Over 110 people work in the Department of Mathematics.
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Our people
Asma Alalyani
PhD student
Research interests:
- Mathematical finance
- Stochastic analysis
Hessa Alharbi
PhD student
Research interests:
- Mathematical finance
- Stochastic analysis
Arnon Archankul
PhD student
Research interests:
- Mathematical finance
- Stochastic analysis
Professor Arnold Arthurs
Professor Emeritus
- arnold.arthurs@york.ac.uk
- G/N/148B
Research interests:
- Mathematical physics
- Variational theory and its applications
Dr Benito A Juárez Aubry
EPSRC Research Fellow
- benito.juarezaubry@york.ac.uk
- G/N/148b
Research interests:
- Quantum field theory
- Gravitation
- Relativistic quantum information
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Research interests:
- Algebraic groups
- Representation theory
- Geometric invariant theory
- Random walks on algebraic structures
Research interests:
- Biological fluid dynamics: active media, bioconvection and biofilms
- Plankton patchiness and bloom dynamics
- Interfacial instabilities
- Bioreactors, ecology and biocontrol
- Physiology
Research interests:
- Metric number theory
- Diophantine approximation
- Geometry of numbers
- Uniform distribution
- Measure and probability theory
- Fractal geometry
- Ergodic theory, dynamical systems
- Applications of diophantine approximation (in PDEs, signal processing, etc.)
Dr Chris Bowman
Reader
Research interests:
- Combinatorics
- Lie theory
- Knot theory
- Categorical representation theory
Professor Zdzislaw Brzezniak
Professor
Research interests:
- Stochastic analysis
- Stochastic partial differential equations
- Equations of mathematical physics (Navier-Stokes, Equler, wave and Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert)
- Mathematical foundations of the Feynman path integrals
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Research interests:
- Quantum information theory
- Quantum technologies
- Foundations of quantum mechanics
Research interests:
- Applied probability
- Convergence rates of random walks
- Perfect simulation
- Probabilistic coupling
Research interests:
- Stochastic models
- Theoretical population genetics
- The evolution of coopoeration, multicellularity and sexual reproduction
- The maintenance and stability of complex ecosystems
Research interests:
- Mathematical physics, especially classical and quantum field theory
- Two-dimensional integrable quantum field theories with boundaries and defects
Tegan Currie
Student Services Administrator (Exams and Assessments)
Professor Nigel Cutland
Professor Emeritus
- nigel.cutland@york.ac.uk
- G/N/148B
Research interests:
- Nonstandard analysis (especially Loeb spaces) and applications (especially in probability and stochastic analysis)
Dr Alexei Daletskii
Reader
Research interests:
- Stochastic analysis
- Global analysis
- Mathematical physics
Dr Pierre-Philippe Dechant
Honorary fellow
Dr Gustav W Delius
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
- Size-based models of marine ecosystems
- Scale invariance in ecological modelling
- Computational ecology and deep learning
Alice Dell'Arciprete
London Mathematical Society Early Career Fellow
Research interests:
- Representation theory of symmetric groups
- Iwahori–Hecke algebras
- Ariki-Koike algebras
- KLR algebras
Professor Maurice Dodson
Professor Emeritus
- mmd1@york.ac.uk
- G/N/148B
Research interests:
- Number theory
- Dynamical systems
- Harmonic analysis and applications
Professor Stephen Donkin
Professor Emeritus
Research interests:
- Algebra, especially Lie type representation theory
Research interests:
- Commutative algebra and its interactions with algebraic geometry
- Invariant theory
- Separating invariants
- Applications of invariant theory and commutative algebra
- Structural and practical identifiability of mathematical models, in particular identifiability and reparameterization of ODE models with time-series or steady-state data
Dr Eric Dykeman
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
- Stochastic and kinetic modeling in biology
- RNA viruses
- Ribosome kinetics
- Applied group and representation theory
Research interests:
- Homological methods in algebra
- Partial symmetry
- Representation theory
- Geometric manifolds
Dr Simon Eveson
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
- Functional analysis
- Operator theory
- Applications
Dr Brennen Fagan
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research interests:
- Computational mathematics
- Dynamical systems
- Data analysis
Dr Máté Farkas
Lecturer
- mate.farkas@york.ac.uk
- G/N/163A
Research interests:
- Quantum information theory
- Foundations of quantum theory
- Certification of quantum devices
Professor Chris Fewster
Professor
Deputy Head of Department for Research
Chair, Department Research Committee
Research interests:
- Quantum field theory in curved spacetimes
- Algebraic quantum field theory
- Relativistic aspects of quantum information theory
Professor John Fountain
Professor Emeritus
- jbf1@york.ac.uk
- G/N/148B
Research interests:
- Semigroup theory
- Group theory
Dr Haralampos Geranios
Royal Society University Research Fellow and Reader
Research interests:
- Representation theory
- Cohomology of algebraic groups and related objects, including quantum groups, symmetric groups and Hecke algebras.
