James Stirling's CV

Personal Details

Date of Birth :- 22nd August 1973

Address :- Linares 8, Portal C, Bajo D, Cercedilla, 28470, Madrid, Spain.

Nationality :- British

Marital status :-Married

Email :- j.r.stirling@mailcity.com

Web :- http://www.oocities.org/jamesrstirling/

Background

My area of research is in the application of tools from nonlinear dynamics to modelling and analysis in high performance sport. I have also worked on chaotic advection in environmental fluid flows (pollution problems etc.) and chaos in both nonlinear optics (ie. on chaotic behavior in what are known as chi(2) materials) and in breathers (ie. chaotic breathers in damped driven DNLS).

The research in exercise physiology is done in collaboration with Prof. Bengt Saltin at the Copenhagen Muscle Research Center, Prof. Veronique Billat at the University of Evry Val d??�Essonne and Dr. Maria Zakynthinaki at the Departament de Matematiques, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. The aim of the research is to model and analyze an athlete's physiological response (such as their oxygen uptake and heart rate kinetics) to varying exercise intensities. I have recently been invited to write a review article on modelling oxygen uptake kinetics for the Journal of Applied Physiology. Other interests in exercise physiology include modelling and analyzing the response to different forms of interval training, with a view to developing highly optimized and individualized training methods to improve performance. I am also interested in the effect of altitude on performance and the question of how to improve performance at altitude. With Dr. Maria Zakynthinaki I have analyzed and modelled a variety of biomechanical problems, including work on sporting technique related to balance and fatigue induced tremor in both gymnasts and martial artists. This work also uses animation tools as an aid to further understanding the biomechanical processes. Other interests in biomechanics include falling and methods used in martial arts to fall safely. In all of the above areas of research I aim to apply the findings to high performance training methodology, the testing of athletes and the improvement of sporting technique. I also have a wide practical experience in the design of experiments and the collecting, editing and interpretation of experimental data. My research has been published in major international peer reviewed journals as well as lecture notes and numerous conference proceedings. I also have experience as a reviewer for a number of major international journals and conference proceedings.

I am a UK athletics qualified coach with specialization in endurance and I currently coach (see www.need-4-speed.eu for more details) a variety of competitive athletes in Spain, Greece and Denmark. I am a personal trainer to Dr. Steffen Kjaer Johansen, who is first reserve (one of the final 4 out of 266) for the Danish position in the European Space Agency's astronaut corps. I also work as a sport science consultant (with Dr. Maria Zakynthinaki) to Longfield School, Darlington, Co. Durham, UK, which obtained Sports College status in September 2004.

I have taught at both postgraduate and undergraduate level. Areas include mathematics for engineers (including statistical methods of analysis, methods of time series analysis and modelling, techniques of experimental data treatment etc.) and numerical methods of data analysis and programming, as well as applications of mathematical modelling and analysis to problems in biomechanics, exercise physiology and fluid mechanics. A wide variety of computing, programming, experimental data analysis and modelling tools are used in my research, along with various software packages (including graphics and audio visual presentation packages). I also have a wide experience in web design.

Academic Record

1995 - 99 July :- Loughborough University, Department of Mathematical Sciences. Ph.D in applied mathematics (entitled ``Dynamical system models of patchiness in an estuarine flow''). Supervisors: Professor Ronald Smith, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Loughborough University. Dr Cecil Scott, Department of Civil Engineering, Loughborough University.

1991 - 95 :- Loughborough University. Department of Civil Engineering. B.Sc. (Hons) Civil Engineering, and D.I.S. (Diploma in Industrial Studies).

Academic Positions and Visits

01/02/2005 - 30/06/2006 :- Departament de Matematiques, Edifici C, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Postdoctoral researcher, with Professor Lluis Alseda and Dr. Maria Zakynthinaki. Working on the use of nonlinear dynamics for modelling in sport, in particular exercise physiology and biomechanics.

26/07/2005 - 02/08/2005:- Laboratoire d??�Etude de la Physiologie de l??�Exercice, Department of Sciences and Technology in Sports and Physical Activities, University of Evry Val d??�Essonne, Evry, France. Visiting researcher invited by Professor Veronique Billat.

03/12/2003 - 12/12/2006 :- Academy of Physical Education, Warsaw. Visiting Professor invited by Prof. Gajewski. Lecturing on mathematical modelling in sport, in particular nonlinear dynamics in exercise physiology and biomechanics.

01/01/2003 - 31/05/2003 :- Centre de Recerca Matemàtica, Institut d'Estudis Catalans. Visiting Professor invited by Prof. Manuel Castellet. Working on mathematical modelling in sport, in particular nonlinear dynamics in exercise physiology and biomechanics.

01/07/2001 - 31/12/2002 :- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Departament de Matemàtica Aplicada I. Visiting professor, with Professor Amadeu Delshams. Working on the use of nonlinear dynamics for modelling in sport, in particular exercise physiology and biomechanics.

21/05/2001 - 30/05/2001 :- Dept Physics, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain. Visiting Professor, invited by by Profs Floria and Mazo. Lecturing on chaotic breathers and chaos advection and turbulence in fluid flows.

05/05/2001 - 20/05/2001 :- Technical University of Denmark, Institute of Mathematical Modelling, Copenhagen, Denmark. Visiting Professor, invited by by Prof. Peter Leth Christiansen and Dr. Ole Bang. Working on geometry and chaos in nonlinear optics.

