Biography
I am a Professor of Applied Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, and a Tutorial Fellow in Mathematics at St Hugh’s College. I am a member of the Wolfson Centre for Mathematical Biology and the Machine Learning and Data Science Group, and I am also affiliated with the Institute for Developmental and Regenerative Medicine. I am a Simons Investigator, Theoretical Physics in Life Sciences.
Interests
My research lies at the intersection of applied mathematics and biology, with a focus on developing mechanistic models to probe collective cell behaviour, migration, and tissue dynamics. I specialise in continuum and stochastic frameworks that link individual-cell mechanics, cell–cell interactions and microenvironmental cues to emergent, tissue-scale patterns and morphogenetic processes. A key strand of my work investigates parameter identifiability, inference and model selection—enabling robust translation of high-throughput experimental and imaging data into predictive mathematical descriptions. I also explore the coupling of data-driven and mechanistic modelling, for example in cell migration, tumour invasion and tissue morphogenesis, with the aim of revealing underlying biological principles and guiding experimental design.
Teaching
At St Hugh’s I teach applied mathematics to first and second year undergraduates.
