The Last Lap | PhD Update

I am near the end of my third year as a PhD student…which means things are about to change. In this post, I’ll explain my rough plans to finish my PhD. A brief update The past few months have been steady work (and planning, which I’ll get to later). No fireworks, just enjoying the journey. […]

The PhD: it’s a mindset

This post is a strange one. I’m precisely halfway through my PhD, so it’s a good opportunity to reflect, and remind myself of what I want academically in the next two years. As a PhD student, I’m often told: “BuT a PhD iS NoT a ReAl JoB”. Sure, unlike PhD students in continental Europe, I […]

How to solve y”(x)=f(y(x))

This post is exactly what its title suggests. It turns out that differential equations of the form y”(x)=f(y(x)), where f is any function of your choice (which depends on the function y (x) that you want to solve for, but not on its derivatives), come up a lot in applied maths. And now it may […]

Tips for giving talks

Introduction I gave quite a few online talks in 2020 and I’m very happy to have done so. Giving talks is great. It’s an excellent commitment device if you want to learn or better understand something (and great for signalling, if you care about that). They improve (and are a proof of) your communication skills, […]

Using maths to optimally renew my passport

I recently had to renew my passort. For this, I needed a recent headshot of myself. As I didn’t have one at home, I went to a photo booth. For the 5€ that I paid, I could have up to three shoots taken. However, I (crucially) had to decide whether I wanted to use one […]

My full-size whiteboard

Online Easter term -now over, more on that next week- has given me the idea to post a picture of my whiteboard here. (Super short post this week.) It feels a bit of a useless post for anyone reading it, but it’s such a mathmo item that I could not show it here. It’s just […]

On being a woman in Maths

How is it like to be a woman in maths? Should you be one?

Why the sky is blue.

Why is the sky usually blue? Why is it red at sunset and sunrise? Rayleigh scattering. In this post we discuss these and other interesting questions.

LMS SUMMER SCHOOL (Leeds Part 1)

Hello everyone! As mentioned in my previous post, I was fortunate enough to be chosen to attend the LMS Undergraduate Summer School. It was held at the School of Mathematics of the University of Leeds, for ten days. I took a break from my summer project and went there. I managed not to miss any of […]

Trip to SCOTLAND| ft. Maxwell & more

(Lots of pictures of) a week living in Scotland + nerd stuff! Hey there and welcome back to my blog! Intro. Earlier in August I travelled along my family to Scotland on a very unsual trip, yet amazing trip! My dad was playing golf there for a week, and the rest of us joined him. […]