The London Institute combines researchers in the mathematical sciences with staff drawn from coding, design, journalism, business and finance. They work closely together to make, fund and communicate the breakthroughs of the Institute and make it more than the sum of its parts.i
Director, Trustee
Thomas Fink
Dr Fink is the Director and a Trustee of the London Institute. His research is on statistical physics, combinatorics and evolvable systems.
Trustee
Sir Roy Anderson
As well as a Trustee, Sir Roy is a professor of epidemiology at Imperial College and former Chief Scientist at the Ministry of Defence.
Trustee
Sir John Beddington
Sir John is a LIMS Trustee and professor at Oxford, and former Government Chief Scientific Adviser. His research is on mathematical ecology.
Trustee
Martin Reeves
As well as a Trustee, Mr Reeves is Chairman of the BCG Henderson Institute and works on organisation intelligence and AI-assisted discovery.
Fellow
Yang-Hui He
As well as a Fellow at LIMS, Prof. He is a professor of physics at the University of London. He works on string theory and machine learning.
Arnold Fellow
Ilya Shkredov
Prof. Shkredov is an Arnold Fellow at LIMS and a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He works on number theory and сombinatorics.
Arnold Fellow
Alexander Esterov
Prof. Esterov is an Arnold Fellow at LIMS. His research combines enumerative algebraic geometry, Galois theory and the geometry of polytopes.
Junior Fellow
Forrest Sheldon
Dr Sheldon is a Junior Fellow at LIMS, following a physics postdoc at Los Alamos. He works on mathematical biology and neural computing.
Landau Research Fellow
Alexander Ochirov
Dr Ochirov is a Landau Research Fellow at LIMS, having previously worked in Oxford and Zurich. His research is on quantum field theory.
Associate Fellow
Guido Caldarelli
Prof. Caldarelli is an Associate Fellow at LIMS and professor of physics in Venice. He works on complex networks and statistical physics.
Associate Fellow
Rob Farr
Dr Farr is an Associate Fellow at LIMS and Senior Scientist at Jacobs Douwe Egberts. His research is on statistical physics and mechanics.
Development Director
Sarah Myers Cornaby
Mrs Myers Cornaby is the LIMS Development Director, where she has raised funds for our Arnold and Landau posts and is growing our endowment.
Finance Director
Ali Emamy
Mr Emamy is the Finance Director for LIMS and LIMS Ventures. He was previously CFO at Nest Corporation and several financial services firms.
Office coordinator
Alana Ker Mercer
Miss Ker Mercer is the LIMS coordinator and assistant to the Director, with experience in English literature, history of art and journalism.
Lead Developer
Andrey Fedosyeyev
Mr Fedosyeyev is the lead developer for the acclaimed LIMS website and creates algorithms and visualisation methods for research projects.
Designer
Roman Rybiansky
Mr Rybiansky is the digital and print designer at LIMS and contributes to our acclaimed website. He also guides LIMS’s technology portfolio.
Science writer
Pippa Cole
Dr Cole is a science writer for LIMS, where she contributes to our website, and a postdoc in cosmology at the University of Amsterdam.
Science writer
Thomas W. Hodgkinson
Mr Hodgkinson is a science writer at LIMS, where he writes for the press and our website. He is also a novelist, journalist, and critic.
Science writer
Madeleine Hall
Dr Hall is a science writer at LIMS, where she writes for the press and our website. Her background is in mathematical biology research.
Accountant
Elizabeth Whitby
Miss Whitby is the accountant for LIMS and its incubator LIMS Ventures. She also supports our Finance Director and Development Director.
Visitor
Jiakang Bao
Mr Bao is a Visitor at LIMS and a final-year PhD student at the University of London. His research is on string theory and quantum gravity.
Visitor
Robert Bywater
Dr Bywater is a Visitor at LIMS and was most recently at the Crick Institute. His research is on physical chemistry and information theory.
Visitor
Alisa Sedunova
Dr Sedunova is a visitor at LIMS and a Simons CRM Scholar in Montréal. One of her research focuses is integral points on algebraic curves.
Visitor
Elli Heyes
Miss Heyes is a Visitor at LIMS and a PhD student at the University of London. Her research is on algebraic geometry and machine learning.
Visitor
Edward Hirst
Dr Hirst is a Visitor at LIMS and a postdoc in physics at the University of London. His research focus is string theory and gauge theory.
Visitor
Ali Zahabi
Dr Zahabi is a Visitor at LIMS and a postdoc at Institut de Mathématiques de Bourgogne. He works on gauge theory and integrable systems.