Role
- Research Assistant: Summer 2021
- Supported work in investigating credible regions in COVID-19 modelling for daily new infection cases and hospitalisation numbers, including new admissions and discharges.
- Main focus was to analyse a whether a random sample on a daily basis demonstrates a good fit to a probability distribution, discrete and/or continuous, and hence providing suitable credible regions (confidence intervals) to our known daily observations and model solutions.
- The work was supported by Anotida Madzvamuse, James Van Yperen and Eduard Campillo-Funollet.
- PhD Mathematics: Autumn 2016 - Summer 2020
Project: Numerical methods for solving higher order nonlinear partial differential equations
Thesis Title: Structure-preserving variational schemes for fourth order nonlinear partial differential equations with a Wasserstein gradient flow structure.
- My role involved investigating new gradient flow schemes for solving higher-order nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs).
- Initially, this involved investigating evolution equations with underlying gradient flow structures and the variational formulation of these equations in the Wasserstein case.
- This project was funded by the Leverhulme Trust and supervised by Bertram Duering, assisted by David McCormick.
Qualifications
- 2016 - 2020: PhD Mathematics
- Title: Structure preserving discretisations for solving higher order nonlinear nonlinear partial differential equations with a Wasserstein gradient flow structure
- Supervisor: Professor Bertram Duering
- June 2017: Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)
- Spring 2017: Advanced PDEs & Numerical Solutions to PDEs (94%)
- Autumn 2016: Mathematical Fluid Mechanics (93%) & Starting to Teach in MPS
- 2010-2014: MMath Mathematics
- First Class Honours
- MMath Project (2013/14): Zubov's equation, supervised by Peter Giesl
Activities
- PhD related activities:
- July 2019: ICIAM Conference - Valencia
Contributed Paper Talk
Title: Convergence of higher-order numerical methods for fourth order nonlinear diffusion equations
- June 2018: SIAM UKIE National Student Chapter Conference - University of Bath
Poster Presentation: (See PGR conference below).
- March 2018: PGR Conference, University of Sussex - Poster Competition
Poster Title: Discretisations of Wasserstein gradient glows for solving higher order nonlinear PDEs.
Awarded the BEST Poster Presentation.
- June 2017: Summer School of Analysis and Applied Mathematics - La Sapienza, Rome
A week long school programme with a focus on my PhD related field, optimal transportation.
- In addition to University studies:
- 2015-16 & 2020 - present: Private Mathematics Tutor - A Level, GCSE and Lower Secondary.
- 2020-21: Student Mentoring.
- Spring 2020: Front desk assistant - School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences.
- Autumn 2018-19, Spring 2019-20: In-class test invigilator (Small Group Lead, Individual, Reader and Prompter).
- May-June, August 2019 & January 2020: Exam Invigilator - Main Assessment Periods (Large & Small Groups and Reader).
- 2007 - present: Lieutenant for the International Longbow Archers Association (ILAA).
- 2012-16: St John Ambulance volunteer, including a member of Sussex LINKS til 2014.