Mark Chaplain elected Fellow of the Royal Society
Gregory Professor Mark Chaplain has been elected Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS).
School news
Gregory Professor installed as President of the London Mathematical Society
Mark Chaplain, Gregory Professor of Applied Mathematics, was formally installed as President of the London Mathematical Society at their Annual General Meeting in London on 21st November.
Solar flares over 6 times hotter than previously thought
New research from the University of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø has proposed that particles in solar flares are 6.5 times hotter than previously thought and provided an unexpected solution to a 50-year-old mystery about our nearest star.
Honorary Professor Becomes a Dame in King’s Birthday Honours
Professor Ursula Martin, Honorary Professor in the School, has been appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to science and education.
Vacancy for Chair/Reader in Statistics
We are now recruiting for a new Chair in Statistics, with closing date 21 July 2025. The new chair will be part of our world-leading Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling (CREEM).
Maths Staff Scoop Teaching Awards
We congratulate School of Mathematics and Statistics staff David Rees Jones and Lars Olsen who have received prestigious awards for their teaching excellence.
Job Opportunities in the School of Mathematics and Statistics
The School is currently advertising for a Lecturer in Analysis within Pure Mathematics.
PhD Student Wins Prestigious Travel Grant
Dimitrios Katsaounis, a PhD student in the Mathematical Biology group, has been awarded the prestigious 2025 London Mathematical Society Cecil King Travel Scholarship for early career mathematicians.
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Statistician Awarded Big NERC Environmental Grant
Chris Sutherland, a statistician in the School, has been awarded a £4.1M grant from the NERC to lead an interdisciplinary project NETGAIN to develop the science and practice of nature markets for a net positive future.
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø mathematician awarded group theory prize
Scott Harper, a postdoctoral fellow in the School has been awarded the prestigious Reinhold Baer Prize 2024 for a young researcher working in group theory