Alumni
Gianluca Audone

The core of the project was the interplay between mathematics, statistics and underwater acoustics. This led me to develop a unique set of skills as an applied mathematician who can navigate between multiple disciplines. 

I joined SAMBa right before pandemic in February 2020 as an aligned student and I worked on statistical methods and techniques to answer the question: “Can we hear evidence for weather and climate change using underwater acoustics?”. After my PhD I moved to the Politecnico of Turin as a research associate working on space weather forecast using machine and deep learning models. I am now a research Fellow at the University of Southampton working on the SOUNDSCALE project where I use Statistical and Mathematical methods to help shape the cities of the future. Before joining SAMBa I did my undergraduate and masters at the university of Milano-Bicocca where I studied Mathematics and I specialised on numerical analysis methods. My bachelor thesis focused on numerical methods to solve initial value problems while in my masters I focused on machine learning from the perspective of kernel methods.

Starting the PhD right before the pandemic made the experience even more challenging but with support of my supervisors, my cohort and the SAMBa team I grew as an academic and a person. The core of the project was the interplay between mathematics, statistics and underwater acoustics. This lead me to develop a unique set of skills as an applied mathematician who can navigate between multiple disciplines.

The experience and the skill set acquired during my years in SAMBa helped me develop my academic career in a growing inter and trans disciplinary world.

Alumni case studies

Robbie Peck

You get a lot of freedom to choose your research area...and there is a wide range of research areas within the department from which to choose

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Shaunagh Downing

My experience in SAMBa shaped me as a versatile researcher with the ability to use maths to make an impact.

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Anna Senkevich

SAMBa provided a uniquely supportive yet challenging environment, in which one is encouraged to explore their interests and question their limits

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Dorottya Fekete

I was able to use the SAMBa training in statistics, to support training workshops in Mexico and in fact took a break from my PhD to take on a statistics teaching assistant role.

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Ben Robinson

I really valued the experience of being part of a cohort of students in SAMBa, which guaranteed that we were not doing our PhDs in isolation, despite working intensively on independent projects

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Federico Cornalba

SAMBa’s most remarkable feature is the variety of study options it offers

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Will Graham

The ITTs were invaluable in providing experience in collaborating effectively with others on large projects, understanding and synthesising new information quickly, and liasing with academic leads and commercial partners

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Matt Durey

Being a part of SAMBa was a great way to broaden my research interests and to apply this knowledge to cross-displinary problems

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Emma Horton

Being part of SAMBa is like being part of a little community: everyone is super supportive and there is always someone to talk to if you need it (usually with cake!).

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Eleanor Barry

I joined thinking I wanted to do one type of PhD but ended up doing a completely different one due to the flexibility that was provided in finding/forming a PhD during the masters year

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