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

Staff and Postgraduates in the School of Mathematics and Statistics

All offices are in the Hicks building. Phone numbers are internal extensions; add (0114) 22 if dialling from outside the University, or 44 114 22 if dialling from outside the UK. All email addresses are @shef.ac.uk.

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Academic staff
Name Office Phone Email VCard  
Prof David Applebaum I14 23703 vcard Probability theory, stochastic processes, stochastic analysis
Dr Istvan Ballai H9 23833 vcard Solar plasma physics, linear and nonlinear waves
Prof Vladimir Bavula J21 23829 vcard Non-commutative ring theory, D-modules, automorphisms
Dr Tobias Berger J9 23791 vcard Cohomology of arithmetic groups, automorphic forms, Galois representations, Bloch-Kato conjecture
Dr Alex Best G27b 23749 vcard Mathematical biology; Evolutionary dynamics; Population dynamics
Prof John Biggins G19 23813 vcard Applied probability
Prof Paul Blackwell I7 23719 vcard Bayesian statistics; inference for random processes; statistical ecology; environmental and archaeological applications
Prof Caitlin Buck I23 23715 vcard Application of Bayesian statistics to archaeology, palaeo-environmental science and scientific dating methods
Dr Eugenia Cheng J24 23768 vcard Category theory
Dr Neil Dummigan G18 23713 vcard Number theory, arithmetic algebraic geometry, modular forms
Prof John Greenlees G16 23786 vcard Equivariant topology, commutative algebra
Dr Nick Gurski J07 23838 vcard Higher dimensional category theory
Dr Timothy Heaton I.22 23830 vcard Non-parametric regression and functional data
Dr Rekha Jain H24 23732 vcard Solar physics, Helioseismology, Astrophysical MHD
Dr Frazer Jarvis J12 23845 vcard Algebraic number theory, Galois representations
Prof David Jordan J6c 23774 vcard Non-commutative ring theory and Poisson algebras
Dr Jonathan Jordan I9 23873 vcard Probability theory, fractals and random graphs
Dr Mathew Joseph G39c 23874 vcard
Dr Miguel Juarez I.13 23908 vcard Gene regulatory networks, panel and longitudinal data, reference priors
Dr Moty Katzman J16 23710 vcard Commutative algebra
Dr Eun-Jin Kim H13 23876 vcard Solar/stellar physics, magnetically confined fusion plasmas, fluid dynamics, turbulence, self-organisation, intermittency
Dr Yi Li H14 23882 vcard Theoretical and numerical studies of turbulence. Large eddy simulation and sub-grid scale modeling.
Dr Kirill Mackenzie J6a 23745 vcard Differential geometry -- Lie groupoids and Lie algebroids, connection theory, Poisson geometry, multiple structures
Dr Jayanta Manoharmayum J22 23871 vcard Algebraic number theory, the absolute Galois group of Q
Dr Paul Mitchener J20 23858 vcard $C^\ast$-categories, Analytic and algebraic $K$-theory, Assembly maps, Coarse Geometry
Prof Ieke Moerdijk J13 23843 vcard Algebraic and differential topology, category theory
Dr Nils Mole G28 23772 vcard Turbulent diffusion
Prof Nick Monk I.16 23857 vcard Mathematical biology; regulatory networks; pattern formation.
Prof Anthony O'Hagan     vcard Theory and applications of Bayesian statistics
Dr Jeremy Oakley I18 23853 vcard Bayesian statistics; eliciting probability distributions; medical statistics; health economics; quantifying uncertainty in complex computer models
Prof Koji Ohkitani G13 23861 vcard Computational Fluid Dynamics
Prof Shaun Quegan H19 23778 vcard Earth's carbon balance, ecosystem modelling, forest observations from space
Dr Julia Rees H21 23782 vcard Microfluidics, Effects of Hormones on Speech, Meteorology
Prof Michael Ruderman H8 23717 vcard Hydrodynamics and magnetohydrodynamics. Waves and instablities. Applications to solar and space physics.
Dr Eleanor Stillman I17 23811 vcard Application of statistics to geology and materials science
Prof Neil Strickland J26 23852 vcard Algebraic topology, formal group theory
Dr Kostas Triantafyllopoulos I10 23741 vcard Bayesian analysis of time series
Prof Carsten van de Bruck F10 23790 vcard Cosmology
Prof Robert von Fay-Siebenburgen H16 23832 vcard Solar, space and plasma physics, MHD waves, linear and non-linear waves
Dr Kevin Walters I22a 23720 vcard Genetic epidemiology and statistical genetics
Dr Sarah Whitehouse J23 23870 vcard Algebraic topology
Dr Simon Willerton J19 23823 vcard quantum topology, algebraic topology
Dr Ashley Willis H12 23746 vcard Fluid dynamics, Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD)
Prof Elizabeth Winstanley F9a 23796 vcard Black holes, general relativity
Prof Lucy Wyatt H25 23794 vcard HF Radar oceanography, ocean surface waves

Teaching fellows
Name Office Phone Email VCard  
Dr Nicole Jarvis K20 23773 vcard Commutative algebra
Dr Sam Marsh G09 23792 vcard Algebraic topology, set theory
Dr Fionntan Roukema K12 23872 vcard Low dimensional topology, Dehn surgery, knot theory.

