Kevin John Painter

• Mathematical modelling of cell movement and invasion in development, physiology and cancer
• Understanding animal navigation through mathematical and computational modelling
• Using computational modelling to understand changing landscape features
• Using mathematical modelling to understand the origin of morphogenesis and pattern formation

ERC sectors

SDG

• Effective member - Unione Matematica Italiana (UMI), Italia (2023-)
• Effective member - Society for Mathematical Biology, Stati Uniti (2015-)
• Effective member - European Society for Mathematical and Theoretical Biology, Europeo (2008-)
• Effective member - Edinburgh Mathematical Society, Regno Unito (2000-)

• MATHEMATICAL MODELS AND METHODS IN APPLIED SCIENCES (2023-), Editorial board member
• JOURNAL OF NONLINEAR SCIENCE (2023-), Editorial board member
• ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE (2023-), Editorial board member
• MATHEMATICAL BIOSCIENCES AND ENGINEERING (2018-), Editorial board member
• DISCRETE AND CONTINUOUS DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS. SERIES B. (2009-2023), Editorial board member

• PEPR “Maths-VivES”, Mathematics and interactions with Living, Environment and Society. 2024
  Agence Nationale de la Recherche

• URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 2024/2025 (40. ciclo)
  Politecnico di TORINO
• URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 2023/2024 (39. ciclo)
  Politecnico di TORINO
• URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 2022/2023 (38. ciclo)
  Politecnico di TORINO

• Collegio di Architettura e Design. Componente

PhD

• MODELLI MATEMATICI PER IL MOVIMENTO CELLULARE E LA CRESCITA TISSUTALE. A.A. 2022/23, MATEMATICA PURA E APPLICATA. Teaching assistant

Bachelor of Science

• City and territory Studio A (modulo di Probability and statistics). A.A. 2025/26, ARCHITETTURA (ARCHITECTURE). Titolare del corso
• City and territory Studio B (modulo di Probability and statistics). A.A. 2025/26, ARCHITETTURA (ARCHITECTURE). Titolare del corso
• Calculus. A.A. 2025/26, ARCHITETTURA (ARCHITECTURE). Titolare del corso
• City and territory Studio A (modulo di Probability and statistics). A.A. 2024/25, ARCHITETTURA (ARCHITECTURE). Titolare del corso
• City and territory Studio B (modulo di Probability and statistics). A.A. 2024/25, ARCHITETTURA (ARCHITECTURE). Titolare del corso
• Calculus. A.A. 2024/25, ARCHITETTURA (ARCHITECTURE). Titolare del corso
• City and territory Studio A (modulo di Probability and statistics). A.A. 2023/24, ARCHITETTURA (ARCHITECTURE). Titolare del corso
• City and territory Studio B (modulo di Probability and statistics). A.A. 2023/24, ARCHITETTURA (ARCHITECTURE). Titolare del corso
• Calculus. A.A. 2023/24, ARCHITETTURA (ARCHITECTURE). Titolare del corso
• City and territory Studio A (modulo di Probability and statistics). A.A. 2022/23, ARCHITETTURA (ARCHITECTURE). Titolare del corso
• City and territory Studio B (modulo di Probability and statistics). A.A. 2022/23, ARCHITETTURA (ARCHITECTURE). Titolare del corso
• Calculus. A.A. 2022/23, ARCHITETTURA (ARCHITECTURE). Titolare del corso
• City and territory Studio A (modulo di Probability and statistics). A.A. 2021/22, ARCHITETTURA (ARCHITECTURE). Titolare del corso
• City and territory Studio B (modulo di Probability and statistics). A.A. 2021/22, ARCHITETTURA (ARCHITECTURE). Titolare del corso
• Calculus. A.A. 2021/22, ARCHITETTURA (ARCHITECTURE). Titolare del corso
• Calculus. A.A. 2020/21, ARCHITETTURA (ARCHITECTURE). Titolare del corso
• Linear algebra and geometry. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA DELL'AUTOVEICOLO (AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
• Linear algebra and geometry. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA DELL'AUTOVEICOLO (AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso

