The King has approved the appointment of James Maynard as the new Regius Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. He will take up the post on 1 October 2026, and will also be a professorial fellow of Merton College.
This chair is one of three Regius Professorships of Mathematics in the United Kingdom, the others being at St Andrews and Warwick. The Oxford Regius chair was created in 2016 as part of the 90th birthday celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II. James will succeed the inaugural postholder, Andrew Wiles.
Patrick was awarded the Prize by Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) in recognition of outstanding contributions to the numerical solution of differential equations and numerical methods for scientific computing.
PS: they are running a year behind on the prize because of the Pandemic, hence 2025.
Ben Green and Alex Scott have been awarded European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grants. The grants are one of the most prestigious and competitive research awards in the world, providing long-term funding to well-established, leading scientists and scholars who wish to pursue groundbreaking, high-risk projects that push the frontiers of knowledge.
Radek will deliver the 23rd Eduard Čech Lecture in spring 2027 as part as serving as the Eduard Čech Distinguished Visitor at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences in the Czech Academy of Sciences.
Eduard Čech (1893-1960) was a renowned Czech mathematician after whom several mathematical concepts are named (e.g. Stone–Čech compactification).
Massimiliano Gubinelli has been awarded the 2026 XL Medal for Mathematics by Accademia Nazionale Delle Scienze, Italy's National Academy of Science which was founded in Verona in 1782.
Max is our Wallis Professor of Mathematics, Head of the Stochastic Analysis Group and a Fellow at St Anne's College.