Research interests

My background is in Quantum Field Theory, String Theory, Integrable Systems and Quantum Groups. My current research is in transferring some of the methods of these fields to theoretical ecology and mathematical biology.

Two concrete current research topics are:

• Scale invariant size spectrum models of the pelagic ecosystem.
• Modelling extinction trajectories in microcosm communities.

I also have a wider interest in stochastic processes and complex networks.

Ph.D. students

• Rudianto Artiono: "Modelling leptospirosis in Indonesia".
• Gian Marco Palamara: "Computational modelling of the collapse of ecological communities". A Microsoft Research Ph.D. studentship. Co-supervised with Owen Petchey (Sheffield), Rich Williams (Microsoft Research) and Nick Worsfold (York). Start October 2010.

Past Ph.D. students: Chris Gardner (Quantum Lie Algebras and their Real Forms), Brett Gibson (Boundary States in Low Rank ATFTs on the Half-Line), Alan George (Exactly Solvable Field Theories with Boundaries).

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