Oxford Mathematicians Patrick Farrell and Heather Harrington have been made Fellows of Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).
Patrick is made fellow for his contributions to algorithms and software for the numerical solution of partial differential equations. Patrick is a Professor in the Numerical Analysis group in Oxford and a Tutorial Fellow at Oriel College. For 2025 and 2026 he is also the Donatio Universitatis Carolinæ Chair at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at Charles University in Prague.
Heather is recognised for her outstanding contributions to the development of new topological and algebraic methods and their applications to mathematical biology. Heather is Professor of Mathematics in Oxford, a fellow of St John's College and director at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG) and the Center for Systems Biology Dresden (CSBD).
