Collaborateur Scientifique
EPFLOct 2022 - Present
  • Implemented probabilistic methods in Magma to find dense orbits of large matrix groups.
  • Worked on novel representation theory problems within the Testerman group.
INI-Simons Postdoctoral Fellow
University of CambridgeAug 2021 - Sep 2022
  • Funded by the Simons foundation in coordination with the Isaac Newton Institute.
  • Expanded area of research by collaborating with Breuillard, Liebeck and Naor, achieving a proof of a 40 year-old open problem.


Developer
Quivis (University of St Andrews)May 2015 - Sep 2015
  • Developed simulations in HTML5 for the Quantum Visualisations Project.
  • Published a research paper about a suite of simulations on quantum key protocols.


Education
PhD in Mathematics
Imperial College LondonSep 2017 - Jul 2021

"A double coset problem for classical groups", under the supervision of Professor Martin Liebeck.

Masters of Mathematics
University of St AndrewsSep 2013 - Jun 2017
  • Thesis on Hyperbolic Groups, supervised by Professor Colva Roney-Dougal.
  • Overall percentage: 97.00 (top university wide).
  • Awarded the Miller Prize for the best final year student in the Faculty of Science.
Invited Talks

  • Algebra Seminar, University of Warwick, Jun 2023
  • Groups and representations Seminar, RPTU, Jan 2023
  • Algebra Seminar, EPFL, Nov 2022
  • Young Group Theorists Workshop, SwissMAP, Sep 2022.
  • Algebra Seminar, University of York, Mar 2022.
  • Junior London Algebra Colloquium, Imperial College London, Nov 2021.
  • Totally Disconnected Locally Compact groups via group Actions, Banff, Aug 2021.
  • Algebra, Combinatorics and Number Theory Seminar, CMUP, Jul 2021.
  • Algebraic Groups Introductory Workshop, INI, Cambridge, Jan 2020.
  • Junior Algebra Seminar, University of Cambridge, Nov 2019.
  • Postgraduate Group Theory Conference, University of Birmingham, July 2019.
Prizes and Awards
  • EPSRC PhD Studentship.
  • Miller Prize (Science), for the best final year student in the faculty of Science.
  • Sanderson Prize, for the best final year student in mathematics.
  • Arthur Hinton Read Memorial Prize, for performance in Pure Mathematics at Senior Honours level.
  • Alexander Stewart Award, for best junior honour student in pure mathematics.
  • The Principal's Scholarship for Academic Excellence, awarded to the top 50 students.
  • Class Medal, for performance in second level statistics.