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Stephen J. Watson is a Lecturer in Mathematics at the University of Glasgow. His research interests span the fields of Physics and Geometry Analysis, particularly at the nano-scale material science. He focuses on generating novel multiple-scale partial differential equations (PDE) that pose significant mathematical challenges. His work involves tackling identification problems that necessitate new mathematical approaches in material science, as highlighted in the EPSRC Annual Review of Mathematics in 2010. Current research areas also include the analysis and computation of Geometric PDE that emerge in non-equilibrium thermo-mechanics and interfacial phase boundaries, along with morphometric predictions of evolving networks, faceted surfaces, and polycrystals foams. A distinct aspect of his research is the applied analysis connected to the theory of PDEs that arise in continuum physics, including prior estimates in thermoviscoelasticity and compressible Navier-Stokes equations.