Prof. Heather Harrington
PhD
Status
Academic Faculty
Royal Society University Research Fellow
Research groups
Research subgroups
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
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
Topological Inference for Organoids
Yang, H Lee, B Grapin-Botton, A Harrington, H Byrne, H (23 Sep 2026) doi:10.48550/arxiv.2609.27668 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) doi:10.1038/s41467-026-75505-8 The fiber of multiparameter persistent homology for simplicial complexes
Harrington, H Tillmann, U Torras-Pérez, M (05 Aug 2026) doi:10.48550/arxiv.2608.04640 Diversity in transcriptomics without cell types
Jiang, L Benjamin, K Veenvliet, J Roff, E Harrington, H (14 Jul 2026) doi:10.64898/2026.07.13.735796 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) doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btag065 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
NSF Graduate Fellowship 2007-2010
Barry M Goldwater Scholarship 2005-2006