Professor Dominic Joyce has been appointed Savilian Professor of Geometry here in Oxford.
Dominic will be the 21st holder of the Savilian Chair. Established in 1619 by Sir Henry Savile, it has been held by many top mathematicians - including John Wallis (who introduced the ∞∞ notation), Edmond Halley (after whom Halley's comet is named), Edward Titchmarsh, and Sir Michael Atiyah.
Dominic Joyce FRS has been at Oxford for many years, doing his BA and DPhil at Merton College, followed by a Junior Research Fellowship at Christ Church College, and a University Lectureship in Pure Mathematics and Tutorial Fellowship at Lincoln College, before moving to a professorial post in the Mathematical Institute in 2006. His research spans a broad range of topics in Differential Geometry, Algebraic Geometry, and Symplectic Geometry. He lives in North Oxford with his wife, three daughters, and a cat called Honey.