Graduate Student, Centre for Mathematical Biology
Dphil Student
Worcester
Philip Maini
Ruth Baker
Radek Erban
About
I was an undergraduate at Somerville College, Oxford, from 2003 to 2006. I undertook courses in Applied Partial Differential Equations, Techniques of Applied Mathematics, Quantum Mechanics and Electromagnetism, Special Relativity, Viscous and Incompressible Flow, Nonlinear Systems, and Mathematical Ecology and Biology. I graduated with first class honours in 2006.
I remained at Somerville between 2006 to 2007 taking an MSc in Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computing under the directorship of Dr Hilary Ockendon and Dr Kathryn Gillow. I took examined courses in Numerical Solutions to Differential Equations, Finite Element Methods, and Numerical Linear Algebra. I also submitted short essays on Mathematics and the Environment, Mathematical Physiology, Perturbation Methods and Numerical Solutions to differential Equations. Over the long vacation of 2007 I wrote my dissertation "On the Dynamics and Evolution of Self-Propelled Particle Models" under the supervision of Professor David Sumpter, Dr Radek Erban and Dr Carlos Escudero. I was awarded a distinction and the Nuclear Electric Prize for coming top of the year.
I am currently in my second year of a DPhil in Mathematical/Systems Biology. I was initially based at the University of Oxford's Doctoral Training Centre (DTC). The DTC accepts scientists from a variety of disciplines and trains them in a wide range of fields from scientific computing (in Matlab) to molecular biology. After the taught components of the course students undertake two projects of their choosing, each lasting approximately 3 months. Both my short projects were based in the Centre for Mathematical Biology (CMB). My first short project was entitled 'A comparison of stochastic and analytical models for cell migration during early embryo somitogenesis'. This project was supervised by Dr Ruth Baker and Dr Radek Erban. My Second project was supervised by Professor Philip Maini and Professor Judy Armitage, and was entitled, "Imaging, Tracking, Analysing and Modelling of Free-swimming Rhodobacter Sphaeroides".
In October 2008 I moved to the CMB permanently for the rest of my DPhil. I am now supervised by Professor Philip Maini, Dr Ruth Baker and Dr Radek Erban
I have also changed Colleges. I am now studying at Worcester College.
Contact Information
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