Group

Postdoctoral research assistants and fellows

  • Dr Johannes Borgqvist – Symmetry methods for differential equation models of cell migration (Wenner Gren Fellow).
  • Chloe Stewart – Understanding the core mechanisms driving organ fibrosis using state-of-the-art in vitro assays, advanced quantitative imaging and multimodal modelling.

D.Phil. students

Past members

  • Dr B Vaughan Jr – Multi-scale modelling and numerical simulation of periodic pattern formation during development (PDRA 2007-2009).
  • Dr Philip Murray – Multi-scale modelling of cellular oscillators: applications to vertebrate segmentation and hair follicle cycling (PDRA 2009-2012).
  • Dr Gareth Stevenson – Facilitating the analysis of electron transfer in chemistry and biochemistry through development of a mathematical framework of ac voltammetry (D.Phil. 2010, PDRA 2010-2011).
  • Dr Thomas Woolley – A new mechanism of motility: the role of the bleb (D.Phil. 2011, PDRA 2012-2014).
  • Dr Linus Schumacher – A mathematical exploration of principles of collective cell migration and self-organisation (D.Phil. 2015, EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellow 2016).
  • Dr Jochen Kursawe – Quantitative approaches to epithelial morphogenesis (D.Phil. 2017, EPSRC Postdoctoral Prize Fellow 2017).
  • Prof Gergely Rost – Temporal delays in mathematical models of cell biology processes (Marie Sklodowska Curie Individual Fellow 2017-2019).
  • Dr Daniel Wilson – Mathematical models of transport processes on networks (D.Phil. 2019, EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellow 2019-2020).
  • Dr Thomas Prescott – Next generation approaches to connect models and quantitative data (PDRA 2018-2021).
  • Dr Aden Forrow – Modelling and inference in single-cell RNA sequencing (Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 Research Fellow 2018-2022).
  • Dr Charlotte Jupp – Mathematical modelling of the formation of feather germs in chicks (D.Phil. 2010).
  • Dr Christian Yates – Comparing stochastic discrete and deterministic continuum models for cell migration (D.Phil. 2011).
  • Dr Aaron Smith – Cell-based models for morphogenesis (D.Phil. 2012).
  • Dr Suruchi Bakshi – Mathematical modelling of asymmetrically dividing stem cells in Drosophila (D.Phil. 2013).
  • Dr Louise Dyson – Mathematical models for cranial neural crest cell migration (D.Phil. 2013).
  • Dr Gabriel Rosser – Mathematical models for bacterial chemotaxis (D.Phil. 2013).
  • Dr Deborah Markham – Correlations models for cell biology processes (D.Phil. 2014).
  • Dr Graham Morris – Parameter recovery in AC solution-phase voltammetry and a consideration of some issues arising when applied to surface-confined reactions (D.Phil. 2014).
  • Dr Kathryn Atwell – Investigating the interplay between cellular mechanics and decision-making in the C. elegans germ line (D.Phil. 2016).
  • Dr Robert Ross – Modelling cell migration, proliferation and interactions on growing domains (D.Phil. 2016).
  • Dr Paul Taylor – Stochastic, lattice-based models of diffusion in biological systems (D.Phil. 2016).
  • Dr Chris Lester – Efficient simulation techniques for biochemical reaction networks (D.Phil. 2017).
  • Dr Fergus Cooper – Modelling of multicellular structures during development (D.Phil. 2019).
  • Dr Jonathan Harrison – Using quantitative data and mathematical models to interrogate cell and developmental biology processes (D.Phil. 2019).
  • Dr Andrew Parker – Developing and parameterising models for cell biology processes (D.Phil. 2019).
  • Dr Casper Beentjes – Stochastic simulation of cell and developmental biology processes (D.Phil. 2020).
  • Dr David Warne (QUT) – Efficient computational methods for parameter inference within models of stochastic chemical kinetics (Ph.D. 2020).
  • Dr Bartosz Bartmanski – Efficient methods for simulating stochastic reaction-diffusion models on evolving domains. (D.Phil. 2021).
  • Dr Rasa Giniunaite – Coarse-grained models for cell invasion processes (D.Phil. 2021).
  • Dr Thomas Pak – Modelling the chemo-mechanical processes of cell competition (D.Phil. 2022).
  • Dr Solveig van der Vegt – Mathematical modelling of autoimmune myocarditis and the effects of immune checkpoint inhibitors. (D.Phil. 2022).
  • Derek Tan – Mathematical modelling of adhesion-mediated somitogenesis (M.Res. 2010).
  • Maxandre Jacqueline – Mathematical and computational modelling of three-dimensional culture systems for stem-cell-derived cardiomyocytes (M.Res. 2020).

Quantitative approaches to cell and developmental biology