The University of Sheffield
School of Mathematics and Statistics (SoMaS)

Staff Research Interests



Name Research interests
Prof Clive Anderson (Emeritus) Statistical and probabilistic modelling and inference
Prof David Applebaum Probability theory, stochastic processes, stochastic analysis
Prof Graham Bailey (Honorary) Solar Terrestrial Physics, Computational and Engineering Mathematics
Dr Istvan Ballai Solar plasma physics, linear and nonlinear waves
Dr David Barnes Algebraic topology
Prof Vladimir Bavula Non-commutative ring theory, D-modules, automorphisms
Dr Tobias Berger Cohomology of arithmetic groups, automorphic forms, Galois representations, Bloch-Kato conjecture
Prof John Biggins Applied probability
Prof Paul Blackwell Bayesian statistics; inference for random processes; statistical ecology; environmental and archaeological applications
Prof Caitlin Buck Application of Bayesian statistics to archaeology, palaeo-environmental science and scientific dating methods
Prof Chris Cannings (Emeritus) evolutionary conflicts, random graphs, stochastic processes, mathematical genetics
Dr Eugenia Cheng Category theory
Dr Pokman Cheung algebraic topology, vertex algebras
Dr Neil Dummigan Number theory, arithmetic algebraic geometry, modular forms
Dr Nicholas Durrande
Dr Viktor Fedun
Dr Nick Fieller particle-size distributions; dendochronology; analysis of microarray data; linear functional models; problems involving 'outliers'; medical, environmental and archaeological applications of statistics
Dr Andrew Gascoyne Solar physics, Helioseismology, MHD
Prof John Greenlees Equivariant topology, commutative algebra
Dr Nick Gurski Higher dimensional category theory
Dr Timothy Heaton
Prof Vivian Hutson (Honorary)
Dr Rekha Jain Solar physics, Helioseismology, MHD
Dr Frazer Jarvis Algebraic number theory, Galois representations
Prof David Jordan Non-commutative ring theory
Dr Jonathan Jordan Probability theory, fractals and random graphs
Dr Miguel Juarez Gene regulatory networks, panel and longitudinal data, reference priors
Mr Euripidis Kantzas
Dr Moty Katzman Commutative algebra
Dr Eun-Jin Kim Solar/stellar physics, magnetically confined fusion plasmas, fluid dynamics, turbulence, self-organisation, intermittency
Dr Yi Li Theoretical and numerical studies of turbulence. Large eddy simulation and sub-grid scale modeling.
Prof Robert Loynes (Emeritus) Linear and non-linear model building; time series
Prof Malwina Luczak Probability theory and applications
Dr Kirill Mackenzie Differential geometry -- Lie groupoids and Lie algebroids, connection theory, Poisson geometry, multiple structures
Dr Jayanta Manoharmayum Algebraic number theory, the absolute Galois group of Q
Dr Paul Mitchener $C^\ast$-categories, Analytic and algebraic $K$-theory, Assembly maps, Coarse Geometry
Prof Ieke Moerdijk Algebraic and differential topology, category theory
Dr Nils Mole Turbulent diffusion
Prof Nick Monk Mathematical biology; regulatory networks; pattern formation.
Mr Richard Morton
Dr Andrew Newton
Dr Mu Niu
Prof Anthony O'Hagan Theory and applications of Bayesian statistics
Dr Jeremy Oakley Bayesian statistics; eliciting probability distributions; medical statistics; health economics; quantifying uncertainty in complex computer models
Prof Koji Ohkitani Computational Fluid Dynamics
Prof Christopher Outhwaite (Honorary) Charged liquids
Prof Shaun Quegan
Dr Julia Rees Microfluidics, Effects of Hormones on Speech, Meteorology
Dr Neil Rogers
Prof Michael Ruderman Hydrodynamics and magnetohydrodynamics. Waves and instablities. Applications to solar and space physics.
Prof Rodney Sharp (Emeritus) Commutative algebra
Prof Victor Snaith (Emeritus) Algebraic K-theory, algebraic topology, algebraic geometry, representation theory
Dr Eleanor Stillman Application of statistics to geology and materials science
Prof Neil Strickland Algebraic topology, formal group theory
Dr Kostas Triantafyllopoulos Bayesian analysis of time series
Dr Carsten van de Bruck Cosmology
Prof Robert von Fay-Siebenburgen Solar, space and plasma physics, MHD waves, linear and non-linear waves
Dr Kevin Walters Genetic epidemiology and statistical genetics
Dr Sarah Whitehouse Algebraic topology
Dr Simon Willerton quantum topology, algebraic topology
Dr Ashley Willis Fluid dynamics, Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD)
Dr Philip Wilson
Dr Peter Windridge
Prof Elizabeth Winstanley Black holes, general relativity
Prof Lucy Wyatt HF Radar oceanography, ocean surface waves
Dr Benjamin Youngman Statistics of extremes; Uncertainty in complex computer models, Bayesian calibration.
Dr Hao Yu
Prof Alan Zinober Nonlinear control, optimisation