
Jacob Mercer
University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6GG
I am a part of the CDT for the Mathematics of Random Systems: Analysis, Modelling and Algorithms. My supervisors are Professor Julien Berestycki and Professor Matthias Winkel.
I am generally interested in branching/coalescence processes, random combinatorial structures, statistical physics models and free boundary problems. Specifically I am studying the limiting behaviour and critical values of certain branching Brownian motion particle systems. My research is largely on the theory and not applications of branching particle systems, but I am always open to hearing about potential applications and systems which may be well modelled by branching processes.
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