I am currently a Reader in the School of Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh, and a member of the Maxwell Institute for Mathematical Sciences.
Previous to this, I have been a lecturer at Edinburgh, preceded by postdocs in the groups of Serafim Kalliadasis (Imperial College, Chemical Engineering) and Volker Betz (University of Warwick, Mathematics, now TU Darmstadt, Mathematics). I undertook my PhD under Gero Friesecke (University of Warwick, Maths, now TU Munich, Mathematics).
Broadly speaking, my research concerns modelling, analysis and numerics for complex, multiscale systems. My work has applications in chemistry, physics, engineering and biology. Both the areas and techniques used in my research are very wide-ranging. I’m always happy to discuss my work with anyone, especially mathematicians, applied scientists, and prospective PhD students.
Trivia: I have Erdös number 4: Me –> Volker Betz –> Peter Mörters –> David Preiss –> Paul Erdös, and Bacon number 3: Me –(G103)–> Patrick Niknejad –(Harry Potter)–> Gary Oldman –(Criminal Law)–> Kevin Bacon.
This gives me an Erdös-Bacon number of 7.
Happy to be back in Loughborough to do a viva and continue our collaborations.
23rd July 2025Conference paper on opinion dynamics published with some excellent MAC-MIGS students.
22nd July 2025Excited to attend the first event of the Optimal Control and Scientific Computing KE Working Group.
24th June 2025Delighted to be hosting research visitors from Fribourg to talk about DFT.
6th May 2025Paper published in Pedagogical Linguistics(!) on links between maths and linguistics in schools.
14th April 2025Paper published in PoF on coexisting phases in ouzo.
13th January 2025Paper published in IMA JAM on multichromatic interaction potentials
11th January 2025Paper published in Math. Biosci. on parameter identification for SIRD models.
1st June 2024Paper published in IMA JNA on MultiShape for pseudospectral element computations.
