Opportunities
- I am currently seeking applications for a 2.5+ yr postdoc to model the infection dynamics of human and animal African trypanosomiasis
- Are you interested in doing a PhD in Mathematical Biology? Please contact me about possible projects.
People
Cobbold Lab
Current group members
- Parag Gupta (PhD) Jan 2019- Mathematical modelling of infection dynamics of Animal African trypanosomiasis, an economically important livestock disease (with Richard McCulloch)
- Dominic Brass (PhD) Oct 2018-- Predicting seasonal dynamics of UK mosquito vectors across urban and rural gradients (with Steven White, Beth Purse, David Ewing and Amanda Callaghan
- Claire Harris (PhD) 2015- (with Richard Reeve and Neil Brummitt)
- Cameline Nafula Orlendo (PhD) Nov 2014- Evolution of Lamb immune phenotype in response to nematode infections (with Louise Matthews)
- Elizabeth Mittell (PhD) January 2015- Food security in the omics era: the role of polyploidy, hybridisation and mating system on the ability of crops to adapt to changing environments (with Barbara Mable (lead) and Umer Ijaz)
Former group members
- David Ewing (PhD) Oct 2013- 2017 Modelling the phenological effects of multiple environmental drivers on mosquito populations. What is needed for the mosquito perfect storm? (with Steven White Beth Purse and Miles Nunn) Dave now has a permanent research position as a statistical scientist at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland (BioSS)
- Sonia Mitchell (PhD) 2014-2018 The Measurement, Dynamics, and Interpretation of Biological Diversity (with Richard Reeve and Louise Matthews) Sonia is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Institute of Biodiversity Animal Health & Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow
- Yi-Hsiu Chen (PhD) Oct 2011- 2015Quantifying the influence of learning and experience on foraging behaviour (with Jason Matthiopoulos) Yi-Hsiu is currently a researcher at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, USA
- Erida Gjini (PhD) 2007-2011 Bridging between parasite genomic data and population processes: Trypanosome dynamics and the antigenic archive (with Dan Haydon and Dave Barry) Erida is now a group leader in the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia, Portugal
- Catherine Higham (PhD) 2008-2012 Dynamic DNA and human disease: mathematical modelling and statistical inference for myotonic dystrophy type 1 and Huntington disease (with Darren Monckton Dan Haydon and Douglas Wilcox). Catherine is now a postdoctoral researcher in Computing Science, University of Glasgow
Former MSci and MSc students
- Dominic Brass (MSci) 2017 Trypanosome in Motion Dominic is now a PhD student at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, UK
- Darryl Maloney (MSc) 2014 Predator-prey interaction in a moving climate
- Ross Kirk (MSci) 2013 Periodc travelling waves
- Craig Dun (MSc) 2012 Integrodifference models and travelling wave solutions. Craig is now a consultant for Ricardo-AEA
- Richard Baillie (MSci) 2011 Periodic travelling waves in predator-prey models and the effect of spatially heterogeneous landscapes. Richard is now an actuarial analyst at Mercer
Former undergraduate summer students
- Daniel Jose Navarrete June-Aug 2018 Princeton, Department of Ecology and Evolution summer studentship. Modelling African trypanosome circadian rhythm
- Dominic Brass June - Sept 2016 NERC IAPETUS Research Experience Placement. Broadening the use of integrodifference equations in ecology
- Scott DallasMay - July 2015 Carnegie Trust Undergraduate Vacation Scholarship Does avoiding competition explain population cycles?
- Remus Stana July-September 2014 LMS Undergraduate Vacation Research Project. Can organisms with a non-motile life-stage keep pace with climate change? Remus is now a PhD student in mathematical immunology at the University of Leeds, UK.
- Kathleen Cleary June-August 2008 Nuffield Undergraduate Vacation Research Project. Can parasitoids slow or stop a wave of invading hosts?
