I am a Professor in the School of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Nottingham . My research interests lie in mathematical biology, particularly the application of nonlinear dynamics and statistical physics to neural systems.
My current work centres on mathematical neuroscience: the dynamics of spiking neural networks, neural fields, and the roles of axonal conduction delays and their plasticity in neural computation. More about my research .
2003–present
Reader (2003–2006), then Professor of Applied Mathematics (2007–present), School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham.
2002–2007: EPSRC Advanced Research Fellowship, studying synaptic travelling waves. More about the fellowship .
1998–2003
Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer (from 2001), in the Mathematical Biology Group at Loughborough University .
1996–1998
Research Associate at Loughborough, working with Paul Bressloff on the dynamics of coupled neural oscillators, with applications to swimming and struggling in simple vertebrates such as the Xenopus tadpole.
1994–1996
Research Associate in Engineering Mathematics at the University of Bristol, studying neural dynamics and how cellular, synaptic and network properties determine rhythmic output in model central pattern generators.
1991–1994
PhD student in Mathematics at King's College London , studying computing with higher-order neurons and recurrent networks.
1987–1990
BSc in Theoretical Physics, University of Exeter .
1980–1987
Buckhurst Hill County High School , Essex.