De Morgan Association Newsletter 2019/20 Contents Letter from the Editor ..................................................................................... 3 Letter from the Head of Department .............................................................. 3 British Society Of Rheology Annual Award 2019 ............................................. 5 De Morgan Association Dinner ....................................................................... 6 What Biology Can Do For Maths ..................................................................... 8 4th Floor Opening .......................................................................................... 14 ICDEA 2019 .................................................................................................... 16 Inaugural Lecture – Professor Yiannis Petridis ................................................ 18 Susan Brown Day – International Women’s Day ............................................. 20 STEM for Britain ............................................................................................. 22 April Colloquium 2019 .................................................................................... 24 Wikithon ........................................................................................................ 25 Thomas Harriot - England's leading mathematical scientist before Newton .... 26 Chalkdust ....................................................................................................... 30 Scaling, PDEs and Iceberg Melting .................................................................. 32 Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (IMSS) Events 2019 .......... 38 The Michael Singers ....................................................................................... 39 Awards .......................................................................................................... 40 Staff and Graduate Student Awards ............................................................... 41 Undergraduate and MSc Prizes ...................................................................... 42 PhD Scholarships and Prizes ........................................................................... 43 PhD Awards .................................................................................................... 44 New Academic Staff ....................................................................................... 45 Alumni Careers ............................................................................................... 47 In Memoriam - Professor Yaroslav Kurylev ..................................................... 