Dr Benoit Huard

Assistant Professor

School: Engineering, Physics and Mathematics

I am an Assistant Professor and Programme Leader for the MSc in Mathematics at Northumbria University.

After completing a PhD in mathematical physics at the University of Montreal in 2010, I was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the FQRNT (government of Quebec) to undertake research on the theory of wave interactions in multidimensional systems within the group of Geometry and Mathematical Physics at Loughborough University. I joined Northumbria University as a Research Fellow in November 2012 and study nonlinear dynamics, modelling and applications in biological systems.

I am an ordinary member of the London Mathematical Society and of the European Society of Mathematical Biology, and a fellow of Institute of Mathematics and its Applications.

An important part of our current work concerns the characterisation of periodic cycles in the glucose-insulin regulation and describing pathways to restoring them. In particular, it has been shown that delays implied by biological synthesis processes are essential to generating healthy rhythms which are crucial in the prevention of complications such as diabetes.

I am also interested in entrainment and synchronisation in various biological systems, as well as in statistical methods for parameter inference.

I supervise projects about geometric methods in differential equations and in the mathematical modelling of biological processes.

Campus Address

Ellison Building, Room D208

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Key Publications

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A delay dynamical system’s perspective on the glucose–insulin regulatory response to on–off glucose infusion, Ruschel, S., Huard, B. 22 Jul 2025, In: ANZIAM Journal
Nonlinear Dynamic Stability Analysis of Ground Effect Vehicles in Waves Using Poincaré–Lindstedt Perturbation Method, Masri, J., Dala, L., Huard, B. 25 Nov 2024, In: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Mathematical modelling of glucose dynamics, Huard, B., Kirkham, G. 1 Aug 2022, In: Current Opinion in Endocrine and Metabolic Research
Amplitude and frequency variation in nonlinear glucose dynamics with multiple delays via periodic perturbation, Bridgewater, A., Huard, B., Angelova, M. 1 Jun 2020, In: Journal of Nonlinear Science
A Review of the Analytical Methods used for Seaplanes Performance Prediction, Masri, J., Dala, L., Huard, B. 10 Jun 2019, In: Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology
Deterministic and stochastic models of Arabidopsis Thaliana flowering, Haspolat, E., Huard, B., Angelova, M. 15 Jan 2019, In: Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
Ultradian rhythms in glucose regulation: A mathematical assessment, Bridgewater, A., Stringer, B., Huard, B., Angelova, M. 10 Apr 2019, In: AIP Conference Proceedings
A Review of the Analytical Methods used for Seaplanes Performance Prediction, Masri, J., Dala, L., Huard, B. Oct 2018, 6th Aircraft Structural Design Conference
Mathematical investigation of diabetically impaired ultradian oscillations in the glucose-insulin regulation, Huard, B., Bridgewater, A., Angelova, M. 7 Apr 2017, In: Journal of Theoretical Biology