Sam recently graduated from the University of Bath with an MMath degree. Throughout his time at Bath, he focussed on the Statistics and Algebra streams. He completed his Masters project with Professor Gregory Sankaran, with whom he studied Interpolation for Brill-Noether curves. During his degree, Sam spent time working on the Measuring National Well-being project for the Office for National Statistics. His current interests lay in Bayesian Statistics and Algebraic Statistics. Outside of maths, Sam spends a lot of time reading – mostly contemporary and translated fiction. Before maths took over his life, Sam was also an avid mountain biker and is determined to find the time to start this again.