Dr. Zoltan Neufeld serves as a Senior Lecturer in the School of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Queensland. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy from Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest and a Bachelor of Science from Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj. His expertise spans applied mathematics, biochemistry and cell biology, biological physics, complex physical systems, mathematical sciences, numerical and computational mathematics, physical sciences, signal transduction, and systems biology. Neufeld's research centers on mathematical and computational modeling of biological systems, including collective cell behavior, tissue mechanics, morphogenesis, cell migration, tissue invasion, mechanotransduction, and epidemic dynamics.

Throughout his career at the University of Queensland since 2012, Neufeld has held an ARC Future Fellowship (2014-2019) for mathematical modeling of multicellular organization of epithelial tissues. He has also received funding from ARC Discovery Projects (2016-2023) for modeling the dynamics of multi-layered biological tissues and NHMRC Project Grants for projects on mechanotransduction in epithelial collective cell migration (2017-2020) and dysregulating junctional tension in tumor cell biology (2014-2016). His seminal book, Chemical and biological processes in fluid flows: A dynamical systems approach (2009, Imperial College Press), co-authored with Emilio Hernandez-Garcia, explores dynamical systems in fluid flows. Prominent publications include "Mechanical cell competition in a model of epithelial layer with size dependent proliferation" (2025, Mathematical Medicine and Biology), "Discovery of an embryonically derived bipotent population of endothelial-macrophage progenitor cells in postnatal aorta" (2024, Nature Communications), "Modelling the effect of cell motility on mixing and invasion in epithelial monolayers" (2024, Journal of Biological Physics), "Effects of social distancing on the spreading of COVID-19 inferred from mobile phone data" (2021, Scientific Reports), and "The role of Allee effect in modelling post resection recurrence of glioblastoma" (2017, PLOS Computational Biology). With 81 works, his contributions have impacted cancer research, cell biology, and pandemic modeling. Neufeld supervises PhD students on topics such as cell invasion and collective migration.

Professional Email: z.neufeld@uq.edu.au