Employment
- 08/2018 York St John University (UK) – Senior Lecturer in Mathematical Sciences
- 10/2014 University of York (UK) – Lecturer in Mathematics and Biology, York Cross-disciplinary Centre for Systems Analysis
- 10/2013 Durham University (UK) – Lecturer in Mathematics
- 02-07/2013 Arizona State University (US) – Visiting Scholar
- 02/2012–09/2013 Durham University (UK) – Associate Fellow in Particle Physics Phenomenology
- 11/2010–01/2012 University of York (UK) – Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Mathematics/Virology
Education
- 2006–2010 University of Cambridge (UK) – PhD in Theoretical Physics (conferred on 23/07/2011)
- 2004–2005 University of Cambridge (UK) – Part III Maths: Certificate of Advanced Studies in Mathematics CASM/MMath
- 2001–2004 University of Cambridge (UK) – BA/MA (Hons) in Natural Sciences
- 2003 Harvard University (US) – Computer Science, Quantum Field & String Theory (Lord Butterfield Harvard Scholar)
- 2000–2001 FernUniversitaet Hagen (Germany) – Mathematics and Philosophy
- 1991–2000 Helmholtz-Gymnasium Essen (Germany) – Abitur (Mathematics, Physics, French, History)
Research
- 2018–date: Senior Lectureship in Mathematical Sciences: Mathematics and Data Science, York, United Kingdom
- 2014–2018 Lectureship in Mathematics and Biology: Symmetries and Viruses, York, United Kingdom
- 2013–2014 Lectureship in Mathematics: Mathieu Moonshine, with Prof Anne Taormina and Prof Peter Bowcock, Centre for Particle Theory, Mathematics, Durham, United Kingdom
- 2013 PostDoc in Mathematical Physics: Coxeter groups and Clifford Algebra, with applications in Physics and Biology, with Prof David Hestenes and Prof Michael Thorpe, Physics Department, Arizona State University, United States
- 2012–2013 PostDoc in HEP: Coxeter groups, Clifford Algebras and High Energy Physics, with Dr Celine Bœhm and Prof Silvia Pascoli, Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology, Durham, United Kingdom
- 2010–2012 PostDoc in Mathematics: Kac-Moody-type affine extensions of non-crystallographic Coxeter Groups, with Prof Reidun Twarock, York Mathematics Department and York Centre for Complex System Analysis (YCCSA), United Kingdom
- 2006–2010 PhD: Models of the Early Universe (Theoretical Particle Cosmology), with Profs Anthony Lasenby and Mike Hobson; viva on 07/04/2011 with Profs David Wands and Steve Gull; Cavendish Laboratory (Astrophysics) & Kavli Institute for Cosmology, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- 2005 Part III Essay: Chameleon Cosmology, with Prof Anne-Christine Davis, Department for Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP), Cambridge, United Kingdom
- 2004 Part II Literature Review: Luttinger Liquids, with Profs Brian Josephson and Nigel Cooper, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- 2003 Summer project: NASA Terrestrial Planet Finder, with Prof Wes Traub, Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA, United States
- 2002 Summer project: Immunosuppressive Peptide in Hepatitis C-Virus, with Profs Sergei Viazov and Michael Roggendorf, Institute for Virology, Essen, Germany
- 2000–2001 National Service: Virus Diagnostics and Cloning of TT-Virus Genome, with Profs Sergei Viazov and Michael Roggendorf, Institute for Virology, Essen, Germany
Teaching and Programme Development
- York St John University: Mathematics, Data Science and Data Science Degree Apprenticeship
- UoYork Maths: Group and Representation Theory (4th year/Masters), Numerical Techniques for Modelling Biological Systems (4th year/Masters), MMath/BSc project students
- UoYork Biology: Principles of Molecular Virology (3rd year), Science Communication (2nd year), BSc project students
- Durham Maths: Mathematical Physics (2nd year), Single Maths A (1st year), Mathematics for Scientists and Engineers (1st year)
- Durham Physics: Laboratory Skills (1st year), Paper Writing Skills (1st year), Enterprise Skills (1st year), General Physics (3rd year)
- UoYork Biology: Virology Seminars (1st & 2nd years)
- Cambridge Natural Sciences Tripos: IB Mathematics (2nd year)
- Cambridge Natural Sciences Tripos: IB Physics and Advanced Physics (2nd year)
Selected Talks
- 12/2016 An ADE-type correspondence from root systems and Clifford algebras, colloquium talk, City University, London
- 08/2016 A conformal construction of the modular and braid groups, plenary (closing) talk, Alterman Conference, Brasov, Romania
