Our recently appointed professors from across the Faculty will provide insights into their academic journeys, routes to professor, and their contributions to leadership, research and teaching.
2024/5 Lectures
Scheduled lectures will be added as they are confirmed, with updates to titles and abstracts as they become available. Please check our page regularly as the schedule may change.
12 February 2025
Title: Charting a course at the interface between pure and applied mathematics
Abstract: During my undergraduate career, I was unsure whether I was a pure or an applied mathematician. This talk will describe how I realised one can be both, with my research now focused on using tools from pure mathematics in the design and analysis of numerical methods for solving wave problems.
- Host: Professor Euan Spence
- Time: 3:15pm-4:15pm
- Location: 4 West 1.7 Wolfson Room
19 March 2025
Title: From scaling to resonances: leveraging mathematical analysis for new insights
Abstract: Asymptotic analysis has helped us tackle a great variety of problems in physics, engineering, and materials science. I will illustrate some recent developments in refining the traditional asymptotic tools with the aim of describing media and structures where length scales "interact" with each other, thus revealing previously hidden phenomena.
- Host: Professor Kirill Cherednichenko
- Time: 3:15pm-4:15pm
- Location: 4 West 1.7 Wolfson Room
Previous Inaugurals:
16 September 2024
Title: Delivering drugs to the body: how to swallow a statue
Abstract: The development of effective therapies requires the delivery of drugs to the right location in the body at the right time and at the right concentration. This presentation will outline the development of a research programme to find ways of allowing ‘difficult’ drugs to be effectively delivered, these ranging from molecules with very poor solubilities through to gene therapies and nanocrystalline systems.
- Host: Professor Duncan Craig
- Time: 3.00pm-4.00pm
- Location: 3WN 2.1
17 October 2024
I. Title: An eye-witness account of evolution from the lab
Abstract:
In her inaugural lecture, Professor of Microbiology Ecology and Evolution, Tiffany Taylor, will explore the intricate molecular mechanisms underpinning adaptation and evolution. She will present work from her research group, which uses microbial experimental evolution with bacteria combined with genetic engineering, to address fundamental questions about how genes and genomes evolve, with consequences for the predictability of evolution.
- Host: Professor Tiffany Taylor
- Time: 3.15pm-3.40pm
- Location: 8W 1.1
II. Title: From hypoxia to higher education
Abstract:
Momna completed her PhD in Radiation Oncology at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Bombay, followed by postdoctoral research in New York, Belfast, and Bath. She began as a Teaching Fellow at the University of Bath, later promoted to Senior Fellow and Professor of Bioscience Education. She currently holds multiple leadership roles, including Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor and Associate Dean International. Her research in Belfast led to commercialisation of a novel cancer adjuvant therapy drug. At Bath, her diverse research interests range from DNA repair, neurodegeneration to evolution/biodiversity education and education technologies/pedagogies. In her talk, she shares her journey from hypoxia research to leadership in higher education.
- Host: Professor Momna Hejmadi
- Time: 3.45pm-4.10pm
- Location: 8W 1.1
29 January 2025
Title: My Biopharmaceutics Journey: Transforming Drug Development for a Smarter Future
Abstract: Drug development is a complex and resource-intensive process, with safety and efficacy as its cornerstone objectives. Biopharmaceutics aims to transform this landscape by offering innovative tools and methodologies that streamline drug development. By creating advanced tools to guide formulation design and predict drug performance in diverse populations including the paediatrics, the elderly, and patients with specific diseases, with my team we have enabled more efficient development pathways and informed formulation development decision-making. These innovations significantly reduce the need for extensive in vivo studies, addressing ethical concerns and expediting the delivery of more effective treatments to patients. This lecture will explore how my research in biopharmaceutics is reshaping the future of drug development, demonstrating its profound impact on global health, pharmaceutical practices, and regulatory frameworks.
- Host: Professor Nikoletta Fotaki
- Time: 3.15pm-4.15pm
- Location: 3WN 2.1