Good News

Eleonora, a DPhil student in mathematical physics here in Oxford Mathematics, has been awarded the Anders Wall Research Scholarship, given to young researchers with exceptional potential. The Anders Wall Foundation in Sweden awards scholarships across a range of subjects, from science to entrepreneurship to music, to young talent in the fields.

Photo: Eleonora receiving the award from Charlotte Wall in the presence of the Prince and Prime Minister of Sweden in Stockholm.

Patrick has been awarded the prize from the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) for his "broad, creative, and groundbreaking contributions to numerical solutions of partial differential equations, and the design and analysis of algorithms and software for scientific computing".

And ex-Oxford Mathematician Mason Porter has been awarded SIAM's George Pólya Prize for Mathematical Exposition.

As well every European leader you can think of, this week DPhil student Rebecca Crossley visited Number 10 Downing Street, home to the Prime Minister, to present work she recently carried out while on internship with the Department of Health and Social Care.

Jason Lotay  been awarded the Phyllis Beddington Wiener Chair 2025-26 at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB). 

The Phyllis Beddington Wiener Chair is a teaching and research chair at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) set up by the Fondation Wiener-Anspach to establish or strengthen collaborations between researchers of the ULB and of the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford, in any field.

Congratulations to Cornelia who has also been invited to spend the next academic year as a Visiting Scientist at Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn.

You can read more about the roles and Cornelia's mathematical story in this excellent article on the Exeter College website.

Congratulations to Cora. The citation says:

"The award recognises that you have promoted and implemented an inclusive and welcoming environment in your research group. Your actions have created a place where researchers thrive and are able to achieve their ambitions with all the positive repercussions this generates. Your nomination was submitted by your researchers and students."

A huge thank you to everyone who contributed cakes, ate cakes (nice to be thanked for eating), served cakes, and generally supported this caffeine/flour-fuelled chaos. 

The actual total of £317.70 raised is DOUBLE what we originally thought.

Congratulations to Ramón who won the prize for his article Mathematical Memory Machines.

The Graham Hoare Prize is awarded by the Institute of Mathematics & its Applications annually to Early Career Mathematicians for a brilliant Mathematics Today article.

Congratulations to OCIAM postdoc Yang who is one of 3 winners of the Young Investigator MECMAT (Mechanics of Materials) Award.

James has recently started as the department’s Industry Engagement Officer. He acts as the primary point of contact for day-to-day interactions between the department and our partners in business, industry and government. As well as nurturing existing relationships, he is looking to expand the portfolio of companies we work with. Currently, James is working on pulling together industrial projects for the MMSC MSc students, but is more than happy to have a chat about knowledge exchange more generally.