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Research projects for study commencing in 2022

Listed below are some of the 2022 research projects, more will be added by the end of 2021. 

Informal enquiries are encouraged and should be directed to the Postgraduate Research Tutor. Please ensure you read the Guide for Applicants to check whether your question has already been answered.

* Indicates that the project has been listed as suitable for part-time PhD study.

Pure Mathematics

Transcendental Dynamics, supervisor: Prof Phil Rippon and  Prof Gwyneth Stallard

*The Relational Complexity of a Finite Permutation Group, supervisor: Dr Nick Gill and  Dr Bridget Webb

*Frieze Patterns and Farey Complexes, supervisor: Dr Ian Short and   Dr Katherine Staden

Applied Mathematics

*Theory of Spintronics, supervisor: Dr Andrey Umerski

*Accumulation of Diverging Trajectories, supervisor: Prof Michael Wilkinson

*Analysing Clouds, supervisor: Prof Michael Wilkinson

*Lacunarity, Anisotropy and Shape Statistics of Dynamical Fractals, supervisor: Prof Michael Wilkinson

Evaporation of Multiple Droplets on Patterned Solids, supervisor: Dr Marc Pradas

*Mathematical Modelling of Exotic Liquid Crystalline Phases, supervisor: Dr Elsen Tjhung

Statistics

Logarithmic Pooling of Probability Distributions, supervisor: Dr Alvaro Faria

Tools for Multivariate Bayesian Analysis with Elicited Priors, supervisor: Dr Fadlalla Elfadaly

*Statistics for Biologists: Leveraging User Design for Transcriptomics Analysis, supervisor: Dr Wendi Bacon and Prof Stefanie Biedermann

Mathematics Education

*Changing Times, Changing Pedagogies, supervisor: Dr Rachel Hilliam

If you are interested in discussing a specific potential Maths Education MPhil or doctoral project, please contact Dr Cathy Smith and Dr Vinay Kathotia.

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