22/09/2000 - 29/09/2000 :- Weizmann Institute, Dept. Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Israel. Visiting Professor, invited by Prof. Vered Rom-Kedar. Lecturing on patchiness of pollution, chaotic advection and turbulence in environmental fluid flows.

23/08/2000 - 30/08/2000 :- Instituto Pluridisciplinar, Madrid, Spain. Visiting Professor, invited by Prof. Manuel Velarde. Lecturing on chaotic breathers and chaos advection and turbulence in fluid flows.

01/10/2000 - 30/06/2001 :- University of Crete, Department of Physics. Postdoctoral scholar, with Professor Giorgos Tsironis. Working on chaotic breathers in a discrete nonlinear Schroedinger lattice.

01/04/2000 - 30/09/2000 :- Institute of Electron Structure and Laser, FORTH. Postdoctoral scholar, with Professor Giorgos Tsironis. Working on chaotic breathers in a discrete nonlinear Schroedinger lattice.

01/11/1999 - 31/03/2000 :- Technical University of Denmark, Insitute of Mathematical Modelling. Postdoctoral scholar, with Professor Peter Leth Christiansen. Working on geometry and chaos in nonlinear optics with Dr Ole Bang and Professor Peter Leth Christiansen.

01/10/1998 - 31/12/1998 :- California Institute of Technology, Department of Control Dynamical Systems. Postdoctoral scholar, with Professor Stephen Wiggins. Working on chaotic advection and transport in 3 and 3+1 D oceanographic (Atlantic) flows.

Work Experience

17/05/2004 - present :- Sport science consultant to Longfield School, Darlington, Co. Durham, UK, which will obtain Sports College status in September 2004.

2006 :- Reviewer for Physics Letters A.

2006 :- Professional athletics coach, www.need-4-speed.eu.

2004 :- Reviewer for Gait and Posture.

2003 :- Teacher, 4th Year undergraduate course in Applied Biomechanics, in the Department of Anatomy and Biomechanics, Academy of Physical Education, Warsaw, December 10th, 2003.

2003 :- Reviewer for Journal of Physical Oceanography.

2002-03 :- On the scientific committee and organized along with other collaborators the section on ??�Mathematical Modelling in Exercise Physiology??�, for the "Complex Systems and Computer Science in Sport Conference", Barcelona May 14-17, 2003.

2001 November - 2002 May :- Presented a weekly seminar series on "Nonlinear dynamics in sport" at Departament de Matemàtica Aplicada I Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain.

1999 :- Teacher, Graduate School in Nonlinear Science, "Nonlinear Waves, Coherent Structures and Stochastic Dynamics" PhD course, Institute of Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark.

1995 - 98 :- Teacher for many undergraduate mathematics courses. Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, Loughborough University.

1994 :- Engineer (D.I.S.), Coastal Structures department, Hydraulics Research Wallingford.

1994 :- Engineer (D.I.S.) Wilmot Dixon.

Conferences attended and presented at (* indicates as an invited speaker)