48 2 LETTERS FROM THE EDITOR AND THE HEAD OF DEPARTMENT >ĞƩĞƌĨƌŽŵƚŚĞĚŝƚŽƌ >ĞƩĞƌĨƌŽŵƚŚĞ,ĞĂĚŽĨĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ,ĞůĞŶtŝůƐŽŶ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌdĞĚ:ŽŚŶƐŽŶ /͛ŵǁƌŝƟŶŐƚŚŝƐĂƌƟĐůĞƐŝƫŶŐĂƚŚŽŵĞ͕ǁŚĞƌĞ LLastast yyear'sear's aannualnnual dinnerdinner ofof thethe DeDe MorganMorgan 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ANNUAL AWARD 2019 ƌŝƟƐŚ^ŽĐŝĞƚLJŽĨZŚĞŽůŽŐLJŶŶƵĂů ŇƵŝĚƐǁŚŝĐŚŝƐƚŚĞĮƌƐƚƚŽďĞĂďůĞƚŽĐĂƉƚƵƌĞ ǁĂƌĚϮϬϭϵ ƵŶƐƚĞĂĚLJĞīĞĐƚƐĂƐǁĞůůĂƐƚŚĞďĞŚĂǀŝŽƵƌ ƵŶĚĞƌŐĞŶĞƌĂůŇŽǁĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐ͘ dŚĞƌŝƟƐŚ^ŽĐŝĞƚLJŽĨZŚĞŽůŽŐLJ;^ZͿ ǀĞƌLJƌĞĐŝƉŝĞŶƚŽĨƚŚĞ^ZŶŶƵĂůǁĂƌĚ ŐĂǀĞŝƚƐŶŶƵĂůǁĂƌĚϮϬϭϵƚŽŽƵƌ,ĞĂĚ ǁƌŝƚĞƐĂƐƵŵŵĂƌLJŽĨƚŚĞŝƌĂǁĂƌĚůĞĐƚƵƌĞ ŽĨĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ͕WƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ,ĞůĞŶtŝůƐŽŶ͘ ĨŽƌƚŚŽƐĞ^ZŵĞŵďĞƌƐǁŚŽĐŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚďĞ dŚŝƐĂǁĂƌĚƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƐĞƐƚŚĞĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƟŽŶ ƚŚĞƌĞ͕ǁŚŝĐŚŝƐƉƵďůŝƐŚĞĚŝŶƚŚĞ^ZƵůůĞƟŶ͘ of a UK researcher to rheology, either dŚŝƐLJĞĂƌƚŚĞƐƉƌŝŶŐĞĚŝƟŽŶŽĨƚŚĞƵůůĞƟŶ͕ directly through their research or through ĐŽŶƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ,ĞůĞŶ͛ƐĂƌƟĐůĞ͕ǁĂƐŵĂĚĞĨƌĞĞůLJ ĚŝƐƟŶŐƵŝƐŚĞĚƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƚŽƚŚĞ^ZŝƚƐĞůĨ͘/Ŷ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞƚŽĂůů;ŶŽƚũƵƐƚ^ZŵĞŵďĞƌƐͿʹƐŽŝĨ ,ĞůĞŶ͛ƐĐĂƐĞŝƚǁĂƐĂĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟŽŶŽĨƚŚĞƚǁŽ͘ LJŽƵǁĂŶƚƚŽƌĞĂĚŵŽƌĞ͕ŝƚ͛ƐŚĞƌĞ͗ ,ĞƌƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚŽǀĞƌƚŚĞůĂƐƚϮϱLJĞĂƌƐŚĂƐďĞĞŶ ŚƩƉƐ͗ͬͬǁǁǁ͘ďƐƌ͘ŽƌŐ͘ƵŬͬĂƌƟĐůĞͬĨƌĞĞͲ ŽŶĂƌĂŶŐĞŽĨĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚƚŽƉŝĐƐǁŝƚŚŝŶƌŚĞŽůŽŐLJ ďƵůůĞƟŶͲϮϱͬ;ƉĂŐĞϱͿ͘ ;ĚĞĮŶĞĚĂƐƚŚĞĚĞĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶĂŶĚŇŽǁŽĨ ŵĂƩĞƌ͕ĂŶĚŶŽǁŐĞŶĞƌĂůůLJǀŝĞǁĞĚĂƐƚŚĞ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ,ĞůĞŶtŝůƐŽŶ ƐĐŝĞŶĐĞŽĨŚŽǁĐŽŵƉůĞdžŵĂƚĞƌŝĂůƐďĞŚĂǀĞͿ͖ ĨƌŽŵϮϬϭϱͲϮϬϭϳƐŚĞǁĂƐWƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚŽĨƚŚĞ^Z ĂŶĚƐŚĞŚĂƐĐŽͲŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĞĚĂůĂƌŐĞŶƵŵďĞƌŽĨ ŵĞĞƟŶŐƐŽŶďĞŚĂůĨŽĨƚŚĞ^Z͘ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌtŝůƐŽŶƚŚĞŶŐĂǀĞŚĞƌĂǁĂƌĚ ůĞĐƚƵƌĞ͕ĞŶƟƚůĞĚ͞DŽĚĞůůŝŶŐŽŵƉůĞdž ^ƵƐƉĞŶƐŝŽŶƐ͕͟ĚĞƐĐƌŝďŝŶŐƚŚĞŽƌLJƐŚĞŚĂƐ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞĚŝŶĐŽůůĂďŽƌĂƟŽŶǁŝƚŚƉŽƐƚĚŽĐƌ :ƵƌƌŝĂĂŶ'ŝůůŝƐƐĞŶĨŽƌƚǁŽĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚŬŝŶĚƐŽĨ ĐŽŵƉůĞdžƐƵƐƉĞŶƐŝŽŶƐ͘/ŶƚŚĞĮƌƐƚĐĂƚĞŐŽƌLJ͕ ƚŚĞƉĂƌƟĐůĞƐĂƌĞĂƩƌĂĐƚĞĚƚŽŽŶĞĂŶŽƚŚĞƌĂŶĚ ŝŶƚŚĞĂďƐĞŶĐĞŽĨŇŽǁƚŚĞLJǁŽƵůĚĐŽĂŐƵůĂƚĞ͘ Gillissen and Wilson have developed a scaling ůĂǁƚŚĂƚĂůůŽǁƐĞdžƉĞƌŝŵĞŶƚĂůƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚĞƌƐ ƚŽĞdžƚƌĂĐƚŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶĂďŽƵƚƚŚĞƐŝnjĞŽĨ ƚŚĞĂƩƌĂĐƟǀĞĨŽƌĐĞďĞƚǁĞĞŶƚŚĞƉĂƌƟĐůĞƐ͕ ĨƌŽŵƚŚĞǀŝƐĐŽƐŝƚLJŽĨƚŚĞǁŚŽůĞƐƵƐƉĞŶƐŝŽŶ ĂƚĂƌĂŶŐĞŽĨĨĂƐƚŇŽǁƌĂƚĞƐ͘/ŶƚŚĞƐĞĐŽŶĚ ĐĂƚĞŐŽƌLJ͕ƚŚĞƉĂƌƟĐůĞƐƌĞƉĞůĞĂĐŚŽƚŚĞƌĂŶĚ͕ ĂƚŚŝŐŚĐŽŶĐĞŶƚƌĂƟŽŶƐ͕ƚŚĞƐLJƐƚĞŵĐĂŶũĂŵ ;ƚŚŝƐŝƐǁŚĂƚ͛ƐŐŽŝŶŐŽŶŝŶĂĚĞŶƐĞĐŽƌŶŇŽƵƌͲ The award was presented at the BSR Midwinter ĂŶĚͲǁĂƚĞƌŵŝdžƚƵƌĞǁŚĞŶLJŽƵƐƟƌƚŽŽĨĂƐƚĂŶĚ DĞĞƟŶŐŝŶŝƌŵŝŶŐŚĂŵŝŶĞĐĞŵďĞƌϮϬϭϵ͕ďLJ ƚŚĞ͞ůŝƋƵŝĚ͟ƐƵĚĚĞŶůLJƐŚĂƩĞƌƐůŝŬĞĐŚŝŶĂͿ͘