Academic Qualifications

PhD Mathematics - University of St Andrews (2015-2019)

• Thesis title: Mathematical modelling of tumour-immune competition and tumour growth: Discrete and continuum approaches.
• (Access thesis)
• Commendation for the Edinburgh Mathematical Society PhD Thesis Prize 2019-2021
• Shortlisted for the European Society for Mathematical and Theoretical Biology Reinhardt Heinrich 2019 Doctoral Thesis Award

BSc Mathematical Biology (First Class) - University of Dundee (2011-2015)

Previous Research Experience

Dundee iGEM 2015 Team Member - University of Dundee (May 2015 to September 2015)

Member of an interdisciplinary team, involving biologists, physicists and mathematicicans, as part of an international synthetic biology competition for which we achieved a gold medal.


My role was to model different aspects of the project which focused on creating new tools for forensic investigation. I was also involved in the development of our website and outreach within the forensic science community.


The project involved weekly presentations to the team and supervisors, as well as presentations at external conferences, including the final presentation in Boston (MA) in September 2015.


To find out more about the project check out our wiki.