Javier Chico Vazquez
University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6GG
Tutor: Perturbation Methods, Solid Mechanics
TA: Viscous Flow, Applied PDEs, Mathematical Mechanical Biology
My thesis is concerned with the Mathematics of Sensing. I am interested in understanding how organisms sense and perceive the world, as this will play a critical role in the way they interact with it. As part of my work, I have looked into the dynamics of human balance, electroreception and smell in insects.
I am also collaborating with the Oxford Botanical Garden to analyse volatile emission and pollinator attraction in the world's largest flower genus, Rafflesia.
Main interests: Fluid Dynamics and Mathematical Biology.
2025 Excellence in Physics prize (American Physical Society)
2023 Imperial College London MSci Governor's Prize in Mathematics (Awarded to the best graduating student)
UKRI/St. John's College Scholarship
2021 G-RESEARCH Academic Excellence Prize.