1. Attended the New Connections between Mathematics and Computer Science workshop, Newton Institute Cambridge, November 1995.
2. Attended the Nonlinear spring school, Bristol, spring 1996.
3. Attended the Nato-summer school on Mixing, Chaos and Turbulence, Corsica, summer 1996.
4. Presented "On the Nonlinear Dynamics of Turbulence" at the nonlinear spring school, Loughborough, spring 1997.
5. Presented "On the Nonlinear Dynamics of Turbulence: Chaotic advection, pattern formation, and transport in 3D turbulent flows" at NEEDS 97, Crete, June 18-28th 1997.
6. Presented "Transport and pattern formation in 3d volume preserving maps and their invariant subspaces" at the Global analysis 30 years later conference, Cincinnati, March 25-28th, 1998.
7. Presented "On the patchiness of pollution in a turbulent estuarine flow" at the Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics meeting of the European geophysical Society General Assembly in Nice, April 1998.
8. Presented "Transport and pattern formation in a 3d volume preserving map of a turbulent flow" at the Dynamical Days conference, Edinburgh, June 27- July 1st, 1998.
9. Presented "Nonlinear dynamics, patchiness and pollution in an estuarine flow" at the Workshop on Atmospheres and Oceans part of the Warwick symposium on Computation and Mathematics, Warwick, September 21st- 25th, 1998.
10. Presented "Transport and pattern formation in a 3d volume preserving map of a turbulent flow" at the Solitons, collapses and turbulence: Achievements, developments and Perspectives , (a conference in honor of Zakharov's 60th birthday), Landau Institute for theoretical physics, Chernogolovka, Russia, August 3-10th, 1999.
11. * Presented "Painting pictures of turbulence: Transport and bifurcation in a non-area preserving map of an estuarine flow" at the Dept. Applied Mathematics, University of Leeds, October 18th, 1999, (invited by Prof. Sasha Mikhailov).
12. * Presented "Painting pictures of turbulence I: Chaotic advection and transport in a Hamiltonian map" and "Painting pictures of turbulence II: Chaotic advection and transport in a non-area preserving map" as an invited teacher at the Danish Ph.D school in Nonlinear Science, " Nonlinear Waves, coherent structures and stochastic Dynamics" course, held at the Institute for Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark, November 12th, 1999, (invited by Prof. Peter Leth Christiansen).
13. Presented "On the dynamics and patchiness of pollution in a turbulent estuarine flow" at Nonlinear Science Festival II, Riso National Laboratory, Roskilde, Denmark, December 1st-4th, 1999. (Won the prize for the best poster.)
14. * Presented "Painting pictures of turbulence: Chaotic advection and transport in an estuarine flow" at Riso National Laboratory, Roskilde, Denmark, January 12th, 2000. (invited by Prof. Jens Juul Rasmussen)
15. Presented "An introduction to nonlinear dynamics and chaos in optics and environmental fluid flows" at the Department of Physics, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, March 16th, 2000.
16. Presented "Geometry and dynamics in the phase space of a DNLS lattice, with application to periodic, quasi-periodic and chaotic breathers" at the Department of Physics, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, May 18th, 2000.
17. Presented "Chaotic advection and transport in an estuarine flow" at the Wave propagation and electronic structure in disordered systems, conference, (FORTH), Heraklion, Crete, June 15-17th, 2000.
18. Presented "Chaotic advection and transport in an estuarine flow" at the Workshop on open problems in dynamical systems,(a satellite meeting of the XIII international congress on mathematical physics) Edinburgh, 10-14th July, 2000.
19. Presented "Chaotic advection and transport in an estuarine flow" at the Nonlinear dynamics chaos and complexity conference, Chania, Crete, 17-28th July, 2000.
20. * Presented "Chaotic advection and transport in an estuarine flow" and "Chaotic breathers in a DNLS lattice" at the Instituto Pluridisciplinar, Madrid, 23-30 Aug., 2000. (Invited by Prof. Manuel Velarde)
21. Presented "Chaotic advection and transport in a non-area preserving map, with applications to the dynamics of pollution in an estuarine flow" at the Geometry and Topology of fluid flows workshop, Newton Institute, Cambridge, UK, 11-22 Sept., 2000.
22. * Presented "Chaotic advection and transport in a non-area preserving map, with applications to the dynamics of pollution in an estuarine flow" at the Weizmann Insitute, Dept. Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, 22-29 Sept., 2000, (Invited by Prof. Vered Rom-Kedar).
23. Institute for Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark, May, 2001, (invited by Prof. Peter Leth Christiansen and Ole Bang).
24. * Presented "Chaotic breathers in a damped driven DNLS lattice" and "Chaotic advection and transport in a non-area preserving map, with applications to the dynamics of pollution in an estuarine flow", Dept Physics, University of Zaragoza, Spain, May, 2001, (Invited by profs Floria and Mazo).
25. Presented "On the dynamics and patchiness of pollution in a turbulent estuarine flow" at Nonlinear Science Festival III, IMM, DTU, Denmark, July 10th-18th, 2001.
26. * Presented "Painting pictures of turbulence: Chaotic advection, transport and bifurcation in an estuarine flow" in the Seminari de sistemes dinamics UB-UPC, Facultat de Matematiques, Universitat de Barcelona, September 19th 2001. (Invited by Prof. Carles Simo).
27. Attended the 11th European Congress on Sports Medicine at University of Oviedo, Spain, 14-17th November.
28. Presented a weekly seminar series on "Nonlinear dynamics in sport" at Departament de Matemàtica Aplicada I Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain, from November 2001 to May 2002.
29. * Presented "Chaotic advection, transport and bifurcation in a Hamiltonian model of pollution dynamics in an estuarine flow" in the Seminari de sistemes dinamics UB-UPC, Facultat de Matematiques, Universitat de Barcelona, November 28th 2001. (Invited by Prof. Carles Simo).
30. * Presented with Maria Zakynthinaki and Carlota Torrents, "Modelling nonlinear phenomena in sport" (talk given by JRS and CT)" and "Stability in sport (talk given by MZ)" at Centre de Recerca Matematica, Barcelona, 25th February, 2002. (Invited by Prof. Lluis Alseda).
31. Presented with Maria Zakynthinaki and Carlota Torrents, "Stability in sport (talk given by JRS)", "The 1 arm push up (talk given by MZ)" and "On the use of dynamical systems to improve training methods in sport (poster given by CT)," at Nolineal 2002, Cuenca, Spain, 5 - 8 June 2002.
32. Presented with Maria Zakynthinaki and Carlota Torrents, "Stability in sport (poster given by JRS)", "On the nonlinear dynamics of muscular failure (talk given by MZ)" and "On the use of dynamical systems to improve training methods in sport (poster given by CT)," at 7th European College of Sport Science, Athens, 24 -28 July 2002.
33. * Invited speaker on "Mathematical modelling in sport," in the Seminari de sistemes dinamics UB-UPC, Facultat de Matematiques, Universitat de Barcelona, Febuary 26th, 2003. (Invited by Prof. Carles Simo).
34. * Invited speaker on "Mathematical modelling in sport," at the Cicle Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer March 13th 2003, l' Auditori de la Caixa de Sabadell, Sabadell (invited by Prof Manuel Castellet).
35. * Invited speaker, on "Mathematical modelling in exercise physiology," with Maria Zakynthinaki and Bengt Saltin and "Mathematical modeling in biomechanics, (talk given by MZ)" with Maria Zakynthinaki at COM & COM, Barcelona May 14-17, 2003.
36. Presented with Maria Zakynthinaki and Bengt Saltin, "A new model of Oxygen uptake kinetics," and with Maria Zakynthinaki "A study on the anticipation and detection of muscular failure: analysis of the FFT of the ground reaction force time series during repetitions of one-arm push-ups, (talk given by MZ)" at the 8th European College of Sport Science Congress Salzburg, 9-12th July 2003.
