Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences: PhD in mathematics, 2025-ongoing.

PhD topic: Applying algebraic geometry to cosmology and particle theory

University of Oxford: MSc in Mathematical and Theoretical Physics, Distinction, 2024-2025.

Dissertation Title: Bootstrapping Fermionic Cosmological Correlators.

Durham University: MSci in Mathematics and Physics, First Class Honours, 2020-2024.

Dissertation Title: Emergent Geometry from Tensor Network States.

Europese School Bergen: European Baccalaureate, mean weighted mark of 94%, 2016-2020.

Awards:

• Merton College Distinction Prize 2025: Merton college, University of Oxford, for outstanding performance in MSc.

• Peter Rowe Memorial Prize 2024: Durham University Department of Mathematical Sciences, for outstanding performance in MSci.

• J.A. Chalmers Prize 2024: Durham University Department of Physics, for outstanding performance in MSci.

• Natural Sciences MSci Prize 2024: Durham University Department of Natural Sciences, for outstanding performance in MSci.

• Natural Sciences Outstanding Achievement Prizes 2022,2023,2024: Durham University Department of Natural Sciences, for a mean weighted mark over 80% in each year.

• Theoretical Physics Module Prizes 2022,2023: Durham University Department of Physics, for highest mark for Theoretical Physics 2 and 3 modules.

• European Baccalaureate Best Student Prize 2020: The European Union, for the highest average in the European Baccalaureate at the Europese School Bergen.

• Petten Science Prize 2020: The European Commission, for the highest mark in a scientific subject of the European Baccalaureate at the Europese School Bergen.

Research Experience:

Boostrapping Fermionic Cosmological Correlators, University of Oxford, 2024-2025

Weight-shifting operators are differential operators that act on fields, changing the representation of the conformal group that these fields transform under. This project involved exploring the feasibilty of applying existing weight-shifting operators to cosmological correlators on the boundary of de-Sitter space, with the aim of generating correlators involving fermionic fields from scalar correlators.

Spin Chains with Boundary Inhomogeneities, Durham University, 2023-2024

Proved that with a certain combination of Bulk and Boundary inhomogeneities on an open quantum spin chain one can construct a local, closed form Hamiltonian out of R-matrices that satisfy the Yang-Baxter equation.

Emergent Geometry From Tensor Network States, Durham University, 2023-2024

Tested the applicability of holographic tensor networks as toy models for the universe. In particular exploring whether or not holographic tensor networks have an intrinsic geometry associated with their entropy.

Doped Majumdar-Ghosh Model Ground States, MCQST Summer Program, August 2023

Worked in the Quantum Many Body Theory Group at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, finding the molecule and polaron ground states of a doped Majumdar-Ghosh model and presented this work during a symposium at the Max Plank Institute of Quantum Optics.

Diffraction Pattern to Image cGAN, Biozentrum Research Summer Program, July, August 2022

Worked at the University of Basel, designing a conditional generative adversarial network (cGAN) that maps diffraction patterns of proteins to their images. I trained the cGAN using data from proteins and electron microscopes that I simulated in python.

Work Experience:

Decolonising The Curriculum Faculty Intern, Durham University, 2024

Coordinated projects of decolonising the curriculum interns in ten different science departments, trained interns, liaised with their staff-leads and reported work done to the university senate. Co-organised a decolonising the curriculum conference.

Decolonising The Curriculum Department Intern, Durham University, 2021-2023

Wrote action plans and handbooks which are used to decolonise Durham University’s mathematics curriculum. This work was featured in Nature Magazine’s Why we have nothing to fear from the decolonisation of mathematics article. I presented this work at the Heads of Departments of Mathematical Sciences conference in 2023.

Mathematics and Physics Teaching Assistant, Beechen Cliff School, 2021

Awarded a grant from the Ogden Trust. Taught mathematics and physics to GCSE and A-level students.

Tutor, Europese School Bergen, 2020-2024

Tutoring European Baccalaureate students in mathematics, physics and chemistry.

Internship, European Centre for Nuclear Research (CERN) Beams Department, 2018

’Shadowed’ an employee working in CERN’s radio frequency department to gain a better understanding about how the accelerating cavities in the Large Hadron Collider are synchronised.

Internship, European Commission Petten Nuclear Reactor, 2018

Used 3D modelling programs to measure dimensions, angles and analyse cross-sections of objects.

Programming skills:

Python, Julia, Macaulay2

Language proficiency:

• English: Mother-tongue, fluent.

• French: C1, advanced level.

• Dutch: B1, intermediate level.

• German: A2, beginner-level.

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