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{{Short description|British mathematician (born 1964)}}
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| birth_place       = [[Dundee]], [[Scotland]]
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* [[Mathematics]]
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* [[University of St Andrews]]
* [[University of Dundee]]
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| thesis_title      = Mathematical Models for the Growth of Solid Tumours and the Tip Morphogenesis in Acetabularia
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* [[Whitehead Prize]] of [[The London Mathematical Society|LMS]] <small>(2000)</small><ref name=LMS-prize-winner/>
* [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|FRSE]] <small>(2003)</small><ref name=FRSE/>
* [[Lee Segel]] Best Paper Prize <small>(2015 and 2023)</small><ref name=SMB-LeeSegelPrize/>
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'''Mark Andrew Joseph Chaplain''' {{post-nominals |country =GBR |FRSE}} (also known as Mark A.J. Chaplain or Mark Chaplain) was born on 1 May 1964 in Dundee, Scotland and is a British [[mathematician]] and [[mathematical biologist]].
Since 2015 he has held the Gregory Chair of Applied Mathematics at the University of St Andrews.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (elected in March 2003).<ref name="FRSE"> {{cite web |title=Professor Mark Chaplain FRSE |url=https://rse.org.uk/fellowship/fellow/professor-mark-chaplain-5433/ |publisher=[[The Royal Society of Edinburgh]]}}
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<ref>{{cite web |title=Mark Andrew Joseph Chaplain |url=https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/persons/mark-andrew-joseph-chaplain |publisher=Researcher profile at the University of St Andrews}}</ref>
<ref name="googlescholar">{{cite web |title=Mark A.J. Chaplain |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=de&user=UcV7rjkAAAAJ |publisher=Publications indexed by [[Google Scholar]]}}</ref>
<ref name="scopus">{{cite web |title=Mark A.J. Chaplain |url=https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7006062348 |publisher=Publications indexed by the [[Scopus]] bibliographic database}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Mark Chaplain is the son of Elizabeth and James Chaplain. He is married and has three sons.

== Education ==
Mark A.J. Chaplain obtained a BSc with First-Class Honours in Applied Mathematics in 1986 from the University of Dundee. In 1990, also at the University of Dundee, he was awarded a PhD for the thesis “Mathematical Models for the Growth of Solid Tumours and the Tip Morphogenesis in Acetabularia” supervised by Brian D. Sleeman.
<ref>{{cite web |title=Brian David Sleeman - Biography |url=https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Sleeman/ |publisher=MacTutor History of Mathematics, (University of St Andrews, Scotland, November 2019)}}</ref>
<ref name=mathgene>{{cite web |title=Mark A. J. Chaplain |url=https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=82605 |publisher=Entry in the [[Mathematics Genealogy Project]]}}</ref>

== Research and career ==
Mark A.J. Chaplain currently holds the [[James Gregory (mathematician)|Gregory]] Chair of Applied Mathematics at the University of St Andrews. 
Before this appointment, he held the Ivory Chair of Applied Mathematics at the University of Dundee from 1996 to 2015. 
Chaplain started his academic career at the University of Bath in 1990 and remained there until 1996.

Chaplain's primary area of research focuses on modeling [[cancer]] growth, particularly through a systems approach that involves developing quantitative and predictive [[multiscale modeling|multiscale]] [[mathematical models]]. This approach, known as Systems Oncology, has evolved into a distinct field of research.

Since 2012 Chaplain has been the co-chief editor of the [[Journal of Theoretical Biology]], and as of February 2025, continues in this role.<ref>{{cite web |title=Editorial board - Journal of Theoretical Biology |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-theoretical-biology/about/editorial-board |publisher=ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier |access-date=11 February 2025}}</ref> He serves on the editorial boards of many other scientific journals.