37. Presented with Maria Zakynthinaki and Bengt Saltin, "A new model of V' O2 Kinetics: Including a means of calculating oxygen demand, deficit and debt" and with Maria Zakynthinaki "Analysis of the FFT of Kinematic time series data as a means for the anticipation of impeding failure, (talk given by MZ)" at the VIIth IOC Olympic World Congress on Sport Sciences, Athens, 7-11 October 2003 .
38. * Invited speaker presented with Maria Zakynthinaki "A model of stability and balance" and "Prediction of impeding muscular failure via frequency analysis, (talk given by MZ)," in the international seminar on Mechanical Loads of the Human Motor System Injury Prevention held at the Academy of Physical Education, Warsaw, December 5-6th, 2003. (Invited by Prof. Jan Gajewski)
39. * Invited speaker presented with Maria Zakynthinaki "A new model of oxygen uptake kinetics" and "Analysis of biomechanical and physiological signals, including optimization techniques, (talk given by MZ)" in the weekly seminars of the Department of Biometrics, Academy of Physical Education, Warsaw, December 8th, 2003. (Invited by Prof. Jan Gajewski)
40. * Invited speaker presented with Maria Zakynthinaki "Computer Animation of Human Movement, (talk given by MZ)" in the Biophysics Course of the Department of Anatomy and Biomechanics, Academy of Physical Education, Warsaw, December 9th, 2003. (Invited by Prof. Jan Gajewski)
41. * Invited speaker presented with Maria Zakynthinaki "The Biomechanics of running: Alternatives" to the 4th Year undergraduate course in Applied Biomechanics, in the Department of Anatomy and Biomechanics, Academy of Physical Education, Warsaw, December 10th, 2003. (Invited by Prof. Jan Gajewski)
42. * Invited speaker presented with Maria Zakynthinaki "Mathematical models in exercise physiology" and "Computer Animation in Sport, (talk given by MZ)" in the weekly seminars of the Department of Track and Field, Academy of Physical Education, Warsaw, December 11th, 2003. (Invited by Prof. Jan Gajewski)
43. * Invited speaker presented with Maria Zakynthinaki "Fundamentals of Modelling, (talk given by MZ)" in the Statistics and Informatics Course of the Department of Anatomy and Biomechanics, Academy of Physical Education, Warsaw, December 12th, 2003. (Invited by Prof. Jan Gajewski)
44. * Invited speaker presented with Maria Zakynthinaki "Using a set of coupled non-linear ODEs to model balance in humans, (talk given by JRS)" at the Applied and Numerical Analysis Seminar, in the Dept. Applied Mathematics, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece, 29th April 2004. (Invited by Prof. Ch. Makridakis)
45. * Invited speaker presented with Maria Zakynthinaki "Frequency analysis of tremor in a fatigue-induced physiological non-linear time series: with applications to strength training, (talk given by MZ)" at the Applied and Numerical Analysis Seminar, in the Dept. Applied Mathematics, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece, 06 May 2004. (Invited by Prof. Ch. Makridakis)
46. Presented with Maria Zakynthinaki and Bengt Saltin, "A new and novel means of calculating oxygen demand, deficit and debt using tools from dynamical systems and a model of the oxygen uptake kinetics, (talk given JRS)" and with Maria Zakynthinaki "A new model of stability and balance with applications to training and the prevention of injuries, (poster given by MZ)" at the 9th European College of Sport Science Congress, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 3-6 July 2004.
47. Attended the Modelling Large-Scale Dynamics of the Visual Cortex, Centre de Recerca Matematica, Bellaterra, Spain, 7 - 11 March 2005.
48. Attended the Matematicas y analisis de misiones espaciales, Jornadas cientificas de la RSME, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 7 June 2005.
49. Attended the IV Jornades dintroduccio als sistemes dinamics (IV Days of introduction to dynamical systems)Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, 27 June - 1 July 2005.
50. Presented with Maria Zakynthinaki and Bengt Saltin, "Modeling V'O2(t) kinetcs as a nonlinear dynamical system: including a novel means of calculating oxygen demand, deficit and debt, (talk given JRS)" and with Maria Zakynthinaki "Application of dynamical systems to the improvement of balance in sport,(talk given by MZ)" at the 10th European College of Sport Science Congress, Belgrade, Serbia, 13-16 July 2005.
51. * Invited speaker presented with Maria Zakynthinaki "Stability and the maintenance of balance following a perturbation from quiet stance, (talk given JRS)" Weekly seminars, Dynamical systems research group, Dept. Mathematics, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 21 November 2005. (Invited by Prof. Armengol Gasull)
52. Presented with Maria Zakynthinaki, "Obtaining the basic response pattern of physiological time series data using Fourier low-pass filtering (Poster)" at the 11th European College of Sport Science Congress, Lausanne, Switzerland, 05-08 July 2006.
53. Presenting a weekly seminar on "noninear dynamics and time series analysis with application to sport". Facultad de Ciencias de la Actividad F?sica y del Deporte, Universidad Polit?cnica de Madrid, January 2007-date.
54. * Invited lecturer on "Applications of chaos theory", masters course on Methods of mathematical modelling and analysis, of the Master Matematics Avancada. Dept. Mathematics, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 22 March 2007. (Invited by Dr. Maria Zakynthinaki)
55. Presented with Maria Zakynthinaki "Modelling the heart rate kinetics in response to exercise as a dynamical system" (talk given by JRS) at Nolineal, Ciudad Real, Spain, 6-9 Junio de 2007.
56. Presented with Maria Zakynthinaki "Fitting a dynamical systems model of the kinetics of physiological variables to experimental data. Application of a stochastic optimization routine" (talk given by MZ) at Nolineal, Ciudad Real, Spain, 6-9 Junio de 2007.
57. Presented with Maria Zakynthinaki "Using stochastic optimization to fit nonlinear models to raw physiological data" (talk given by M.S. Zakynthinaki) Needs, L'Ametlla de Mar, Catalunya, Spain 15 - 24 June 2007.
58. Presented with Maria Zakynthinaki "Nonlinear models of _V O2 and heart rate" (talk given by J.R.Stirling) Needs, L'Ametlla de Mar, Catalunya, Spain 15 - 24 June 2007.
59. Presented with Maria Zakynthinaki "Using nonlinear dynamics to analyze balance and technique in gymnastics: application to handstands" (Poster)11th European College of Sport Science Congress, Jyväskylä, Finland, 11 - 14 July 2007.
60. Presented with Maria Zakynthinaki "Nonlinear analysis of the physiology and biomechanics of kicking in Thai boxing" (talk given by J.R.Stirling) 11th European College of Sport Science Congress, Jyväskylä, Finland, 11 - 14 July 2007.
61. Attended the V Congreso Internacional de Preparacion Fisica en Baloncesto de Alto Nivel, Facultad de Ciencias de la Educacion Fisica y del Deporte-INEF, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 06 September 2007.
62. Attended the XIV Jornardas Technicas La Escuela Nacional de Entrenadores, Facultad de Ciencias de la Educaciion Fisica y del Deporte-INEF, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 27-28 October 2007.
63. Attended the TADAR 2007 - Tecnologias Aplicadas al Deporte de Alto Rendimiento, Facultad de Ciencias de la Educaciion Fisica y del Deporte-INEF, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 15 - 16 November 2007.
64. Attended the IV Congreso Iberico de Baloncesto Facultad de Ciencias del Deporte Caceres, Extremadura, Spain 29 November - 1 December 2007.
65. Attended the PhaSChem 07 - The Structure of Phase Space in Chemical Reaction Dynamics, Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain 28 November - 1 December 2007.
66. Attended the I Simposio international de entrenamiento en altura, Granada, Spain 14-16 Febuary, 2008.
67. Presenting at the I Simposio avances en ciencas del deporte, Sevilla, Spain 28-30 March, 2008.
68. Presenting at Nolineal, Barcelona, Spain, 16-19 July, 2008.
69. Presenting at the 13th European College of Sport Science Congress, Estoril, Portugal, 09-12 July 2008.

