Alain Goriely
@alaingoriely.bsky.social
Professor of Mathematical Modelling at Oxford University
and Gresham Professor of Geometry at Gresham College, London
and Gresham Professor of Geometry at Gresham College, London
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Job alert🚨I am advertising a 2-year postdoctoral position to work on the mathematics of plant morphogenesis @mpipz.bsky.social. Candidates with interests in mathematical modelling, mechanics, or biophysics are strongly encouraged to apply. 🌱Reposts are appreciated!
jobs.mpipz.mpg.de/jobposting/4...
jobs.mpipz.mpg.de/jobposting/4...
January 22, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Job alert🚨I am advertising a 2-year postdoctoral position to work on the mathematics of plant morphogenesis @mpipz.bsky.social. Candidates with interests in mathematical modelling, mechanics, or biophysics are strongly encouraged to apply. 🌱Reposts are appreciated!
jobs.mpipz.mpg.de/jobposting/4...
jobs.mpipz.mpg.de/jobposting/4...
In a sarcastic book (Histoire de l’Astronomie du dix-huitième siècle) published in 1827, Joseph Delambre writes about mathematicians:
"Les géomètres, qui ne calculent rien, s’imaginent qu’un problème est résolu quand ils l’ont renfermé dans une formule dont personne ne veut faire usage."
"Les géomètres, qui ne calculent rien, s’imaginent qu’un problème est résolu quand ils l’ont renfermé dans une formule dont personne ne veut faire usage."
January 21, 2026 at 3:02 PM
In a sarcastic book (Histoire de l’Astronomie du dix-huitième siècle) published in 1827, Joseph Delambre writes about mathematicians:
"Les géomètres, qui ne calculent rien, s’imaginent qu’un problème est résolu quand ils l’ont renfermé dans une formule dont personne ne veut faire usage."
"Les géomètres, qui ne calculent rien, s’imaginent qu’un problème est résolu quand ils l’ont renfermé dans une formule dont personne ne veut faire usage."
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Register for the LMS/@ima-maths.bsky.social Crighton Award Lecture on 13 May at The Royal Society.
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The lecture will be given by Alain Goriely (@oxfordmathematics.bsky.social), winner of the 2025 award for his contributions to the public understanding of maths.
➡️ www.lms.ac.uk/events/lms-i...
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The lecture will be given by Alain Goriely (@oxfordmathematics.bsky.social), winner of the 2025 award for his contributions to the public understanding of maths.
➡️ www.lms.ac.uk/events/lms-i...
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Register for the LMS/@ima-maths.bsky.social Crighton Award Lecture on 13 May at The Royal Society.
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The lecture will be given by Alain Goriely (@oxfordmathematics.bsky.social), winner of the 2025 award for his contributions to the public understanding of maths.
➡️ www.lms.ac.uk/events/lms-i...
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The lecture will be given by Alain Goriely (@oxfordmathematics.bsky.social), winner of the 2025 award for his contributions to the public understanding of maths.
➡️ www.lms.ac.uk/events/lms-i...
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❗🧠 New review in IEEE RBME
How network math models are reshaping how we think about neurodegenerative disease, from brain dynamics to disease progression
"Network models of neurodegeneration: bridging neuronal dynamics and disease progression"
ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/113...
How network math models are reshaping how we think about neurodegenerative disease, from brain dynamics to disease progression
"Network models of neurodegeneration: bridging neuronal dynamics and disease progression"
ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/113...
January 18, 2026 at 6:47 PM
❗🧠 New review in IEEE RBME
How network math models are reshaping how we think about neurodegenerative disease, from brain dynamics to disease progression
"Network models of neurodegeneration: bridging neuronal dynamics and disease progression"
ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/113...
How network math models are reshaping how we think about neurodegenerative disease, from brain dynamics to disease progression
"Network models of neurodegeneration: bridging neuronal dynamics and disease progression"
ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/113...
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We all have to compromise and it starts right at the top with our brains.
Dani Bassett will demonstrate how the principle of network economy informs our study of neural system function in health and disease and provides a lens on neural computation.
