Research projects for study commencing in 2023

Listed below are the research projects available for October 2023. 

Informal enquiries are encouraged and should be directed to the Postgraduate Research Tutor. Please ensure you read the Guide for applicants to check whether your question has already been answered.

* Indicates that the project has been listed as suitable for part-time PhD study.

Pure Mathematics

Transcendental dynamics: Hausdorff dimension and itineraries, supervisors: Prof Phil Rippon and  Prof Gwyneth Stallard

*The Relational Complexity of a Finite Permutation Group, supervisors: Dr Nick Gill and  Dr Bridget Webb

*Bouncing Queens and Morphic Games, supervisors: Dr Dan Rust, Dr Katherine Staden and  Prof Gwyneth Stallard

Applied Mathematics

*Theory of Spintronics, supervisors: Dr Andrey Umerski and  Dr Marc Pradas

*Accumulation of Diverging Trajectories, supervisors: Prof Michael Wilkinson and  Dr Marc Pradas

*Analysing Clouds, supervisors: Prof Michael Wilkinson and  Dr Marc Pradas

*Lacunarity, Anisotropy and Shape Statistics of Dynamical Fractals, supervisors: Prof Michael Wilkinson and  Dr Marc Pradas or Dr Katrine Rogers

*Statistical physics of soft condensed matter, supervisors: Dr Elsen Tjhung and  Dr Marc Pradas

*Mathematical models of phytoplankton dynamics living under rapid Arctic sea ice melting, supervisors: Dr Ivan Sudakow and  Prof Pavel Berloff, Imperial College London

*Complex systems with feedback: critical transitions and application for data-driven modelling, supervisor: Dr Ivan Sudakow

Statistics

*Statistical approaches for big data in human genetics, supervisors: Dr Kaustubh Adhikari and  Dr Alvaro Faria

Early prediction of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) and adverse birth outcomes, supervisors: Dr Yonas Weldeselassie, Dr Fadlalla Elfadaly and  Prof Ponnusammy Saravanan, Warwick Medical School

*Machine learning methods for predicting soccer match outcomes, supervisor: Dr Daniel Berrar

History of Mathematics

*Finding community: Women and mathematics 1700-1950, supervisors: Dr Brigitte Stenhouse and Prof June Barrow-Green