Papers published in peer reviewed international journals

1. J.R. Stirling and M.S. Zakynthinaki"The point of maximum curvature as a marker for physiological time series,". Accepted to appear 2008.
2. J. R. Stirling, M. Zakynthinaki, I. Refoyo and J. Sampedro, "A model of heart rate kinetics in response to exercise". Accepted to appear 2008.
3. R.O. Barakat, J. R. Stirling, M. Zakynthinaki, and A. Lucia, "Acute maternal exercise during the third trimester of pregnancy, influence on foetal heart rate". Accepted to appear 2008.
4. M.S. Zakynthinaki and J.R. Stirling, "Stochastic optimization for the calculation of the time dependency of the physiological demand during exercise and recovery". Computer Physics Communications, in 2008.
5. M. Zakynthinaki, R.O. Barakat and J. R. Stirling, "Mathematical tools for identifying the fetal response to physical exercise during pregnancy". Materials Matematics 2008.
6. R.O. Barakat, J. R. Stirling, and A. Lucia, "Does exercise training during pregnancy affect gestational age? A randomised, controlled trial". British Journal of Sports Medicine, in (Online first) 2008.
7. M. Zakynthinaki, J. R. Stirling, A. Lopez Diaz de Durana, C. A. Cordente Martinez, M. Sillero Quintana, J. Sampedro Molinuevo, "Stochastic optimization for the calculation of the optimal critical curve from experimental data in a model of the process of regaining balance after perturbation from quiet stance". Computer Physics Communications, in 2008.
8. R.O. Barakat and J. R. Stirling, "Influence of physical aerobic exercise during pregnancy on the maternal haemoglobin and iron levels". RICYDE, Vol 4, No 11 (2008).
9. J.R. Stirling, M.S. Zakynthinaki and V.L. Billat "Modeling and Analysis of the Effect of Training on $\dot{V}O_2$ Kinetics and Anaerobic Capacity". Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, in (Online first) 2008.
10. M.S. Zakynthinaki, J.R. Stirling, M. Sillero, J. Sampedro and I. Refoyo. "Obtaining the basic response pattern of physiological time series data: a comparison of methods," Materials Matematics 2007. (.pdf).
11. M.S. Zakynthinaki and J.R. Stirling,"Stochastic optimization for modelling physiological time series: application to the heart rate response to exercise," Computer Physics Communications, in 2007, Volume 176, issue 2, pp. 98-108. (.pdf)
12. J.R. Stirling, M.S. Zakynthinaki and B. Saltin "A model of oxygen uptake kinetics in response to exercise: Including a means of calculating oxygen demand/deficit/debt" . Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, in September 2005, Volume 67, Issue 5, pp. 989-1015. (.pdf)
13. J.R. Stirling and M.S. Zakynthinaki"Stability and the maintenance of balance following a perturbation from quiet stance". Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, in March 2004, Volume 14, Issue 1, pp. 96-105. (.pdf)
14. M.S. Zakynthinaki and J.R. Stirling,"Mathematical modelling in biomechanics" . By invitation in Sports Wyczynowy 2004, issue 11-12, (translated into Polish).
15. J.R. Stirling and M.S. Zakynthinaki"Stability and the maintenance of balance following a perturbation from quiet stance". Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research,, in November 15, 2003, Volume 6, Issue 10. (.pdf)

1. J.R. Stirling, O. Bang, P.L. Christiansen, M.S. Zakynthinaki and S.K. Johansen"Geometry and transport in a model of two coupled quadratic nonlinear waveguides". Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, in 2008.(.pdf).

