Adams Prize 2025: Mathematics of Statistical Mechanics
19 June 2024
Applications are invited for the 2024-25 Adams Prize, one of the oldest and most prestigious prizes in the University of Cambridge. The 2025 prize will be awarded for achievements in the field of Mathematics of Statistical Mechanics. The deadline for receipt of applications is 31 October 2024.
Professor Anne-Christine Davis receives OBE in King's Birthday Honours
16 June 2024
Congratulations to Professor Anne-Christine Davis (Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics), who has received an OBE in the King's Birthday Honours list for services to Higher Education and to Scientific Research.
Government Chief Scientific Adviser maths challenge collaboration for National Numeracy Day
22 May 2024
To celebrate National Numeracy Day, the UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser, Professor Dame Angela McLean, and Government Office for Science (GO-Science) have teamed up with our MMP outreach project on a maths challenge. The activity is designed to be accessible and engaging for a wide audience, and to build confidence and enjoyment. The challenge was released as a video message from Professor Dame Angela McLean on the GO-Science social media channels, and can also be found on the MMP website via the link above.
2024 Clay Research Award for Professor Jack Thorne FRS
17 May 2024
Jack Thorne, Kuwait Professor of Number Theory in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, and James Newton (Oxford University) have jointly received a 2024 Clay Research Award. The award recognises their remarkable proof of a key milestone in work on the Langlands Programme.
The Clay Research Awards are presented annually to celebrate the outstanding achievements of the world’s most gifted mathematicians.
Four members of the Mathematics departments elected as new Fellows of the Royal Society.
16 May 2024
Four members of the Mathematics departments have been elected as new Fellows of the Royal Society (FRS). The Royal Society is the UK’s national academy of sciences and the oldest science academy in continuous existence.
Professor John Aston and Professor Oscar Randal-Williams, from the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, and Professor Eric Lauga and Professor Mihaela van der Schaar, from the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, have all been recognised for their outstanding contributions to science.
Professor Julia Wolf awarded 2024 Pilkington Prize
8 April 2024
Professor Julia Wolf has been awarded a 2024 Pilkington Prize by the University of Cambridge. The Pilkington Prizes recognise excellence and exceptional contributions to teaching within the University. Professor Wolf's award highlights both her outstanding contribution as the Director of Taught Postgraduate Education within the Mathematics Faculty and as a lecturer across all years of the Mathematics Tripos.
Professor Michael McIntyre FRS awarded Symons Gold Medal of the Royal Meteorological Society
26 March 2024
Michael McIntyre FRS, Professor Emeritus of Atmospheric Dynamics, has been awarded the Symons Gold Medal of the Royal Meteorological Society. The Symons Gold Medal and Lecture for Lifetime Achievement in Advancing Science is awarded biennially to a Member or Fellow of the Society for distinguished work in connection with meteorological science.
Professor McIntyre will deliver the Symons Gold Medal Lecture online at 1200 on Wednesday 15 May 2024.
Dr Soheyla Feyzbakhsh and Professor Nick Sheridan win 2024 Adams Prize
28 February 2024
The 2024 Adams Prize has been jointly awarded to Dr Soheyla Feyzbakhsh of Imperial College London and Professor Nick Sheridan of University of Edinburgh for their work in Geometry.
The Adams Prize is awarded jointly each year by the Faculty of Mathematics and St John’s College, Cambridge, to UK-based researchers under the age of 40 doing first class international research in the Mathematical Sciences.
Professor Douglas Gough FRS awarded 2024 Crafoord Prize in Astronomy
1 February 2024
The Crafoord Prize in Astronomy 2024 has been awarded to Douglas Gough, Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics in DAMTP and the Institute of Astronomy, Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard (Aarhus University, Denmark), and Conny Aerts (KU Leuven, Belgium), for developing the methods of asteroseismology and their application to the study of the interior of the Sun and of other stars.
31 January 2024
The Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Peter Kyle MP, met University of Cambridge academic experts in January 2024 to discuss AI policy and innovation. Participants in the opening roundtable discussion included Professor John Aston, Harding Professor of Statistics in Public Life at the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, who was Chief Scientific Adviser to the Home Office from 2017-2020. The discussion focussed on analysis of AI policy challenges and opportunities, as well as the role AI can play in public service reform.