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Y.M. Lai

Y.M. Lai

Y.M. Lai

BA (Oxon)

  • 2nd year DPhil Student

eMail: lai [-at-] maths [dot] ox [dot] ac [dot] uk
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Phone Number(s):

Reception/Secretary: +44 1865 273525

Departmental Address:

Mathematical Institute
24-29 St Giles'
Oxford
OX1 3LB
England

Research Interests: 

Mathematical Neuroscience;

Stochastic Processes & Simulation Algorithms;

Dynamical Systems.

Prizes, Awards and Scholarships: 

2009: Graduated from the Oxford BA course with a first.

2009: Patrick Prizes, Exeter College, Oxford: for a first in Finals.

 2007-9: Potts Scholarships, Exeter College, Oxford.

 2007-9: 7 Collections Prizes, Exeter College, Oxford: for highest internal exam results.

 2007: Fitzgerald Prize, Exeter College, Oxford: for a first in First Public Examinations.

2006-9: Jardine Scholarship: Full funding for an undergraduate degree.

Major/Recent Publications: 

Lai, Y.M., Newby, J. and Bressloff, P.C. "Effects of demographic noise on the synchronization of a metapopulation in a fluctuating environment", In print, Phys. Rev. Lett.

Bressloff, P.C. and Lai, Y.M. "Stochastic Synchronization of neuronal populations with intrinsic and extrinsic noise", J. Math. Neurosci. 2011 1:2.

Ponson, L.; Boechler, N.; Lai, Y. M.; Porter, M. A.; Kevrekidis, P. G. and Daraio, C. “Nonlinear waves in disordered diatomic granular chains”, Physical Review E 82, 021301, 2010.

Teaching: 

2009-2010: College Tutor (Stanford Undergraduate Programme): Probability & Stochastic Processes

2009-2010: College Tutor (Exeter): Calculus of Variations, Fluid Dynamics

2009-2010: TA: Techniques of Applied Maths, Applied Probability

2008-2009: TA: Techniques of Applied Maths, Mathematical Physiology
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