Curriculum Vitae

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2025

2017

Appointments

2024-present: Chair - Cardiff University 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
2024-present: Visiting Lecturer - University of Namibia 🇳🇦
2016-2024: Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor - Cardiff University 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
2013-present: Fellow of the Higher Education Academy - Cardiff University 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
2016-present: Fellow of Sustainable Software Institute - Cardiff University 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
2011-2016: Lecturer/Assistant Professor - Cardiff University 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
2009-2011: Post Doctoral Researcher - Cardiff University 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Awards

2026: The Vice-Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Contribution to the University
2025: Nominated for Cardiff University Enriching Student Life Awards: Most Impactful and Outstanding Use of Assessment as Learning
2025: Nominated for Cardiff University Enriching Student Life Awards: Most Outstanding Learning Experience
2025: Nominated for Cardiff University Enriching Student Life Awards: Personal Tutor of the Year
2024: Nominated for Cardiff University Enriching Student Life Awards: Most Outstanding Learning Experience
2021: Lyn Thomas award award in recognition of academic OR research which best demonstrates both novelty and real world impact backed up by evidence.
2020: School of Mathematics student award for personal tutor of the year
2020: School of Mathematics student award for best lecturer
2020: School of Mathematics student award for most approachable member of staff
2019: School of Mathematics student award for personal tutor of the year
2019: School of Mathematics student award for most influential member of staff in the final year
2019: School of Mathematics student award for best lecturer
2018: Nominated for Cardiff University Enriching Student Life Awards: Most innovative member of staff
2017: John Pinner award for contribution to the Python community
2017: Times higher education award for international collaboration: Phoenix Project.
2016: Shortlisted for Cardiff University Enriching Student Life Awards: Most innovative member of staff
2016: School of Mathematics student award for best lecturer
2015: Times higher education award for modelling unit
2015: Shortlisted for Cardiff University Enriching Student Life Awards: Most innovative member of staff
2014: Cardiff University Recognising Excellence Rising Star Award
2005: Cardiff School of Mathematics - graduated top of my year

Qualifications

2013 - Cardiff University 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 : Postgraduate Certificate in University Teaching and Learning - Obtained with distinction
2009 - Cardiff University 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 : Ph.D. in Enumerative Combinatorics - Alternating Sign Matrix Polytopes
2005 - Cardiff University 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 : B.Sc. (Hons) Mathematics - Graduated top of my class
2002 - Lycee du Pre Saint Sauver, St Claude, Jura, France 🇫🇷: Baccalaureat Scientifique - Fluent in French

Examiner

2025: External PhD examiner: Nick Jelicic (University College of London - May)
2024: Internal PhD examiner: Eferhonore Efe-Eyefia (January)
2023: Internal PhD examiner: Elizabeth Williams (May)
2018: External PhD examiner: Junchi Tan (Strathclyde University - August)
2018: External PhD examiner: Ryan Palmer (University College of London - March)
2017: External PhD examiner: Shu Pan (University of Southampton - November)
2015: Internal PhD supervisor: Elizabeth Rowse (August)
2013-2016: External Examiner Greenwich University

Roles

2025-present: Programme lead for MSc in AI + Statistical Analysis
2022-2025: Student Voice Coordinator
2019-present: Topic editor for the Journal of Open Source Software
2018: Local organiser of the SSI Collaborations 2018 Conference
2018-present: Data Innovation Research Institute Management Board
2017-2023: Trustee of the UK Python Association
2016-2017: Editor for the Cardiff Centre for Education Innovation Learning Hub
2016-present: Member of the PyCon UK organising committee
2016-present: Sustainable Software Institute Fellow
2016-2018: Deputy director of engagement
2015-present: Phoenix project advisory board
2015-present: Cardiff Python User Group Meetup Organiser
2015-2021: Mathematical modelling area editor for Health Systems
2011-2017: Chair of Operational Research in Schools taskforce

Publications

67 publications

Grants

A record of the grant applications I have made, whether or not they were successful. Awarded funding totals £3,236,590.

