Lena Zuspann

BSc, MSc

Pronouns

She / Her

Status

Postgraduate Student

Student representative, Consultative Committee for Graduates
Oxford Maths Ambassador

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ORCID iD

https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6141-6491

Research groups

Mathematical Biology

Address

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

Major / recent publications

I. Biočić, B. Toaldo, L. Zuspann. Continuous Branching Processes with Settlement in Cancer Metastasis: Stochastic Modelling and the Feller Property, arXiv, 2025

Further details

In addition to my research, I am actively involved in outreach and initiatives promoting equality and inclusion in STEM. As part of this, I have delivered various outreach talks across Oxford colleges, the Mathematical Institute, social media, and contribute to workshops for high school students interested in pursuing maths higher education.

Research interests

I am a first year DPhil student in Mathematics supervised by Profs. Ruth Baker and Maria Bruna.

My research looks at combining mathematical models across multiple temporal and spatial scales with applications in biology, in particular to better understand metastatic spread in cancer. More generally, I'm interested in exploring stochastic (branching) processes and their analytical connections to deterministic models.

Prizes, awards, and scholarships

Doctoral Fellowship awarded by the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes), funded by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (2026-2029)

Teaching

Mathematical Institute:

Directed Reading Programme HT26
B8.1: Probability, Measure and Martingales (TA) MT25
B8.2: Continuous Martingales and Stochastic Calculus (TA) HT26
C5.4: Networks (Marker) HT26

St Peter's College:

A7: Numerical Analysis TT26

Doctoral Training Centre:

Mathematical Model Building in Biomedicine (demonstrator)