Research interests:
- Algebraic semigroup theory
- Theory of semigroup acts
- Model theory of semigroups and acts
- Endomorphisms of universal algebras
Research interests:
- Data science
- Time series
- Statistics in sport
- Teaching and learning pedagogy
Research interests:
- Quantum field theory
- Differential geometry
- Quantisation
- Algebraic aspects of deformations
Peter Hines
Honorary Fellow
Research interests:
- (inverse) semigroup theory
- category theory
- logic (linear and intuitionistic)
- theoretical computer science
- quantum computing & foundations
- cryptography & computer security
- linguistics & natural language processing
- algebraic topology
- cognitive science & psychology
- information theory
Research interests:
- Analytic number theory
- Random matrix theory
- Riemann zeta function
Dr Konstantin Ilin
Lecturer
Research interests:
- Fluid dynamics
- Magnetohydrodynamics
- Hydrodynamic stability theory
Dr Boda Kang
Honorary visiting fellow
Professor Bernard Kay
Professor Emeritus
- bernard.kay@york.ac.uk
- G/N/148B
Research interests:
- Quantum fields
- Quantum gravity
- Fundamental problems in quantum theory
Dr Joseph Keir
Honorary fellow
- karina.kirkina@york.ac.uk
- G/N/113
Research interests:
- Algebra, namely affine Kac-Moody groups over finite fields and related topics
- Mathematical pedagogy
Research interests:
- Nonstationary time series
- Wavelet multiscale methods
- Networks
- Long-memory processes
Dr Zamir Koshuriyan
Lecturer
- zamir.koshuriyan@york.ac.uk
- G/N/040
Research interests:
- Asymptotic analysis for acoustic wave propagation
- Diffraction/scattering theory
- Kinematic/dynamical modelling of non-homogeneous turbulence in jets
Research interests:
- Metric number theory
- Diophantine approximation and their links with fractal geometry
Research interests:
- Functional data analysis
- High-frequency financial econometrics
- Network and time series modelling
- Nonparametric and semiparametric methods
Dr Christian Litterer
Lecturer
Research interests:
- Stochastic analysis
- Rough paths
- Probabilistic numerical methods
- Data science
Peter Lloyd
PhD student
Research interests:
Research interests:
- Integrable models and quantum groups
- Operations research and military history
- Applied statistics and forecasting
Research interests:
- Differential geometry of surfaces, mostly harmonic maps and minimal surfaces, using vector bundle and Higgs bundle methods
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Professor Maxim Nazarov
Professor
Research interests:
- Algebraic and combinatorial aspects of the representation theory of quantum affine algebras, including applications to quantum integrable systems.
Dr Stefano Negro
Lecturer
Research interests:
- Classical and quantum field theories in low space-time dimensions.
- Integrable systems.
- Generalised TTbar deformations and the ODE/IM correspondence.
