Kieran Sharkey

Kieran Sharkey

Kieran Sharkey is a Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Liverpool. He specialises in networks and complex systems and works on applications in epidemiology and evolution

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Beating bird flu with maths

With bird flu spreading through cattle herds in the US and infecting humans, the diseases poses a severe threat to wild life, poultry and also people. What can mathematical modelling do to help?