Boris Andrews
PhD (DPhil) in Mathematics (Numerical Analysis), University of Oxford
Pronouns
He / Him
Status
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Research groups
Address
Mathematical Institute
University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6GG
University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6GG
Major / recent publications
[1] Boris D. Andrews, Patrick E. Farrell: Enforcing conservation laws and dissipation inequalities numerically via auxiliary variables. arXiv (2025). https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2407.11904
[2] Mingdong He, Patrick E. Farrell, Kaibo Hu, Boris D. Andrews: Helicity-preserving finite element discretization for magnetic relaxation. arXiv (2025). https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2501.11654
Research interests
- Structure-preserving numerical methods for PDEs/ODEs
- Finite element theory (incl. MGRiT/FEEC)
- Hybrid fluid-particle models
- Turbulent systems (incl. stabilisation/preconditioning)
Teaching
Year | Subject | Role |
2024–2025 | Computational Mathematics | Tutor |
2023–2024 | "Prelims Corner" | Tutor |
| C6.1 Numerical Linear Algebra | TA (Marker) | |
2021–2022 | C7.7 Random Matrix Theory | TA |
| M2 Analysis I | Tutor |
Recent publications
Enforcing conservation laws and dissipation inequalities numerically via auxiliary variables
Andrews, B Farrell, P SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing volume 47 issue 6 A3516-A3535 (17 Nov 2025) Helicity-preserving finite element discretization for magnetic relaxation
He, M Farrell, P Hu, K Andrews, B SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing Geometric numerical integration via auxiliary variables
Andrews, B Topology-preserving discretization for the magneto-frictional equations arising in the Parker conjecture
He, M Farrell, P Hu, K Andrews, B SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing Prizes, awards, and scholarships
2021–2025 (DPhil):
- EPSRC studentship
- UKAEA studentship
2017–2021 (MMath):
- Worcester College Foundation scholarship
- Worcester College collection prizes
Further details
Hi! I'm Boris, and I’m a postdoc (postdoctoral research associate) in the Numerical Analysis Group under the ERC Starting Grant for Geometric Finite Element Methods (GeoFEM).
My work generally focuses on structure-preserving/compatible numerical methods for PDEs.
Short CV:
- 2025–2027 (predicted): Postdoctoral Research Associate, Numerical Analysis, University of Oxford
- 2021–2025: PhD (DPhil), Numerical Analysis, University of Oxford