Jesse Pajwani

I'm a mathematician looking at the interactions of homotopy theory and arithmetic geometry. In particular, I look at ways we can use homotopy theory to approach results in anabelian geometry, arithmetic curve counting, and rational points on varieties. At the moment, the two main things I'm thinking about are anabelian geometry, rational points, and the connections between them, as well as the arithmetic and geometric behaviour of a quadratically enriched Euler characteristic from motivic homotopy.

I currently organise the GWNT seminar, a seminar designed to connect number theorists in the south west (applied loosely) of England, along with 8 other people. 

Brief CV

October 2025 - now: Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Bristol

September 2024-September 2025: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Bath, working with Daniel Loughran.

September 2023 - end of August 2024, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, working with Brendan Creutz and Felipe Voloch on the Marsden grant "Rational Points and Anabelian Geometry".

October 2019-September 2023: PhD Student at the London School of Geometry and Number Theory, supervised by Ambrus Pál.

The papers I've written can be found here. A much more in depth CV is this link (updated in December 2025), and I'm always happy to answer questions about work in preparation.

The list of talks I've given is here. I enjoy giving talks, so please get in touch if you'd like me to speak about something I've written! I also enjoy organising events, and a list of the previous events I've organised is here.