Executive team
Lindsay Melling (she/her)

Centre Manager

Lindsay joined the SAMBa team and the University of Bath in December 2020.  She has worked in higher education for over 20 years in a range of different roles at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Imperial College, Bath Spa University and London Metropolitan University.

Lindsay oversees the operational aspects of the SAMBa CDT, including responsibility for the organisation, delivery and development of Integrative Think Tanks, marketing and communication and liaison with SAMBa industrial partners.

SAMBa Management

Michael Murray

Executive Team

Dr Michael Murray is a Lecturer in the Department of Mathematical Sciences and is interested in the theoretical foundations and technological development of modern machine learning systems.

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Eric Hester

Executive Team

Dr Eric Hester is a Lecturer in the Department of Mathematical Sciences and his research develops accurate models and efficient simulations for multiphase systems in continuum mechanics, with applications from optimising manufacture times in small-scale industrial microfluidics, to assessing planetary-scale influence of ice-ocean interactions in global climate modelling.

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Eike Mueller

Executive Team

Dr Eike Mueller is a Reader in the Department of Mathematical Sciences with an interest in numerical techniques for simulating systems at all length scales, from high resolution atmospheric models to subatomic particles.

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Lucie Chichon

Centre and Institute Administrator

Lucie provides support for all SAMBa activities including recruitment, induction, training, events, marketing and communication.

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Christian Rohrbeck

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Dr Christian Rohrbeck is a Senior Lecturer and his research focuses on advancing and combining methodology from several statistical areas, such as Bayesian clustering, extreme value theory, nonparametric regression and spatial statistics.

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Matthias Ehrhardt

Executive Team

Professor Matthias Ehrhardt is a Reader in the Department of Mathematical Sciences and is interested in the mathematics of data science, particularly the interface of optimization, inverse problems and machine learning.

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Tim Rogers

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Professor Tim Rogers is interested in understanding and predicting the behaviour of complicated random events and processes, in particular when there are network or spatial structures involved.

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Alex Cox

Co-Director

Professor Alex Cox is Co-Director of SAMBa and Deputy Head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences. Alex is interested in research questions arising in probability and their applications in mathematical finance.

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Marcel Ortgiese

Executive Team

Dr Marcel Ortgiese is a Reader in the Department of Mathematical Sciences. Marcel’s research interests are in probability theory, in particular in stochastic systems that involve a spatial or network component.

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Lou Adkin

Centre Coordinator

Lou Adkin delivers the administrative support for SAMBa, oversees the admissions process, and supports programme delivery.

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