I am a mathematician and Assistant Professor in Sustainable Logistics, working in the TransiT Research Hub and the Centre for Sustainable Road Freight at Heriot-Watt University. I am interested in how data may be used accelerate the decarbonisation of the haulage sector, and the transport sector more widely.
My previous research is in pure mathematics (geometric group theory); see my publications page for more details.
Pronous: he/him
2024 - 2025: Assistant Professor in Sustainable Logistics, Heriot-Watt U.
2024 - 2025: Research Fellow, Heriot-Watt U.
2023 - 2024: Assistant Professor in Data Science, Heriot-Watt U.
2022 - 2023: Associate Lecturer in Mathematics, U. St Andrews
2018 - 2022: Postdoc, Heriot-Watt U.
I worked with Laura Ciobanu, on the EPSRC-funded project Equations in groups, formal languages and complexity.
2016 - 2018: Jack Research Fellow, U. Glasgow.
Funded by the William Jack Prize fund, for the most outstanding PhD student in Mathematics at the University of Glasgow over the preceeding 3 years.
2014 - 2016: Affiliate, U. Glasgow.
2009 - 2014: EPSRC-funded PhD Student, U. Glasgow.
Supervisors: Steve Pride and Tara Brendle.
2004-2009: MMath Mathematics (1st Class), University of St Andrews.
Between 2014 and 2016 I was teaching full time (across 3 standard 11 week terms, so no summer break!). For more details, see my teaching page.
Address: Esmée Fairbairn Research Centre, Heriot-Watt U., Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK
Research email: alanlogan.X@gmail.com, where X=maths.
University email: Alan.Logan (at) hw (dot) ac (dot) uk