1. J.R. Stirling,"Nonlinear dynamics, transport and the patchiness of clouds of pollution in an estuarine fluid flow". Discrete and continuous dynamical systems, Series B,(3),2, May 2003, 263-284. (.pdf)
2. James Stirling,"Transport and bifurcation in a non area preserving 2 dimensional map with applications to the discharge of pollution in an estuarine flow". PHYSICA D 144 (2000) 169-193. (.pdf) (also obtainable from MathSciNet review as a (pdf))

Lecture notes

1. James Stirling and Maria Zakynthinaki "Mathematical modelling in sport", in Matematiques del segle XXI: dels fonaments a la tecnologia, III Cicle Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer, Manuel Castellet ed., Fundacio Caixa de Sabadell, pp. 73-97 (2003). (.pdf)
2. James Stirling and Maria Zakynthinaki "A model of stability and balance", in the Lecture notes of the ICB Seminar, Mechanical loads of the human motor system - Injury prevention, A. Wit and F. Vaverka (Eds.) } 64, p. 39-47 (2005).
3. Maria Zakynthinaki and James Stirling "Prediction of impeding muscular failure via frequency analysis," in the Lecture notes of the ICB Seminar, Mechanical loads of the human motor system - Injury prevention, A. Wit and F. Vaverka (Eds.) 64, p. 60-71 (2005).

Technical reports

1. J. R. Stirling, C. A. Cordente Martinez, A. Lopez Diaz de Durana, M. Sillero Quintana, "Analysis of the imbalances in elite athletes with application to the improvement of technique and the prevention of injuries". Technical Report, Consejo Superior de Deportes 07/UPB10/07 (2007).

