Skip to main content
Menu
10 October 2023

Latest News

St Hugh’s Fellow appointed Simons Foundation Investigator

Congratulations to St Hugh’s Tutorial Fellow in Mathematical Biology, Professor Ruth Baker, who has been appointed Simons Foundation Investigator.

The intent of the Simons Investigators in Mathematics, Physics, Astrophysics and Computer Science programs is to support outstanding theoretical scientists in their most productive years, when they are establishing creative new research directions, providing leadership to the field and effectively mentoring junior scientists. A Simons Investigator is appointed for an initial period of five years. Renewal for an additional five years is contingent upon the evaluation of scientific impact of the Investigator.

Ruth’s research develops and draws together concepts from a number of fields, including statistical physics, multiscale modelling, stochastic processes, computational statistics and machine learning, to provide novel insights into the mechanisms governing cell and developmental biology phenomena. She works in close collaboration with experimental researchers to iteratively test and refine novel mechanistic hypotheses using repeated rounds of model development, calibration and refinement. In turn, the biological problems she studies drive the development of new theory and methodologies.

Share this post

Related News Posts

St Hugh’s Fellow embarks on series of philosophy interviews with children
St Hugh's Tutorial Fellow in Philosophy, Professor Adrian Moore, has appe...
Read More
St Hugh’s Fellows team up to tackle tuberculosis
Professor Rachel Tanner, Tutorial Fellow in Biology, and Professor Thomas Cousins, Tutorial Fellow in Human Sciences, are working together as part of ...
Read More
St Hugh’s Tutorial Fellow in Music discusses the history of medieval love songs
Spring is the season of love, and St Hugh's Tutorial Fellow in Music, Professor Elizabeth Eva Leach, discusses her research into the way people used t...
Read More