Every Pure Mathematics Honours and postgraduate student is required to complete a project under the supervision of a member of staff. For PhD students this is almost always a member of the Pure Mathematics department, but for Honours and MScTech students it is possible to arrange for supervision by a suitable academic in Applied Mathematics or Statistics. For some projects it may even be appropriate to involve an academic from elsewhere in the university (although in this case we will require a co-supervisor from mathematics). Students wishing to pursue a more multidisciplinary project should discuss their options with the Honours coordinator or postgraduate advisor as early as possible.

Listed below are members of the Pure Mathematics Department (as well as a few others) together with areas in which they are willing to supervise students. We recommend that you speak to a number of people before making your choice of supervisor. Full-time students doing Honours or the MScTech degree should have decided on a project before the start of their final year.

At times staff members may be on leave for a significant period and so will be unlikely to be taking on Honours students.

The topics listed on this page should only be taken as a guide to help you start finding a supervisor. It should be noted that most staff members are likely to be more restrictive in the areas in which they are willing to supervise a PhD student than those in which they might supervise an Honours or Masters student.

Possible supervisors include: