Dr Keegan Doig Anderson was born in Ficksburg, Free State, South Africa in 1986 and currently resides in Roodepoort, South Africa. He is a lecturer at the University of Johannesburg and holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics. All his qualifications were obtained from the University of Johannesburg. He obtained his BSc Mathematical Sciences (Applied Mathematics and Mathematics) degree in 2007, his BSc Honours (Applied Mathematics) in 2008, his MSc (Applied Mathematics) in 2012, and his PhD (Applied Mathematics) in 2020. His main research interests are dynamical systems and scientific computing with most of his research thus far focused on problems involving modelling the dynamics of classical Hamiltonian mechanical systems. His master's research focused on the phenomenon of gravitational capture, and associated dynamics, in the planar, circular, restricted three-body problem. His doctorate research focused on modelling and studying the dynamics of a dynamical billiard subject to move in a vertical plane within a constant gravitational field colliding with an asymmetric wedge-shaped boundary. Future research will investigate spurious dynamics introduced into dynamical systems by numerical methods - this draws from the field of geometric and symplectic integration. His lecturing experience, thus far, includes undergraduate courses in statics, dynamics, differential equations, and numerical analysis, and postgraduate courses in scientific computing. He is also a member of the South African Mathematical Society and participates in the yearly Mathematics in Industry Study Group organized by the University of the Witwatersrand.