1. M. S. Zakynthinaki, J. R. Stirling, R. Stirling "Using nonlinear dynamics to analyze balance and technique in gymnastics: application to handstands", Book of Abstracts, 12th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science, J. Kallio, P. V. Komi, J. Komulainen, J. Avela (Eds.), NMRC - University of Jyvaskyla - LIKES, p. 598 (2007)
2. J. R. Stirling, M. S. Zakynthinaki, R. Stirling "Nonlinear analysis of the physiology and biomechanics of kicking in Thai boxing", Book of Abstracts, 12th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science, J. Kallio, P. V. Komi, J. Komulainen, J. Avela (Eds.), NMRC - University of Jyvaskyla - LIKES, p. 270 (2007)
3. M. S. Zakynthinaki, J. R. Stirling "Using stochastic optimization to fit nonlinear models to raw physiological data", Book of Abstracts, NEEDS 2007, p. 67 (2007)
4. J. R. Stirling, M. S. Zakynthinaki Nonlinear models of _V O2 and heart rate", Book of Abstracts, NEEDS 2007, p. 58 (2007)
5. M. S. Zakynthinaki, J. R. Stirling "Fitting a dynamical systems model of the kinetics of physiological variables to experimental data: application of a stochastic optimization routine", Book of Abstracts, Nolineal 2007, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, p. 42 (2007)
6. J. R. Stirling, M. S. Zakynthinaki "Modelling the heart rate kinetics in response to exercise as a dynamical system", Book of Abstracts, Nolineal 2007, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, p. 53 (2007)
7. Maria Zakynthinaki and James Stirling "Obtaining the basic response pattern of physiological time series data using Fourier low-pass filtering". In the Book of Abstracts, 11th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science, H. Hoppeler, T. Reilly, E. Tsolakidis, L. Gfeller, S. Klossner (Eds.), University of Bern, University of Lausanne, Ecole Polytechnique, Fdrale de Lausanne and the Swiss Society of Sports Medicine, p. 513 (2006)
8. James Stirling, Maria Zakynthinaki and Bengt Saltin "Modelling V O2 kinetics as a nonlinear dynamical system: including a novel means of calculating oxygen demand, deficit and debt". In the Book of Abstracts, 10th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science, N. Dikic, S. Zivanic, S. Ostojic, Z. Tornjanski (Eds.), Sport medicine association of Serbia, p. 104 (2005)
9. Maria Zakynthinaki and James Stirling "Application of dynamical systems to the improvement of balance in sport". In the Book of Abstracts, 10th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science, N. Dikic, S. Zivanic, S. Ostojic, Z. Tornjanski (Eds.), Sport medicine association of Serbia, p. 111-112 (2005)
10. Maria Zakynthinaki and James Stirling "A new model of stability and balance with applications to training and the prevention of injuries". In the Book of Abstracts, 9th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science, E. Van Praagh, J. Coudert,N. Fellmann and P. Duch'e (Eds.), Ville de Clermont-Ferrand, (2004), p. 342.
11. James Stirling, Maria Zakynthinaki and Bengt Saltin "A new and novel means of calculating oxygen demand, deficit and debt using tools from dynamical systems and a model of _ V O2". Book of Abstracts, 9th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science, E. Van Praagh, J. Coudert, N. Fellmann and P. Duch'e (Eds.), Ville de Clermont-Ferrand, (2004), p. 238.
12. James Stirling and Maria Zakynthinaki "A model of stability and balance". In the proceedings for the 73rd International Centre of Biocybernetics seminar on "Mechanical loads of the Human motor system - injury prevention", International Center of Biocybernetics eds., (2003), pp 12-19.
13. Maria Zakynthinaki and James Stirling "Prediction of impeding muscular failure via frequency analysis". In the proceedings for the 73rd International Centre of Biocybernetics seminar on "Mechanical loads of the Human motor system - injury prevention", International Center of Biocybernetics eds., (2003), 20-29.
14. James Stirling, Maria Zakynthinaki and Bengt Saltin "A new model of V' O2 Kinetics: Including a means of calculating oxygen demand, deficit and debt". In the book of abstracts of the VIIth IOC Olympic World Congress on Sport Sciences, IOC Medical Commission eds., (2003), pp 49D.
15. Maria Zakynthinaki and James Stirling "Analysis of the FFT of kinematic time series data as a means for the anticipation and detection of impeding failure,". In the book of abstracts of the VIIth IOC Olympic World Congress on Sport Sciences, IOC Medical Commission eds., (2003), pp 36B.
16. James Stirling, Maria Zakynthinaki and Bengt Saltin "A new model of Oxygen uptake kinetics". In the book of abstracts of the 8th European College of Sport Science Congress Salzburg, E.Mueller, H.Schwameder, G.Zallinger and V.Fastenbauer (Eds.), Institute of Sport Science, University of Salzburg, (2003) pp. 381.
17. Maria Zakynthinaki and James Stirling "A study on the anticipation and detection of muscular failure: analysis of the FFT of the ground reaction force time series during repetitions of one-arm push-ups,". In the book of abstracts of the 8th European College of Sport Science Congress Salzburg, E.Mueller, H.Schwameder, G.Zallinger and V.Fastenbauer (Eds.), Institute of Sport Science, University of Salzburg, (2003) pp.389.
18. James Stirling, Maria Zakynthinaki and Bengt Saltin "Mathematical modelling in exercise physiology". In the book of abstracts, of the 1st International Conference of Complex Systems and Sport and 4th International Meeting of Computer Science in Sport (2003).
19. Maria Zakynthinaki and James Stirling "Mathematical modelling in biomechanics". In the book of abstracts, of the 1st International Conference of Complex Systems and Sport and 4th International Meeting of Computer Science in Sport (2003).
20. James Stirling, Maria Zakynthinaki and Carlota Torrents "Stability in sport" In the book of abstracts of the 7th European College of Sport Science, M. Koskolou, N. Geladas and V. Klissouras (Eds.), Pashalidis Medical Publishers (2002), vol. 1, pp. 289.
21. Maria Zakynthinaki, James Stirling and Carlota Torrents "On the nonlinear dynamics of muscular failure" . In the book of abstracts of the 7th European College of Sport Science, M. Koskolou, N. Geladas and V. Klissouras (Eds.), Pashalidis Medical Publishers (2002), vol. 1, pp. 113.
22. Carlota Torrents, James Stirling and Maria Zakynthinaki "On the use of dynamical systems to improve training methods in sport". In the book of abstracts of the 7th European College of Sport Science, M. Koskolou, N. Geladas and V. Klissouras (Eds.), Pashalidis Medical Publishers (2002), vol.1, pp. 291.
23. James Stirling, Maria Zakynthinaki and Carlota Torrents "Stability in sport". In the proceedings of the Nolineal 2002, Cuenca, University of Castilla-La Mancha (Eds.) (2002).
24. Maria Zakynthinaki, James Stirling and Carlota Torrents "The 1 arm push up"s. In the proceedings of the Nolineal 2002, Cuenca, University of Castilla-La Mancha (Eds.) (2002).
25. Carlota Torrents, James Stirling and Maria Zakynthinaki "On the use of dynamical systems to improve training methods in sport". In the proceedings of the Nolineal 2002, Cuenca, University of Castilla-La Mancha (Eds.) (2002).

Conferences organized

1. The 1st Meeting of Complex Systems and Sport a international conference held in Barcelona 14-17th May, 2003. I was involved in much of the organization of the conference, I was also on the scientific committee and co-organized the section on nonlinear mathematical modelling in exercise physiology.
2. On the scientific committe of the TADAR 2007 - Tecnologias Aplicadas al Deporte de Alto Rendimiento, Facultad de Ciencias de la Educaciion Fisica y del Deporte-INEF, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 15 - 16 November 2007.

Consultancies

17/05/04 until present:- Sport science consultant (with Dr. Maria Zakynthinaki) to Longfield School, Darlington, Co. Durham, UK. The school will obtain Sports College status in September 2004. The consultancy will include the following areas:

• Research and advise on existing practice in the U.K. and abroad in similar institutions.
• Interact with the P.E. department to suggest a range of suitable projects.
• Interact with other departments with a view to cross-curricula projects and the whole school use of data.
• Research and advise on the buying of the necessary monitoring equipment.
• Advise on methods of data collection and analysis.
• Advise on web based methods for the presentation and transfer of data as well as the promotion of Longfield School as a Sports College.
• Collaborate on possible research projects.

Coaching

2006 until present:- UK athletics level 2 (I am currently taking my level 3) coach specialized in endurance.

