PhD Projects are available on the following topics:

• Numerical Algorithms for Molecular Systems and Data Science
• Numerical Algorithms and Analysis for Deterministic and Stochastic Systems
• Neural Networks for Complex Dynamical Systems

PhD Scholarships:

• China Scholarship Council – University of Birmingham PhD Scholarships
• The China Scholarship Council (CSC) Scholarship
• Postgraduate Scholarship and Funding Database at the University of Birmingham
• How to Write a Research Proposal to Apply for a Birmingham PhD
• PhD Placements and Supervisor Mobility Grants China-UK

Applicants are strongly encouraged to apply before 11 January 2026 in order to be fully considered for scholarships.

PhD Students:

• Xinyi Wu (2021-), Thesis Title: The Computation of Transport Coefficients in Dissipative Particle Dynamics
• Jiani Wei (2023-) 
• Miao Li (2024-)
• Peiyuan Zhao (2024-)
• Bohan Zhan (2024-)
• Mengna Li (2025-)

NEWS:

• 08/2025: Paper (with Xinyi Wu, University of Birmingham) accepted in Journal of Computational Physics: Stochastic Norton dynamics: An alternative approach for the computation of transport coefficients in dissipative particle dynamics.
• 07/2025: I have been awarded the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences - Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research Network Support for the Mathematical Sciences.
• 02/2025: I have been awarded the University of Birmingham EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account - Impact Development Fund.
• 10/2024: I have been awarded the London Mathematical Society Joint Research Groups in the UK.
• 09/2024: I have been awarded the CECAM/CCP5 Sandpits (Co-I: Prof. Gabriel Stoltz).
• 05/2024: I have been awarded the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation Small Grants.
• 04/2024: I have been awarded the CCP5 Workshops Funding.
• 10/2023: I have been awarded the Royal Society Research Grants.
• 10/2023: I have been awarded the London Mathematical Society Joint Research Groups in the UK.
• 10/2023: I have been awarded the EUniWell (European University for Well-Being) Leadership Fellowship.
• 08/2023: I have been promoted to an Associate Professor in Mathematical Optimisation and Data Science in the School of Mathematics at the University of Birmingham.
• 07/2023: I have been awarded the London Mathematical Society Emmy Noether Fellowship.
• 06/2023: I have been awarded the Isaac Newton Institute Network Support for the Mathematical Sciences (Co-Is: Prof. Benedict Leimkuhler FRSE and Prof. Paola Carbone).
• 05/2022: Paper (with Hong Duong, University of Birmingham) accepted in Journal of Computational Physics: Accurate and robust splitting methods for the generalized Langevin equation with a positive Prony series memory kernel.
• 08/2021: I have been awarded the Turing Fellowship by The Alan Turing Institute.
• 07/2021: I have been awarded the Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
• 03/2021: I have been awarded the Royal Society International Exchanges Grant (Co-I: Prof. Gabriel Stoltz).
• 02/2021: Paper accepted in SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing: Accurate and efficient splitting methods for dissipative particle dynamics.
• 07/2020: We are starting a brand new weekly Statistics and Data Science Seminar at the University of Birmingham.
• 12/2019: Paper (with Hans Christian Öttinger, ETH Zurich) accepted in Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences: Structure-preserving integrators for dissipative systems based on reversible-irreversible splitting.
• 10/2019: Paper (with Martin Kröger, ETH Zurich) accepted in SIAM Review: Time correlation functions of equilibrium and nonequilibrium Langevin dynamics: Derivations and numerics using random numbers.
• 07/2019: I joined the School of Mathematics at the University of Birmingham as a Lecturer in Mathematics and Statistics.