Analytics Modelling Unit awarded
Cardiff and Vale UHB, £545,760 — 2021
Modelling Emergency Medical Services in Indonesia awarded
EPSRC, £559,202 — 2019
THIS Fellowship: Workforce Behaviours in Healthcare Queueing Systems: Mathematical Modelling informed by Ethnographic Methods awarded
THIS (The Healthcare Improvement Studies) Institute, £136,660 — 2018
Further game theoretic dynamics of Rhino poaching awarded
Cardiff University CUROP Award, £2,100 — 2018
Matched funded PhD Studentship (algorithm evaluation and cluster initialisation) awarded
Cwm Taf University Health Board, £35,000 — 2015
Mathematical Modelling Unit (continuation of funding) awarded
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, £655,663 — 2015
Matched Funded PhD Studentship (ICU modelling) awarded
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, £37,500 — 2014
Matched Funded PhD Studentship: Modelling Deadlock in Queueing System awarded
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, £37,700 — 2014
Fellowship awarded
Sustainable software institute, £3,000 — 2013
Estimating quality improvement and cost reduction for the patient and local health economy of transferring ENT/audiology services into a community setting awarded
Health Foundation (SHINE award), £61,237 — 2013
Hate speech? Understanding the modelling of social media identity formation and behaviour through the Cardiff Online Social Media Observatory (COSMOS) awarded
ESRC, £7,015 — 2013
Identifying and modelling victim, business regulatory and malware behaviours in a changing cyberthreat landscape awarded
EPSRC, £101,659 — 2013
Operational Research Modelling to Support Cardiff and Vale UHB awarded
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, £371,427 — 2013
Mathematical modelling to support the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board awarded
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, £195,000 — 2013
Creation of a Mathematical Modelling Unit to Support the Aneurin Bevan Health Board awarded
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, £319,944 — 2013
Post-Doctoral Training Scheme Grant: Investigating the Effects of Individual Behaviour on Hierarchical queueing Systems awarded
LANCS (EPSRC), £5,000 — 2012
Developing and Evaluating Mathematical Teaching Resources through Open Source Software awarded
Cardiff University CUROP Award, £2,200 — 2012
Maximising the Use of Existing Administrative data Sets for Wales trough computer Simulation Modelling and Simulation (Welsh Government Fellowship) awarded
ESRC and Welsh Government, £155,523 — 2011
Post-Doctoral Training Scheme Grant: Choice and Healthcare Investigation Project awarded
LANCS (EPSRC), £2,500 — 2010
Patient Choice: A Discrete Event Simulation awarded
Cardiff University CUROP Award, £2,500 — 2010

42 Research students

13 of 42 students have joint publications (avg 1.1 per student).

Alex Griffiths (MMath) — 2025
Harry Foster (PhD) — 2025
Matilde Chiari (BSc.) — 2025
Thomas Hutton (Summer) — 2024
Henry Wilde (PhD) — 2021
Katie Murphy (MMath) — 2021
Katie McGoldrick (BSc) — 2020
Michalis Panayides (PhD) — 2020
Sophie Shapcott (MMath) — 2020
Thomas Rodwell (PhD) — 2019
Ben Black (MSc) — 2018
Eleanor Owen (BSc) — 2018
Geraint Palmer (PhD) — 2018
Solomon Keedle-Isack (Summer) — 2018
Tara Hussain (BSc) — 2018
Lewis Parsons (Summer) — 2017
Mansour Hakem (Nuffield Research Placement) — 2017
Toby Devlin (BSc) — 2017
Will Guo (Nuffield Research Placement) — 2017
Cindy Huang (Nuffield Research Placement) — 2016
James Campbell (BSc, Summer) — 2016
Nikoleta Glynatsi (PhD, MSc) — 2016
Ffinian Sullivan (Nuffield Research Placement) — 2015
Hannah Lorrimore (Summer) — 2015
Imogen Dunne (BSc.) — 2015
Rhys Ward (Summer) — 2015
Tobenna Peter Igwe (Google Summer of Code) — 2015
Angelico Fetta (PhD) — 2014
Rhys Jones (BSc.) — 2014
Ceri Morse (BSc.) — 2013
Izabela Komenda (PhD) — 2013
Leanne Smith (PhD) — 2013
Chappman Sin (BSc.) — 2012
Jason Young (MMath, Summer) — 2012
Julie Vile (PhD) — 2012
Catherine Fortune (BSc.) — 2011
Iain Reynolds (Summer) — 2011
Rob Shone (PhD, BSc) — 2011
Stuart MacGregor (BSc.) — 2011
Tatjana Timofejeva (BSc.) — 2011
Fern Gould (BSc.) — 2010
Tamsin Griffiths (BSc.) — 2010