- 08/2016 A systematic construction of representations of quaternionic type, plenary (opening) talk, Alterman Conference, Brasov, Romania
- 02/2016 Surprises in icosahedral symmetry, colloquium talk, University of Hertfordshire
- 02/2016 The birth of E8 out of the spinors of the icosahedron, invited plenary talk, Integrable Systems in Newcastle
- 01/2016 A new construction of E8 and the other exceptional root systems, Queen Mary University London algebra seminar
- 07/2015 Novel applications of polyhedral groups in Mathematical Biology and Physics, invited plenary talk, Quantum Theory and Symmetries, Yerevan, Armenia
- 07/2015 A Clifford view of the E8 geometry, AGACSE, Barcelona, Spain
- 05/2015 Surprises in icosahedral symmetry, Mathematics, Northumbria University
- 12/2014 A 3D spinorial view of 4D exceptional phenomena, Mathematics, Charles University, Prague
- 12/2014 Affine extensions of non-crystallographic Coxeter groups, Doppler Institute, Technical University, Prague
- 11/2014 A 3D spinorial view of 4D exceptional phenomena, Algebra Seminar, York
- 11/2014 A 3D spinorial view of 4D exceptional phenomena, Birkbeck Pure and Applied Seminar, London
- 08/2014 Viruses and Fullerenes – Symmetry as a Common Thread?, Mathematical Virology, York
- 08/2014 Platonic Solids generate their four-dimensional analogues, ICCA10, Tartu, Estonia
- 07/2014 An affine symmetry approach to the construction of carbon onions, Group30, Ghent, Belgium
- 07/2014 Platonic Solids generate their four-dimensional analogues, SIGMAP, Malvern, UK
- 03/2014 Recent developments in affine symmetry principles for non-crystallographic systems, Open Statistical Physics, Open University, Milton Keynes
- 02/2014 What Clifford algebra can do for Coxeter groups and root systems, High Energy Physics Seminars, Durham Mathematics
- 07/2013 What Clifford algebra can do for Coxeter groups and root systems, invited talk at Symmetries of Discrete Systems and Processes, Decin, Czech Republic
- 02/2013 A Clifford approach to polyhedral groups, Arizona State University, Phoenix, USA
- 07/2012 A Clifford algebraic framework for Coxeter group theoretic computations, Best Paper Award, AGACSE 2012, La Rochelle, France
- 05/2012 From E8 to viruses – affine extensions of (non-crystallographic) Coxeter groups, High Energy Physics Seminars, Durham Mathematics
- 02/2010 Bianchi Cosmologies, Cosmology Seminar, Kavli Institute for Cosmology
- 01/2009 Anisotropic, non-singular early universe model leading to a realistic cosmology, Cambridge Cosmology Seminar, DAMTP
- 11/2008 A new Bianchi model, Astrophysics Seminar, Cavendish Laboratory
- 09/2008 Anisotropic, non-singular early universe model leading to a realistic cosmology, UniverseNet meeting, Oxford
- 05/2008 Vibrating branes in a throat, Astrophysics Seminar, Cavendish Laboratory
- 05/2007 Chameleon Cosmology, Astrophysics Seminar, Cavendish Laboratory
Visits
- 11/2018 ICERM semester programme on Non-linear Algebra in Applications
- 08/2018 St Andrews Mathematics and Computer Science
- 08/2017 Yau Institute, Tsinghua University, Beijing
- 08/2017 Chern Institute, Nankai University, Tianjin
- 01/2017 St Andrews & ICMS Edinburgh
- 12/2016 City University, London
- 12/2014 Doppler Institute, Technical University and Charles University, Prague
- 11/2014 Birkbeck University, London
- 04/2014 Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge
- 03/2014 London Mathematical Society, London
- 06/2013 University of California at Santa Barbara, United States
- 02/2013 Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA, United States
Professional Memberships
- Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge
- London Mathematical Society, London
- Institute of Physics: Gravitational Physics, Mathematical Physics, High Energy Physics Groups
- Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft
Refereeing and Editorial Board Membership
- Advances in Applied Clifford Algebras (Editorial Board Member)
- Classical and Quantum Gravity
- Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
- Physica Scripta
- Communications in Algebra
- Proceedings of the Royal Society
- Acta Crystallographica A
- European Physics Letters
- Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
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