Dr Aristide Ndongmo Ngana
UKRI Guarantee Postdoctoral Fellowship
- aristide.ndongmongana@york.ac.uk
- G/N/148b
Dr Agostino Nobile
Professor Emeritus
Research interests:
- Bayesian statistics
- Computational statistics
- Finite mixture distributions
- Time series
- jon.pitchford@york.ac.uk
- B/C/011
Research interests:
- Mathematical biology and ecology
- Dynamical systems
- Stochastic processes
Research interests:
- Computational statistics
- Bayesian methodology
- Time series and forecasting
- Machine learning
Dr Fabio Profumo
Lecturer
- fabio.profumo@york.ac.uk
- G/N/104
Research interests:
Statistics and Probability
Time Series
Mathematical Finance
Teaching and Learning Pedagogy
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- nimit.rana@york.ac.uk
- G/N/163A
Research interests:
Classical and singular stochastic (geometric)
Partial differential equations (SPDEs)
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Professor Kasia Rejzner
Chair of Board of Studies
Research interests:
- Quantum field theory
- Quantum gravity
- Operator algebras
Research interests:
- Pricing and hedging of options in models with imperfections
- Novel financial models
Dr David Simmons
Royal Society University Research Fellow
Research interests:
- Number theory
- Geometry and analysis
Professor Evgeny Sklyanin
Professor Emeritus
Research interests:
- Mathematical physics
- Quantum information
Professor Mike Smith
Professor Emeritus
- mjs7@york.ac.uk
- G/N/148B
Research interests:
- Measure theory
- Probability
- Traffic flow
Dr Harry Southworth
Honorary visiting fellow
Professor Tony Sudbery
Professor Emeritus
- as2@york.ac.uk
- G/N/148B
Research interests:
- Quantum information
- Lie algebras
Jo Taylor-Salmon
Student Services Administrator (Exams and Assessments) (Maternity Leave)
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Research interests:
- Investment under uncertainty
- Applications of optimal stopping theory
- Timing games
- Theory of incomplete markets
Dr Benjamin Thorpe
Lecturer
- benjamin.s.thorpe@york.ac.uk
- G/N/144
Research interests:
Pure mathematics (geometric analysis)
Statistical methodology (Bayesian methods)
Medicine (analyses for clinical trials)
Education research.
Dr Cristian Felipe Jiménez Varón
Research Associate in Statistics
- cristian.jimenezvaron@york.ac.uk
- G/N/106
Research interests:
- Statistical data modelling
Professor Sanju Velani
Professor
Research interests:
- Number theory
- Dynamical systems
- Discrete groups
Dr Benoit Vicedo
Reader
- b.vicedo@york.ac.uk
- +44 (0)1904 32 3082
- G/N/141a
Research interests:
- Integrable systems
- Classical and quantum integrable field theories
Dr Paul Voutier
Honorary visiting fellow
Liqiong Wang
PhD student
Research interests:
- Mathematical finance
- Stochastic analysis
Dr Stefan Weigert
Reader
Research interests:
- Non-relativistic quantum mechanics, including quantum information and the foundations of quantum theory
Research interests:
- Moduli spaces arising in gauge theory, particularly moduli of Higgs bundles and quiver varieties, using Morse theory and geometric flows.
Professor Andrew (Jamie) Wood
Professor
Chair of Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity Committee (EDI)
Research interests:
- Mathematical modelling
- Collective motion
- Systems biology
- Operations research
Professor Tomasz Zastawniak
Professor
Research interests:
- Mathematical finance
- Stochastic analysis
- Mathematical physics
Research interests:
- High dimensional/big data analysis
- Financial data analysis
- Nonparametric modelling
- Nonlinear time series
- Survival analysis
- Functional data analysis
- Spatial data analysis
- Multi-level modelling
- Structural equation models
Research interests:
- Copula method
- High-dimensional statistics
- Survival analysis
- Statistical inference for deep neural networks
Art'om Zolotarjov
PhD student
Research interests:
- Mathematical biology and chemistry
Dr Evgeniy Zorin
Reader
Research interests:
- Number Theory, Diophantine Approximations, Metric Number Theory, Elimination Theory, Transcendence Theory, Algebraic Geometry, geometry of numbers, Arakelov’s Geometry, measure and probability theory, ergodic theory, dynamical systems.