2006 until present:- Coaching services provided at www.need-4-speed.eu.

20/06/05 until present:- Personal trainer to Dr. Steffen Kjaer Johansen, first reserve (1 of the final 4 out of 266) for the Danish position in the European Space Agency's astronaut corps.

2006 until present:- Coach for Maddogs International. A running club which currently has British, Greek and Danish members and races on the roads and nationally and internationally in high altitude sky races in the mountains.

Journals refereed for

2008 :

- Chaos An interdisiplinary journal of nonlinear science.

- Physica Scripta.

2007 :- Clinical Medicine: Oncology.

2006 :- Physics Letters A.

2004 :- Gait and Posture.

2003 :- Journal of Physical Oceanography.

Membership of professional bodies

Member of Ingenio Mathematica, i-math since 2007.

Member of the European College of Sport Science since 2004.

Member of the Federacio Catalana de Judo i D. A. since 2005.

Member of the Federation for Sport at Altitude since 2006.

UK athletics, level 2 coach, with specialization in endurance, since 2006.

Training and sport experience

I am very interested in high performance sport as a competitor, a coach and also a scientist. I run competitively on the track, road, cross country and in high altitude sky races in the mountains. I have competed for Loughborough University, North Eastern counties, Durham county, Darlington Harriers, Mandale Harriers, Los Feliz Flyers, Sparta, OFI and Maddogs International. The training squads which I have been a member of, with some of these clubs are amongst the best in their respective countries and contain international athletes, and top level coaches from whom I have learnt different training methodologies.

I currently hold a UK athletics level 2 coaching award with specialization in endurance (I am currently taking the level 3 award). I have coached a variety of runners at different levels for the last 4-5 years. Currently I coach Dr. Steffen Kjaer Johansen, with whom in 2006 I competed in various high altitude mountain races (including races in the Buff Sky runner World series and the Sky games). I originally worked with Steffen as a personal trainer regarding improving fitness for the medicals for a position in the European Space Agency's astronaut corps. Steffen is the first reserve (4th out of 266 applicants) for the Danish members the European Space Agency's astronaut corps.

I am also very interested in the use of training methods from dance, yoga, martial arts and somatics (such as Feldenkrais method) for general conditioning. I was a student of conditioning for dance with Ana Xena at Equilibrium (November 2004 until September 2005) and previously (2002-2003) at the Centro Pilar Dominguez, Barcelona, Spain. Regarding Yoga (Ashtanga Yoga) I was a student of Anastasios Koutsoyiannis (2004) at the Studio KER of Efi Kaloutsi, Chania, Crete, Greece. I also studied (from December 2004 to the October 2005) Ashtanga at Yoga Space in Barcelona with Diane Bell. From 03-05 June 2005 I attended an intensive workshop on Ashtanga Yoga with Kino MacGregor, at the "Yoga Space", Barcelona. I currently study Yoga (Iyengar) with Upendra Arya at the Ashtanga Veda Center, Insituto de yoga in Barcelona. As well as yoga I also currently practice Aikido at the Barcelona Aikikai with sensei's Angel Alvarez (January 2005 - March 2005) and Oriol Morales (April 2005 until present). I have attended a number of seminar on Aikido given by various sensei's including Stephane Benedetti.

Due to being self coached for a number of years and coaching a number of athletes I have read widely in the areas of high performance training methodology particularly with regards running from both a physiological and technical point of view. I have also read widely in other areas related to injury prevention, mobility, flexibility, strength training, somatics (such as Feldenkrais method), martial arts and Yoga.

Computer and programming skills

Programming :- C, Fortran and HTML.

Operating Systems :- UNIX, Lynux, Windows and DOS.

Other :- LaTeX, MS Office, OpenOffice, Dstool, Geomview, Maple and Mathematica.
Various graphics, animation and audio visual tools.

Other interests

I also rock climb (boulder), try to surf (I am learning, slowly), swim, snorkel and take part in a wide variety of other sports. Other main interests include football (Newcastle United), reading, art, music and travel.

Referees

Mathematics

1. Professor Amadeu Delshams, Departament de Matemàtica Aplicada I, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Diagonal 647, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain. Tel.: +34 934016052, Fax: +34 934011713, E-mail: Amadeu.Delshams@upc.es.
2. Professor Toni Guillamon , Departament de Matemàtica Aplicada I, EPSEB, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Gregorio Maranon 44-50, 08028 Barcelona. Tel: 34-93-401 17 41, Fax: 34-93-401 17 13, E-mail: antoni.guillamon@upc.edu
3. Dr Cecil Scott, Department of Civil Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK. Tel.: +44 (0)1509 222629, E-mail: c.f.scott@lboro.ac.uk
4. Professor Ronald Smith, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK. Tel.: +44(0)1509 223092. Fax:+44(0)1509 223969, E-mail: Ron.Smith@lboro.ac.uk

Exercise physiology and Biomechanics

1. Professor Bengt Saltin, CMRC Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre, Rigshospitalet, section 7652 Blegdamsvej 9, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark, Tele: +45 3545 7582, FAX: +45 3545 7634, E-mail: bengt.saltin@rh.hosp.dk
2. Professor Jan Gajewski, Department of Biometrics, Academy of Physical Education, 00-968 Warsaw, Marymoncka 34, P.O. Box 55, Poland. Tele: (+48 22) 834-04-31 and 322 (by operator), E-mail: jjgajewski@poczta.onet.pl

Coaching