Education

DPhil in Systems Approaches to Biomedical Sciences (Mathematics) — Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford, UK
2016–2021

  • Fully funded by EPSRC-MRC
  • Thesis: Modelling the effects of temporal variations of blood flow in tumours
  • Supervisors: Maini PK, Byrne HM, Gatenby RA, Anderson ARA

BSc Hons in Astrophysics — University of St Andrews, UK
2012–2016

Experience

2026–now: SNSF Ambizione Fellow — School of Life Science, EPFL, Switzerland

2025–2026: Postdoctoral Researcher — Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Physique, Université Grenoble Alpes, France

  • Supervisors: Gravelle S, Lorenceau E, Dollet B, Coupier Gw

2023–2025: MSCA Individual Fellow — Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

  • Supervisor: Doostmohammadi A

2021–2022: MSCA COFUND Junior Fellow — Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

  • Supervisor: Doostmohammadi A

Grants

SNSF Ambizione Fellowship (888,892 CHF; grant number: 232854)
MSCA Individual Fellowship (214 934 €, grant number: 101063870)
MSCA COFUND Interactions Junior Fellowship (2 years)

Other research experience

Visiting Research Scholar — Integrated Mathematical Oncology Group, Moffit Cancer Centre, FL, USA (2017-19, 4 months in total)

Research Intern — Physics and Biology Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan (2015-2017, 9.5 months in total)

Research Intern — Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan (2014, 2 months)

Research Intern — Graduate School of Science, University of Dundee, UK (2013, 2 months)

Teaching

  • Modelling and Scientific Computing (Demonstrator, 2017-2020)
  • Mathematical Biology (Demonstrator, 2017-2020)
  • Part B Further Mathematical Biology (TA, 2018)

Student supervision

  • PhD students:
    • Hengdong Lu (EPFL, with Anne-Florence Bitbol, 2026-now)
  • MSc students:
    • Niels de Graaf Sousa (NBI, with Amin Doostmohammadi, 2024)
    • Lasse Bonn (NBI, with Amin Doostmohammadi, 2021)

Event organisation

IntCha25: Interdisciplinary Advances in the Physics of Complexity and Life 2025, Heidelberg, Germany

Other

  • I am a reviewer of papers in PRL, PRE, Journal of Mathematical Biology, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Soft Matter, and more.