== Awards and honours ==
Chaplain was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2003.
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He was also awarded the Whitehead Prize of The London Mathematical Society for research work on the mathematical modelling of cancer growth in 2000.
<ref name="LMS-prize-winner">{{cite web |title=List of LMS prize winners |url=https://www.lms.ac.uk/prizes/list-lms-prize-winners |publisher=The London Mathematical Society}}</ref>
The impact of his work in his and neighbouring research fields, as well as an indication of potential wider societal impact, can be read from the official citation of that award:
{{centered pull quote|Dr M.A.J. Chaplain of Dundee University has developed novel modelling techniques to investigate the key stages of tumour biology resulting in important insights on how different biochemical and mechanical processes interact. His research establishes a framework in which clinical treatments can be tested and has brought him international recognition amongst the mathematical biology community. He and his group have developed this area of research, are at its forefront, and its results could lead to a massive advance in the treatment and control of malignant cancers. The process of angiogenesis is important in many other areas of medicine, for example in tissue repair after wounding, and this work has laid important foundations on which specialists in these other areas can build.}}

Chaplain served as an elected member of the Board of the ''European Society for Mathematical and Theoretical Biology'' (ESMTB) from September 1997 to September 2002, holding the role of Secretary and Treasurer of the ESMTB Board from January 1998 to September 2002. 
Additionally, he was elected to the Board of the [[Society for Mathematical Biology]] (SMB) from July 1998 to July 2002 and served as its President-elect from July 2004 to July 2005, its President (July 2005 - July 2007), and its past-President (July 2007 - July 2008).<ref name=SMB-Presidents>{{cite web |title=SMB: Presidents of the Society |url=https://smb.org/Presidents-of-the-Society |publisher=Society of Mathematical Biology |access-date=11 February 2025}}</ref>
Chaplain was also a member of the [[Edinburgh Mathematical Society]] (EMS) Policy Advisory Group from October 2009 to October 2012. 
He then served as Vice-President of EMS from October 2010 to October 2011, followed by his appointment as President of EMS from October 2011 to October 2013.<ref name=EMS-Presidents>{{cite web |title=EMS Presidents |url=https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/EMS/EMSPresidents/ |publisher=MacTutor |access-date=11 February 2025}}</ref>

Mark Chaplain was awarded the Lee Segel Best Paper Prize in 2015 and in 2023<ref name=SMB-LeeSegelPrize>{{cite web |title=SMB: Lee A. Segel Prize |url=https://smb.org/Lee-A.Segel-Prize |publisher=Society of Mathematical Biology |access-date=11 February 2025}}</ref> for the best paper appearing (in the previous two years) in the [[Bulletin of Mathematical Biology]] as co-author of the paper ''A hybrid discrete-continuum mathematical model of pattern prediction in the developing retinal vasculature''
<ref>{{cite journal |last1=McDougall |first1=S. R. |last2=Watson |first2=M. G. |last3=Devlin |first3=A. H. |last4=Mitchell |first4=C. A. |last5=Chaplain |first5=M. A. J. |title=A Hybrid Discrete-Continuum Mathematical Model of Pattern Prediction in the Developing Retinal Vasculature |journal=Bulletin of Mathematical Biology |date=October 2012 |volume=74 |issue=10 |pages=2272–2314 |doi=10.1007/s11538-012-9754-9|pmid=22829182 }}</ref> and of the paper ''Targeting Cellular DNA Damage Responses in Cancer: An In Vitro-Calibrated Agent-Based Model Simulating Monolayer and Spheroid Treatment Responses to ATR-Inhibiting Drugs''<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hamis |first1=Sara |last2=Yates |first2=James |last3=Chaplain |first3=Mark A. J. |last4=Powathil |first4=Gibin G. |title=Targeting Cellular DNA Damage Responses in Cancer: An In Vitro-Calibrated Agent-Based Model Simulating Monolayer and Spheroid Treatment Responses to ATR-Inhibiting Drugs |journal=Bulletin of Mathematical Biology |date=2021 |volume=83 |issue=10 |page=103 |doi=10.1007/s11538-021-00935-y|pmid=34459993 |pmc=8405495 }}</ref>

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