Professor of Mathematical Biology, DAMTP, University of Cambridge
David N. Moore Fellow in Mathematics, Queens' College
Current roles:
- Deputy Head of Department, DAMTP
- Vice President, Queens' College
- Director, Millennium Maths Project
- Co-lead, JUNIPER partnership
Honours and awards:
- 2023 IMA Hedy Lamarr Prize
- 2022 Weldon Memorial Prize (jointly by SPI-M-O)
- 2021 Royal Institution Christmas Co-Lecturer (with Jonathan Van Tam)
- 2020 OBE
- 2020 Honorary Membership of the Mathematical Association
- 2020 Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award
- 2018 Vice-Chancellor's Impact Award
- 2018 Queens' teaching prize
- 2017 Whitehead Prize
- 2016 Forder Lecturer
- 2015 Pilkington Prize
- 2014 LMS popular lectures
Career:
- 2017-present Professor of Mathematical Biology
- 2013-2017 Reader in Mathematical Biology
- 2010-2012 Visiting Fellow, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University
- 2006-2013 University Lecturer, DAMTP, University of Cambridge
- 2006-2012 Royal Society University Research Fellowship, DAMTP, University of Cambridge
- 2004-present Official Fellow, Queens' College
- 2004-2006 Royal Society University Research Fellowship, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge
- 2002-2004 Research Fellowship, Queens' College
Research:
Julia Gog's research is in the mathematics of infectious diseases. Recent projects include:
- Models of influenza strain dynamics
- Spatial spread of influenza
- Within-host dynamics of influenza
- In vitro dynamics of Salmonella
- Bioinformatic methods to detect RNA signals in viruses
University news items on our work
For list of publications, please try Julia's profile on Google Scholar.
Publications
Final-Size Solutions for SIRI Models with Vaccination.
– Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
(2026)
88,
64
(doi: 10.1007/s11538-026-01610-w)
Waning immunity can drive repeated waves of infections.
– Mathematical biosciences and engineering : MBE
(2024)
21,
1979
(doi: 10.3934/mbe.2024088)
A novel approach to finding conserved features in low-variability gene alignments characterises RNA motifs in SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2
– Sci Rep
(2023)
13,
12079
(doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-39207-1)
The importance of vaccinated individuals to population-level evolution of pathogens
– Journal of Theoretical Biology
(2023)
567,
111493
(doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2023.111493)
Coughs, colds and “freshers’ flu” survey in the University of Cambridge, 2007–2008
– Epidemics
(2022)
42,
100659
(doi: 10.1016/j.epidem.2022.100659)
The importance of vaccinated individuals to population-level evolution of pathogens
(2022)
(doi: 10.1101/2022.11.29.22282822)
Getting the most out of maths: How to coordinate mathematical modelling research to support a pandemic, lessons learnt from three initiatives that were part of the COVID-19 response in the UK
– Journal of theoretical biology
(2022)
557,
111332
(doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2022.111332)
Short-term Projections based on Early Omicron Variant Dynamics in England
(2021)
2021.12.30.21268307
(doi: 10.1101/2021.12.30.21268307)
Vaccine breakthrough and the invasion dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 variants
(2021)
2021.12.13.21267725
(doi: 10.1101/2021.12.13.21267725)
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