Prof. Heather Harrington

PhD

Status

Academic Faculty

Royal Society University Research Fellow

ORCID iD

Research groups

Research subgroups

Address

Mathematical Institute
University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6GG

Major / recent publications

Publications/preprints can be found on Google Scholar and ResearchGate.

Research interests

Applied algebra, chemical reaction network theory, mathematical modeling, topological data analysis, systems biology

Recent publications

Development of a universal imaging “phenome” using shape, appearance and motion (SAM) features and the SAM Phenotype Observation Tool (SPOT)

Zhou, F Norton-Steele, A Marsh, L Byrne, H Harrington, H Lu, X Nature Communications volume 17 issue 1 (17 Aug 2026)

The fiber of multiparameter persistent homology for simplicial complexes

Harrington, H Tillmann, U Torras-Pérez, M (05 Aug 2026)

Topological model selection: a case-study in tumour-induced angiogenesis

McDonald, R Byrne, H Harrington, H Thorne, T Stolz, B Bioinformatics volume 42 issue 3 btag065 (12 Mar 2026)

Topological model selection: a case-study in tumour-induced angiogenesis

McDonald, R Byrne, H Harrington, H Thorne, T Stolz-Pretzer, B Bioinformatics volume 42 issue 3 (12 Mar 2026)

Topology of Multi-species Localization

Natarajan, A Chaplin, T Bull, J Mulholland-Illingworth, E Leedham, S Byrne, H Jimenez, M Harrington, H (03 Mar 2026)

Prizes, awards, and scholarships

Philip Leverhulme Prize 2020

Adams Prize 2019

LMS Whitehead Prize 2018

Royal Society URF 2017-2022

EPSRC Postdoctoral Fellowship 2014-2017

Hooke Research Fellowship 2013-2014
NSF Graduate Fellowship 2007-2010
Barry M Goldwater Scholarship 2005-2006