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Samuel Johnson

BSc, MASt, DPhil
Pronouns
He / Him
Status
Postdoctoral Research Associate
+44 1865 615177
Contact form
http://www.samjohnsonmaths.com
Research groups
  • Mathematical Biology
Address
Mathematical Institute
University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6GG
Major / recent publications

 

Leibenzon, A., Johnson, S.W.S., Baker, R.E. and Assaf, M., 2026. Spatial correlations in susceptible-infected-susceptible processes on random regular graphs. Physical Review E, 113(6), p.064307.

Falcó, C., Johnson, S.W.S., Dalwadi, M.P. and Maini, P.K., 2026. Theory of adhesion-driven self-organisation in growing tissues. arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.26928.

Johnson, S.W.S., Kulesa, P.M., Baker, R.E. and Maini, P.K., 2026. Mathematical modeling predicts novel mechanisms of stream confinement from Trail/Colec12/Dan in the collective migration of cranial neural crest cells. Developmental Dynamics, 255(1), pp.43-65.

Johnson, S.W.S., Baker, R.E. and Maini, P.K., 2026. The spontaneous emergence of leaders and followers in a mathematical model of cranial neural crest cell migration. arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.00374.

Johnson, S.W.S., Parsons, M., Baker, R.E. and Maini, P.K., 2025. An energy-based mathematical model of actin-driven protrusions in eukaryotic chemotaxis. arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.20303.

 

 

Further details

I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate in mathematical epidemiology in the group of Professor Robin Thompson. Previously, I completed my DPhil in mathematical developmental biology under the supervision of Professor Ruth Baker and Professor Philip Maini. 

Prizes, awards, and scholarships

BBSRC Doctoral Studentship

Teaching

Stipendiary Lecturer (Lady Margaret Hall 2023-Present) - [Geometry, Fourier Series + PDEs, Numerical Analysis, Dynamics, Graph Theory, Mathematical Biology, Integral Transforms, Computational Mathematics]

ASO Graph Theory (TT 23) 

C5.4 Networks (MT 22) 

CDT Mathematical Model Building in Biomedicine (MT 22)

CDT Essential Mathematics (MT 22) 

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