Post-Doc, Physics
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The biological cell is a tumultuous environment, in which proteins and organelles are constantly constructed, destroyed and buffeted. The processes that are responsible for life take place in this unpredictable setting, and require energy, which is produced (in eukaryotes -- the group which includes animals, plants and fungi) by organelles called mitochondria. My current research focusses on how random influences affect these vital cellular processes and how mitochondria behave and adapt to meet the cell's energy requirements.
My other research interests include the processes of self-assembly and biological evolution. Both of these processes may be viewed as stochastic searches on a landscape with complex topology, and the rich dynamics of self-assembly and evolution are profoundly influenced by the structure of these landscapes. I am also interested, more generally, in dynamic networks and combinatorial optimisation processes.
I currently work in the Oxford Complex Systems group of Dr. Nick Jones at the Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford University. I hold a D. Phil. from Oxford University (my doctoral studies were in Theoretical Physics with Dr. Ard Louis) and an M. Sci. in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University.
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