Research group

Discrete Analysis and Combinatorics at Cambridge

There is a regular Combinatorics seminar at 2:30pm on Thursday afternoons, and the occasional Discrete Analysis seminar at 1:45pm on Wednesdays. All are welcome.

We are also a participant node in the Warwick-Oxbridge-Manchester-Bristol-London 1-day meeting in additive combinatorics and analytic number theory (WOMBL).

Senior members of the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics at Cambridge with research interests more or less closely related to my own include:

Current and former graduate students

Joe Deakin
PhD student, University of Cambridge, from October 2023.
Previously: MASt University of Cambridge 2023

Leo Versteegen
PhD student, University of Cambridge, since October 2020.
Previously: Masters University of Hamburg 2020

Valeriia Gladkova
PhD student, University of Cambridge, since October 2019.
Previously: MFoCS University of Oxford 2019

Pierre-Yves Bienvenu
PhD University of Bristol 2014--2018
Thesis title: Linear, bilinear and polynomial configurations in function fields and the primes
Currently: Teaching fellow, Trinity College Dublin

Luka Rimanic
PhD University of Bristol 2014--2018 (co-supervised by Trevor Wooley)
Thesis title: Arithmetic progressions, corners, and loneliness
Currently: Google, Zurich

Postdocs mentored

Gabriel Conant
Postdoctoral fellow (with Tim Gowers), University of Cambridge 2019--present
Currently: Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University

Yufei Zhao
Simons postdoctoral fellow, Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing Berkeley, Spring 2017
Currently: Associate Professor, Massachussetts Institute of Technology

Caroline Terry
Simons postdoctoral fellow, Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing Berkeley, Spring 2017
Currently: Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University

Thomas Bloom
Heilbronn fellow, University of Bristol, 2014--2017
Currently: Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Oxford

Pablo Candela
Postdoctoral fellow (with Harald Helfgott), Ecole normale supérieure, 2012--2013
Currently: Professor, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Past project students

Sofia Zotova
Undergraduate summer research student, University of Cambridge, Summer 2023

Akshat Mudgal
Undergraduate summer research student, University of Bristol, Summer 2016
Currently: Postdoc, University of Oxford

Alex Saad
Undergraduate summer research student, University of Bristol, Summer 2014
Currently: PhD student, University of Oxford

Eric Naslund
Stage de recherche, Ecole polytechnique, Spring 2013

Yuncheng Lin
Summer Programme for Undergraduate Research, Massachussetts Institute of Technology, Summer 2008

Cordelia Link
Summer Programme for Undergraduate Research, Massachussetts Institute of Technology, Summer 2008

Information for prospective students and postdocs

Undergraduate students:
Due to other commitments, I have no vacancies for projects in 2024.

Graduate students:
It is very unlikely that I will be able to accept a PhD student for entry in October 2024. Applicants should note that I would normally expect prospective graduate students to have completed Part III, or be able to demonstrate a comparable level of breadth and depth of mathematical background. Generally speaking, a good time for applicants to get in touch with prospective supervisors is between the start of November and early December, as applications for funded places are due in early January.

Postdocs:
You are welcome to contact me regarding postdoctoral opportunities. However, please note that the only funded departmental position currently available is the Herchel Smith Postdoctoral Fellowship, which is normally advertised in November. College research fellowships are advertised from time to time, and more information is available here.

This page was last updated 28th June 2023.