Dr Boris Andrews
PhD (DPhil) in Mathematics (Numerical Analysis), University of Oxford
Pronouns
He / Him
Status
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Research groups
Address
Mathematical Institute
University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6GG
University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6GG
Recent publications
Strongly enstrophy-stable integrators for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations
Andrews, B Shams, M Farrell, P (14 Sep 2026) https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.15520v1 Automated Galerkin time stepping in Irksome
Andrews, B Brubeck, P Farrell, P Kirby, R MacLachlan, S (25 Jun 2026) https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.27300v1 Arbitrary-order structure-preserving discretizations for geometric curvature flows
Zhang, G Andrews, B Farrell, P (19 May 2026) https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.20371v1 Helicity-preserving finite element discretization for magnetic relaxation
He, M Farrell, P Hu, K Andrews, B SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing volume 48 issue 2 B165-B183 (10 Mar 2026) doi:10.1137/25m1727540 Conservative and dissipative discretisations of multi-conservative ODEs and GENERIC systems
Andrews, B Farrell, P (28 Nov 2025) https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.23266v2 Prizes, awards, and scholarships
2021–2025 (DPhil):
- EPSRC studentship
- UKAEA studentship
2017–2021 (MMath):
- Worcester College Foundation scholarship
- Worcester College collection prizes
Teaching
Year | Subject | Role |
2024–2025 | Computational Mathematics | Tutor |
2023–2024 | "Prelims Corner" | Tutor |
| C6.1 Numerical Linear Algebra | TA (Marker) | |
2021–2022 | C7.7 Random Matrix Theory | TA |
| M2 Analysis I | Tutor |
Supervision
Dates | Student | Project |
Feb–Aug 2026 | Oscar Benton | Numerical evolution of magnetic field topologies |
Feb–Aug 2025 | Matin Shams | Enstrophy-stable integrators for the incompressible Navier–Stokes equations |
Sep–Oct 2024 | Sebastian Ohlig | Stability of conservative vs. symplectic integrators on the Toda lattice |
Research interests
- Structure-preserving numerical methods for PDEs/ODEs
- Finite element theory (incl. MGRiT/FEEC)
- Hybrid fluid-particle models
- Turbulent systems (incl. stabilisation/preconditioning)
Further details
Hi! I'm Boris, and I’m a postdoc (postdoctoral research associate) in the Numerical Analysis Group under the ERC Starting Grant for Geometric Finite Element Methods (GeoFEM).
My work generally focuses on structure-preserving/compatible numerical methods for PDEs.
Short CV:
- 2025–2027 (predicted): Postdoctoral Research Associate, Numerical Analysis, University of Oxford
- 2021–2025: PhD (DPhil), Numerical Analysis, University of Oxford