University of Nottingham’s SIAM & IMA Student Chapter


About Us


This is the official website for the University of Nottingham SIAM (Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics) and IMA (Institute of Mathematics and its Applications) Student Chapter.

Our mission is to promote research in applied maths and encourage communication and collaboration between mathematics, science, engineering and industry.

Our LinkedIn page is: https://www.linkedin.com/company/siam-ima-nottingham-student-chapter/.


Committee


This is the current 2025 committee. You can find a list of previous committee members here.

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Nicholas Harbour

President

Nicholas is a third-year PhD student. His research focuses on using mathematical modelling to better understand and develop targeted therapies for cancer stem cells in glioblastoma (brain cancer).
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Grace Jolly

Vice-president

Grace is a second-year PhD student in Mathematical Neuroscience.
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Angelica Pozzi

Treasurer

Angelica is a second-year PhD student in Mathematical Neuroscience. Her research focuses on employing dynamical systems to advance treatments of Tourette syndrome.
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Xiaohan Zhou

Social Media

Xiaohan is a second year PhD student in Mathematical Biology. Her research focuses on population models incorporating ecological effects (Allee effect) and moving boundary conditions.
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Marco Iglesias Hernandez

Faculty Advisor

Marco Iglesias is an Associate Professor in Scientific Computation. His main research area is computational inverse problems.
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Emanuil Hristov

Committee Member

Emanuil is a first-year PhD student. His reasearch focuses on developing a new mathematical framework for bio­inspired computation centred around axonal plasticity using techniques from nonlinear dynamics and bifurcation theory.
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Samuel Lewis

Committee Member

Sam Is a first year PhD student. His research focuses on devolving AI algorithms for mathematical modelling in fluid mechanics.

Upcoming Events


There are no upcoming events at this time


Past Events


Maths and Sport with Maria Angonese

Maria Angonese, Head of Innovation at SportAnalytics, is joining us for an exciting talk about maths and sport! Maria has a degree in Mathematics and over 10 years of consulting experience for top clubs, national teams, and leagues in various sports, particularly football and volleyball. She specialises in data analytics and custom metric development, with…

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SIAM & IMA Mathematics Challenge 2023

We are pleased to announce that the SIAM Maths Challenge returns on 1st December with £150 WORTH OF PRIZES TO BE WON! Questions will be available from 9-10am in Pope A15 and online from 10am here on this page, with scores and prizes beginning at 2pm in Pope A14 where there will be food and…

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SIAM & IMA Mathematics Challenge 2022

Dear undergraduates, we are pleased to announce that the SIAM maths challenge returns on 25th November with £200 OF PRIZES TO BE WON! Questions will be available from 9-10AM in Pope A17, and online from 10AM at​, with scores and prizes beginning at 5pm in the same place, where there will be food and refreshments!  All undergraduate students…

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PGR Practice Talks (Nov 2022)

The SIAM & IMA Student Chapter is organising a PGR Practice Talk, giving PGR students the opportunity to present their work and ask for input from other PGR students. The event will be held on Monday the 14th of November, from 14:00-17:30 in Room D04, Monica Patridge Building (formerly known as Teaching and Learning building).…

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Understanding our online social networks: information flows and other pairwise relationships online

Location: Monica Partridge Building C10 SIAM & IMA Student Chapter External Speaker Seminar: Bridget Smart The SIAM & IMA Student Chapter are happy to host Bridget Smart, University of Adelaide, for a seminar talk Monday 24th October from 13:00 to 14:00. The talk will be held in person in C10, Monica Partridge Building. Abstract Social…

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