Support staff
Name Office Phone Email VCard  
Mr Dennis Almeida K09 23812 vcard
Miss Andrea Chambers G11c 23733 vcard
Mr Peter Derlien G35 23821 vcard
Miss Stacey Dickin G12 23808 vcard
Mr Christopher Drew E34 23763 vcard
Mrs Jo Green I20 23753 vcard
Mrs Katherine Greenacre H22 23803 vcard
Mrs Tracy Hilton G05 23737 vcard
Miss Lesley Hudson G5 23802 vcard
Miss Ursula McGuone G12 23752 vcard
Mrs Sarah Medway G11c 23761 vcard
Ms Sally Merrett G05 23789 vcard
Mrs Julie Milner G11b 23514 vcard
Miss Laura Oliver E34 23731 vcard
Mrs Nicola Quinn H22 23803 vcard
Mrs Joanne Robinson G12 23762 vcard
Mr David Robson G33 23701 vcard
Ms Stephanie Sharples G15 23742 vcard
Mrs Chris Turgoose E29 24360 vcard
Miss Katie Walker G32 23711 vcard
Mrs Janice Whittaker G11c 23902 vcard

Honorary academic staff
Name Office Phone Email VCard  
Prof Graham Bailey     vcard Solar Terrestrial Physics, Computational and Engineering Mathematics
Prof Vivian Hutson     vcard
Prof Christopher Outhwaite     vcard Charged liquids
Prof Alan Zinober K28 23888 vcard Nonlinear control, optimisation

Emeritus professors
Name Office Phone Email VCard  
Prof Clive Anderson     vcard Statistical and probabilistic modelling and inference
Prof Chris Cannings K08 23904 vcard evolutionary conflicts, random graphs, stochastic processes, mathematical genetics
Prof Robert Loynes     vcard Linear and non-linear model building; time series
Prof Rodney Sharp     vcard Commutative algebra
Prof Victor Snaith     vcard Algebraic K-theory, algebraic topology, algebraic geometry, representation theory

Retired staff, doing some teaching
Name Office Phone Email VCard  
Dr Mary Hart K12 23787 vcard
Dr Hugh Porteous G39g 23817 vcard
Dr Glenn Vickers K27 23718 vcard Population dynamics
Dr Roger Webster K29 23785 vcard

Teaching assistants
Name Office Phone Email VCard  
Dr Sammy Rashid G35 23821 vcard

Research fellows
Name Office Phone Email VCard  
Dr Sam Dolan G30 23708 vcard General relativity, wave propagation and black hole physics
Dr Gary Verth G37 23828 vcard

Research associates
Name Office Phone Email VCard  
Dr Pokman Cheung J18a 23844 vcard algebraic topology, vertex algebras
Dr Andrew Gascoyne G39b 23818 vcard Solar physics, Helioseismology, MHD
Dr Frederick Gent G31 23825 vcard Astrophysics, solar physics & numerical simulations
Dr John Haslegrave I06b 23854 vcard Graph Theory
Dr Ines Henriques J18a 23844 vcard Homological Algebra, Commutative Algebra.
Mr Euripidis Kantzas G39e 23704 vcard
Dr Peter Millington F7 23584 vcard Quantum Field Theory, Thermal Field Theory, Non-Equilibrium Dynamics
Dr Mu Niu I.06b 23854 vcard

