I currently supervise one PhD student, Matthew Dales (project: instantons on ALF spaces).

I am currently advertising a fully-funded 4 year PhD position. The funding is attached to part-time teaching, and available only to UK applicants. The deadline is 4 June 2026, and the start date is 21 September 2026.

Please contact me if you are interested in undertaking PhD study with me.

I supervise 3rd year mathematics research projects annually, and offer MMath (4th year) projects. I also coordinate all undergraduate research projects.

Current projects

"Topological solitons" (MMath)

"Geometry and symmetries of space and time" (BSc)

Past projects

"Geometric topology of knots and links" (BSc)

"Mathematics of physics" (BSc)

"Fibre bundles and the geometry of physics" (MMath)

I am happy to offer opportunities for Undergraduate Research Projects to suitable students. If you are interested in schemes such as the LMS undergraduate research burseries and would like to undertake a small summer project with me please get in touch.

Currently I lecture the following courses at Leicester:

MA1115 Linear Algebra 1 (Sem 1)
MA3153/4153 Differential Geometry (Sem 1)
MA1105 Sets, Relations, and Groups (Sem 2)

I am also involved in the new module MA1300 Fundamentals of University Mathematics (Sem 1)

Previously I have lectured the following courses:

At Leicester:
MA1272 Plane Geometry
MA2021 Differential Equations
MA3144/4144 Topology
MA3152/4152 Number Theory

At Leeds:
MATH3225 Topology