Two St Andrews Mathematicians Awarded Prestigious Personal Fellowships
Daphné Lemasquerier and Jonathan Fraser have each been awarded a prestigious personal fellowship to enable them to concentrate on their research and develop their research teams.
School news
Vacancy for Chair/Reader in Statistical Ecology
We are currently advertising for a new Chair in Statistical Ecology.
St Andrews becomes long-term partner with the National Centre for Atmospheric Science
St Andrews has launched a new long-term research partnership with NERC’s National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) to understand better how the atmosphere and climate work, and how they might change into the future.
Professor Wins Award for Environmental Statistics
Professor David Borchers has been awarded the 2024 Barnett Award of the Royal Statistical Society for outstanding contributions to the field of environmental statistics.
Double Success for Maths Professor
Professor Jon Fraser has been awarded the Sir Edmund Whittaker Memorial Prize of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, as well as being elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Two Staff Win Teaching Awards
Dr Finn Smith has been awarded a University Teaching Excellent Award and Dr Chris Sutherland has won the student-selected award for Outstanding Innovation in Teaching.
PhD Student Awarded Prestigious Travel Grant
Laura Johnson, PhD student in the Algebra and Combinatorics Group, has been awarded the prestigious 2024 London Mathematical Society Cecil King Travel Scholarship for early career mathematicians.
Mathematicians Recognised in the New Year Honours List
Two members of the School featured in the King’s New Year Honours 2024. Colva Roney-Dougal was awarded an OBE for Services to Education and Mathematics and Kenneth Falconer a CBE for Services to Mathematics.
Statisticians Educate and Entertain at Explorathon2023 in Dundee
Statisticians from CREEM (Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling) participated in Explorathon2023, a science festival to encourage the public to engage with research, using interactive games.
Covid-19 Team Win Royal Society of Edinburgh Award
A Scottish universities team, including the School’s Ben Swallow, has won the RSE Mary Somerville Medal for their analyses and insights that supported the pandemic's evidence-informed policy and public health response.