Postgraduate students
Name Office Phone Email VCard  
Mr Mohammad Abbasirad K24 23727 vcard
Mr Abdulaziz Rasheed Abdullah H23a   vcard
Mr Mohammad Al-Boshmki J14a 23879 vcard Algebraic Topology
Mr Marios Alexandrou     vcard
Mr Ziyad Alhussain J25 23767 vcard Eliciting prior distributions
Mr Robin Allan J14a 23841 vcard Algebraic Topology
Ms Fatimah Aloef J25 23767 vcard Bayesian experimental design with applications in health economics
Mr Victor Ambrus G27 23770 vcard Quantum field theory on curved spacetime
Mr Thomas Athorne J14b 23723 vcard Category Theory
Ms Amy Baddeley G27a 23726 vcard Medical statistics, in particular genetic epidemiology
Mr Muhammad Bashir     vcard
Ms Shazia Bashir G39f 23793 vcard
Samuel Bennett H23a   vcard MHD Waves in the Solar Chromosphere
Mr Stefan Blackwood J25 23764 vcard Lévy Processes and Stochastic Calculus
Miss Elizabeth Boggis G27a 23726 vcard Exploiting Bayesian Shrinkage within a Linear Model Framework to identify Exome Sequence Variants associated with Gene Expression.
Miss Sujunya Boonpradit I6c 23702 vcard
Stephen Chaffin H23a   vcard
Alexander Corner K26   vcard Category theory
Mr Thomas Cottrell J14b 23723 vcard
Samuel Dean K26   vcard Category theory
Mr Timothy Eardley J14a 23879 vcard Algebraic Number Theory
Mr Jonathan Elliott J14b 23723 vcard Category theory, topology
Mr Philip Eve K24 23727 vcard Algebraic topology
Christopher Fish K26   vcard
Christian Andres Fonseca Mora I.06a 23884 vcard Stochastic Partial Differential Equations
Mr Nabil Freij H23c 23712 vcard
Mr Daniel Fretwell J14a 23841 vcard Algebraic Number Theory, Elliptic Curves, Modular Forms, Cryptography
Benjamin Fuller J14b 23723 vcard
Mr Matthew Gadsden J08 23724 vcard
Ms Nadia Gheith J10 23725 vcard
Alexander Hague H23a   vcard MHD Waves
Mr Seung Jin Han I6c 23702 vcard Time series and statistical arbitrage
Ms Madina Hasan     vcard
Masoud Hassan I.06a 23884 vcard
Mr Matthew Hewitt G36 23743 vcard
Mengdi Jiang     vcard
Mr Andrew Jones J25 23767 vcard Modular forms and Galois representations
Dler Kadir I.06b 23854 vcard
Shahla Kaka Hama J25 23767 vcard Algebraic topology
Mr Shadman Kareem J25   vcard
Ms Magdalena Kedziorek J10 23725 vcard Algebraic Topology, Model Categories, Higher Category Theory
Mr Carl Kent G27c 23729 vcard
Dler Khidhr I.06b 23854 vcard
Martin Legarreta Gonzalez I6c 23702 vcard
Miss Stephanie Llewelyn I6C 23702 vcard
Tao Lu K26   vcard
Mona Mansouri     vcard
Basile Marquier     vcard
Callan McGill J6b 23767 vcard Algebraic topology
Mr Ben McGovern G36 23743 vcard Mathematical Biology
Ms Mabruka Mohamed I6a 23884 vcard
Mrs Siti Rahayu Mohd Hashim I6a 23884 vcard
Jack Morrice F7   vcard
Mr Stuart Mumford H23c 23712 vcard
Miss Serena Murru J25 23767 vcard Commutative Algebra
Mr Christopher Nelson H23c 23712 vcard
Mr Schuyler Nicholson H23c 23712 vcard
Mr David O'Sullivan J25 23767 vcard Non-commutative Geometry
Mr Beniamin Orza H23b 23740 vcard Solar Physics
Supakchai Ponglertsakul F6 23835 vcard Black Holes, General Relativity
Ms Victoria Quigley J06b 23775 vcard
Mr Paul Richards     vcard
Mr Mathew Robinson F6 23835 vcard Inflationary Cosmology
Mr Gregory Sculthorpe G27 23770 vcard
Mr Mohamed Shakandli J25 23767 vcard
Ms Sawaporn Siripanthana I6c 23702 vcard Multivariate statistical methods for outbreak detection in public health surveillance
Ms Hannah Smith     vcard
Ms Aditi Sood H23c 23712 vcard
Mr Michael Spence J25 23767 vcard
Dr Mark Strong     vcard Bayesian methods for assessing model uncertainty in health economic decision modelling
Mr Suliadi Sufahani G36 23743 vcard
Thomas Sutton J25 23767 vcard
Ms Wahiba Toubal     vcard
Mr Samuel Touchard J25   vcard
Mr Konstantinos Tsaltas J14a 23879 vcard Modular forms and Galois representations
Ms Susan Vu F6 23835 vcard
Jian Wang J25 23767 vcard
Miss Yimin Wang F27   vcard
Mr Joseph Wheatley I.06a 23884 vcard
Mr Alastair Williamson H23b 23740 vcard
Prof Keith Worden     vcard
Mr Peter Wyper G27c 23729 vcard Magnetic reconnection

Visiting researchers
Name Office Phone Email VCard  
Dr Qiming Lv     vcard
Dr Andrew Newton G39c 23874 vcard
Dr Constanze Roitzheim     vcard Algebraic topology, stable homotopy theory
Dr Philipp Wruck J18a 23844 vcard Equivariant topology, fixed point theory
Dr Phil Young F6 23835 vcard

Applied Probability Trust
Name Office Phone Email VCard  
Mrs Susan Boyles K31 23922 vcard
Dr Linda Nash K30 23924 vcard
Mrs Helen Parry K31 23923 vcard
Dr Emma Talib K31 23921 vcard

Statistical Services Unit
Name Office Phone Email VCard  
Mrs Kathleen Baster K06 23903 vcard
Ms Sara Hilditch K6 23905 vcard
Miss Emma Kershaw K06 23912 vcard
Mr Peter Laud K6 23907 vcard
Mr Eoghan O'Brien K06 23911 vcard
Miss Rosie Taylor K10 23910 vcard