My research focuses on how we can apply mathematical models to problems in health and biology, with a particular interest in developing simple models to describe complex phenomena. I am currently a Research Fellow in the Department of Mathematics at UCL.
At UCL, I am trying to understand how the physical interactions between individual red blood cells can lead to changes in the whole blood properties for sickle cell disease. Previously, I developed a biophysical model for the bacterial colonisation of urinary catheters, which I applied to find the parameters controlling the timescales and outcomes in catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI).
Sickle cell disease
I am trying to use statistical physics, computational fluid dynamics, and power law fluid models to understand how interactions between red blood cells determine the whole blood rheology
Urinary catheters
I developed a population dynamics model for bacterial colonisation of urinary catheters. I apply this model to interpret and predict clinical data
Bacterial growth
I am interested in understanding how bacteria grow on complex growth media, and in developing chemostat models to describe bacterial growth on multiple substrates
Emergence
I am fascinated by the common threads of emergent behaviour we see across disciplines, and question if there might be a universal law of emergence
CV
2023 - now Research Fellow, Department of Mathematics, UCL (with Dr P. Pearce)
2018 - 2023 PhD in Condensed Matter Physics, University of Edinburgh (with Prof. R. Allen and Dr C. Brackley)Â
"Biophysical modelling of bacterial colonisation of urinary catheters"
2014 - 2018 MMathPhys Mathematics and Physics, University of Warwick
Research Interests
Population dynamics
Statistical physics
Fluid dynamics
Mathematical biology
Scientific computing