systems, Wechselberger M, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)

2020

  • A Novel Geometric Approach to Shocks in Reaction-Nonlinear Diffusion Models, Wechselberger M, Marangell R, Hajek B, van Heijster P, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)