Shortly after joining SAMBa I broke my neck in a bicycle accident. But thanks to the support from the amazing team, I was still able to make a success of my PhD. The SAMBa environment surrounds you with wonderful people and fantastic opportunities.
Before I joined SAMBa, I was at the University of Edinburgh drinking whisky and climbing mountains, somehow ending up with an MMath degree along the way.
My research involved how things spread through networks. This could be anything from viruses in populations to messages on Twitter, though in a more abstract probabilistic way naturally. I’m now a postdoc at the University of Warwick. I got hired to model chicken pox vaccination, but then coronavirus hit so attention rather got turned in that direction instead.
SAMBa not only gave me the mathematical tools to pursue an area of really vital and interesting research, but enabled me to link up with biologists and epidemiologists so I could understand how my research is applied in real systems.
Dr Sam Moore, Lecturer, Lancaster
I can't imagine studying for my PhD anywhere other than SAMBa
I found the one-on-one reading courses an incredible opportunity to both learn about a topic in detail, and to get to know a potential area and supervisor before starting my PhD
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
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
SAMBa’s most remarkable feature is the variety of study options it offers
(My supervisors) encouraged me to take my own research direction, guided by my interests, and to be involved in the wider community, presenting at and attending a wide range of national and international conferences
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!).
SAMBa offers high level training in statistical and applied mathematical disciplines, as well as direct engagement with industrial partners
I enjoyed the big portfolio of opportunities I was given, which I believe is an essential property of SAMBa and something which truly makes the programme worth it
The SAMBa team understands how to efficiently bridge the gap between the abstract world of mathematics and statistics to industrial research
