Surrey Mathematics Research Blog

The blog on research in mathematics at the University of Surrey

Jessica Furber passes PhD viva

Congratulations to Jessica Furber for passing her PhD viva! The viva took place on Tuesday 15 April. The title of Jessica’s thesis is “Mathematical Analysis of Fine-Scale Badger Movement Data“. The external examiner was Prof Yuliya Kyrychko (Sussex), and the internal examiner was Dr Joaquin Prada (Vet School, Surrey). Jessica’s supervisors were Dr Giovanni Lo Iacono & Prof Mark Chambers […]


Cesare Tronci promoted to Professor of Mathematics

Congratulations to Cesare Tronci who has been promoted to Professor of Mathematics by the University of Surrey. Further information about Cesare and his research can be found at his website (link here). The promotion took effect on 1st April 2025. The image below shows Cesare in action at the blackboard with a visiting PhD student (story here).


Paper of Dorje Brody on quantum theory is published in Physical Review Letters

The paper “Phase-Space Measurements, Decoherence, and Classicality“, co-authored by Dorje Brody, Eva-Maria Graefe (Imperial College), and Rishindra Melanathuru (Imperial College), has been published this week (Wednesday 26th March) in Physical Review Letters. It is published open access (link here). in the paper, the question of decoherence resulting from a monitoring of position and momentum, i.e., […]


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