SAMBa team
Lindsay Melling

Operations Officer

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’s role includes having responsibility for the oversight, delivery and development of SAMBa’s flagship Integrative Think Tanks (ITTs) and liaison with SAMBa industrial partners.

SAMBa Management

Matthias Ehrhardt

Executive Team

Dr 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

Executive team

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 Deputy Head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences and 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 senior lecturer 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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Susie Douglas

Co-Director

Dr Susie Douglas oversees the strategic direction and operation of the SAMBa CDT. Susie works across University CDTs to add value to the research and training portfolio.

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Silvia Gazzola

Executive Team

Dr Silvia Gazzola is a senior lecturer in the Department of Mathematical Sciences. Silvia is interested in regularization methods for inverse problems, with a particular focus on numerical linear algebra techniques and imaging applications.

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Matt Nunes

Executive Team

Dr Matt Nunes is a Reader in the Department of Mathematical Sciences. Matt is interested in the applications of multiscale methods and wavelets to various areas of statistics, such as the analysis of non-uniformly sampled data and images. 

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Philippe Trinh

Executive Team

Dr Philippe Trinh is a lecturer in applied mathematics. Phil’s research is motivated by a range of physical applications in the applied sciences, with particular emphasis on fluid mechanics and classical hydrodynamics.

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Theresa Smith

Executive Team

Dr Theresa Smith is a senior lecturer in the Statistics Group in the Department of Mathematical Sciences. Theresa’s research is in the areas of spatial-temporal models and computation for Bayesian methods.

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