• Freingruber, Viktoria; Lorenzi, Tommaso; Painter, Kevin J; Ptashnyk, Mariya (2025)
  Trait-structured chemotaxis: exploring ligand-receptor dynamics and travelling wave properties in a Keller–Segel model. In: NONLINEARITY, vol. 38. ISSN 0951-7715
  Contributo su Rivista
• Lorenzi, Tommaso; Painter, Kevin J.; Villa, Chiara (2025)
  Phenotype structuring in collective cell migration: a tutorial of mathematical models and methods. In: JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY, vol. 90. ISSN 0303-6812
  Contributo su Rivista
• Lorenzi, T.; Painter, K. J. (2025)
  Pattern formation within phenotype-structured chemotactic populations. In: PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. SERIES A, vol. 481. ISSN 1364-5021
  Contributo su Rivista
• Bernardi, Sara; Painter, Kevin J. (2025)
  The Impact of Different Degrees of Leadership on Collective Navigation in Follower-Leader Systems. In: BULLETIN OF MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY, vol. 87, pp. 1-31. ISSN 0092-8240
  Contributo su Rivista
• Lorenzi, Tommaso; Macfarlane, Fiona R.; Painter, Kevin J. (2025)
  Derivation and travelling wave analysis of phenotype-structured haptotaxis models of cancer invasion. In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS, vol. 36, pp. 231-263. ISSN 0956-7925
  Contributo su Rivista
• Simmchen, Juliane; Gordon, Daniel; Mackenzie, John; Pagonabarraga, Ignacio; Roggatz, ... (2025)
  Perspective on Interdisciplinary Approaches on Chemotaxis. In: ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE. INTERNATIONAL EDITION, vol. 64. ISSN 1433-7851
  Contributo su Rivista
• Crossley, Rebecca M.; Painter, Kevin J.; Lorenzi, Tommaso; Maini, Philip K.; Baker, Ruth ... (2024)
  Phenotypic switching mechanisms determine the structure of cell migration into extracellular matrix under the ‘go-or-grow’ hypothesis. In: MATHEMATICAL BIOSCIENCES, vol. 374, pp. 1-14. ISSN 0025-5564
  Contributo su Rivista
• Painter, Kevin J; Giunta, Valeria; Potts, Jonathan R; Bernardi, Sara (2024)
  Variations in nonlocal interaction range lead to emergent chase-and-run in heterogeneous populations. In: JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE, vol. 21. ISSN 1742-5662
  Contributo su Rivista
• Potts, Jonathan R.; Painter, Kevin J. (2024)
  Distinguishing Between Long-Transient and Asymptotic States in a Biological Aggregation Model. In: BULLETIN OF MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY, vol. 86. ISSN 0092-8240
  Contributo su Rivista
• Painter, Kevin J.; Hillen, Thomas; Potts, Jonathan R. (2024)
  Biological modeling with nonlocal advection–diffusion equations. In: MATHEMATICAL MODELS AND METHODS IN APPLIED SCIENCES. ISSN 0218-2025
  Contributo su Rivista
• Hillen, Thomas; Loy, Nadia; Painter, Kevin J; Thiessen, Ryan (2024)
  Modelling microtube driven invasion of glioma. In: JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY, vol. 88, pp. 1-34. ISSN 0303-6812
  Contributo su Rivista
• Fraga Delfino Kunz, Camile; Gerisch, Alf; Glover, James; Headon, Denis; Painter, Kevin ... (2024)
  Novel Aspects in Pattern Formation Arise from Coupling Turing Reaction-Diffusion and Chemotaxis. In: BULLETIN OF MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY, vol. 86. ISSN 0092-8240
  Contributo su Rivista
• Freingruber, Viktoria; Painter, Kevin J.; Ptashnyk, Mariya; Schumacher, Linus J. (2024)
  A biased random walk approach for modeling the collective chemotaxis of neural crest cells. In: JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY, vol. 88. ISSN 0303-6812
  Contributo su Rivista
• Johnston, Stuart T.; Painter, Kevin J. (2024)
  Avoidance, confusion or solitude? Modelling how noise pollution affects whale migration. In: MOVEMENT ECOLOGY, vol. 12. ISSN 2051-3933
  Contributo su Rivista
• Painter, Kevin J.; Gentile, Alessio; Ferraris, Stefano (2023)
  A stochastic cellular automaton model to describe the evolution of the snow-covered area across a high-elevation mountain catchment. In: SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, vol. 857. ISSN 0048-9697
  Contributo su Rivista
• Hodgson, T M; Johnston, S T; Ottobre, M; Painter, K J (2023)
  Intent matters: how flow and forms of information impact collective navigation. In: JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE, vol. 20. ISSN 1742-5662
  Contributo su Rivista
• Painter, Kevin J.; Winkler, Michael (2023)
  Phenotype Switching in Chemotaxis Aggregation Models Controls the Spontaneous Emergence of Large Densities. In: SIAM JOURNAL ON APPLIED MATHEMATICS, vol. 83, pp. 2096-2117. ISSN 0036-1399
  Contributo su Rivista
• Goddard, Ben; Ottobre, Michela; Painter, KEVIN JOHN; Souttar, Iain (2023)
  On the study of slow–fast dynamics, when the fast process has multiple invariant measures. In: PROCEEDINGS - ROYAL SOCIETY. MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES, vol. 479. ISSN 1471-2946
  Contributo su Rivista