Oxford Mathematicians Ruth Baker and Alex Scott have been awarded Leverhulme Research Fellowships. Ruth, a mathematical biologist, has been given her award to further her research in to efficient computational methods for testing biological hypotheses while Alex, who works in the areas of combinatorics, probability, and algorithms, will be working on interactions between local and global graph structure.
The Leverhume Research Fellowships are given to experienced researchers, particularly those who are or have been prevented by routine duties from completing a programme of original research.