Book: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/79854
Dani Bassett will demonstrate how the principle of network economy informs our study of neural system function in health and disease and provides a lens on neural computation.
Book: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/79854
January 16, 2026 at 10:59 AM
We all have to compromise and it starts right at the top with our brains.
Dani Bassett will demonstrate how the principle of network economy informs our study of neural system function in health and disease and provides a lens on neural computation.
Book: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/79854
Dani Bassett will demonstrate how the principle of network economy informs our study of neural system function in health and disease and provides a lens on neural computation.
Book: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/79854
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Christiana's first Mathematical Physiology lecture was so popular (aside from the occasional comment that university teaching isn't what it was in Isaac Newton's day etc.) that we'd thought you tell you that the second lecture is now available.
youtu.be/3u1GSYOQEL8
youtu.be/3u1GSYOQEL8
January 13, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Christiana's first Mathematical Physiology lecture was so popular (aside from the occasional comment that university teaching isn't what it was in Isaac Newton's day etc.) that we'd thought you tell you that the second lecture is now available.
youtu.be/3u1GSYOQEL8
youtu.be/3u1GSYOQEL8
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We're starting our 2026 student lectures for the wider public with eight lectures from Christiana Mavroyiakoumou's 4th year Mathematical Physiology course.
Watch lecture 1: youtu.be/lgrwTpgeJo8
And look out for lectures on dynamics, geometry, special relativity and more.
Watch lecture 1: youtu.be/lgrwTpgeJo8
And look out for lectures on dynamics, geometry, special relativity and more.
January 7, 2026 at 2:53 PM
We're starting our 2026 student lectures for the wider public with eight lectures from Christiana Mavroyiakoumou's 4th year Mathematical Physiology course.
Watch lecture 1: youtu.be/lgrwTpgeJo8
And look out for lectures on dynamics, geometry, special relativity and more.
Watch lecture 1: youtu.be/lgrwTpgeJo8
And look out for lectures on dynamics, geometry, special relativity and more.
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Interested in the biophysics of organoids? We just published a review in Dev Cell—take a look! dlvr.it/TPyTb8 #Organoids #Biophysics
Biophysics of organoids
In this review, Weichselberger, Moore et al. discuss how physics-based approaches
illuminate organoid development and homeostasis by integrating mechanical, chemical,
and informational processes. They...
dlvr.it
January 6, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Interested in the biophysics of organoids? We just published a review in Dev Cell—take a look! dlvr.it/TPyTb8 #Organoids #Biophysics
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Cats are mathematically smart. They can count to nine, they are rarely heading for a fall, and when they are, they always land on their feet. But sometimes they just don't know whether they are coming or going.
January 5, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Cats are mathematically smart. They can count to nine, they are rarely heading for a fall, and when they are, they always land on their feet. But sometimes they just don't know whether they are coming or going.
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Here is the link to download the PDF of my course#5 on Biological computation. I present & discuss Self-tuning, Adaptation and Learning in biological (non-neuronal) systems, in particular during embryonic development.
This course contains various personal ideas/proposals.
tinyurl.com/hcpwsbtm
This course contains various personal ideas/proposals.
tinyurl.com/hcpwsbtm
January 3, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Here is the link to download the PDF of my course#5 on Biological computation. I present & discuss Self-tuning, Adaptation and Learning in biological (non-neuronal) systems, in particular during embryonic development.
This course contains various personal ideas/proposals.
tinyurl.com/hcpwsbtm
This course contains various personal ideas/proposals.
tinyurl.com/hcpwsbtm
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In-person tickets open: The Shape of Shells 🐚
https://gres.hm/shape-shells
Seashells, built by molluscs layer by layer, follow simple mathematical rules that create beautiful self-similar forms. Prof Alain Goriely* explains how we get various shapes, spines & wrinkles
*also of Oxford Mathematics
https://gres.hm/shape-shells
Seashells, built by molluscs layer by layer, follow simple mathematical rules that create beautiful self-similar forms. Prof Alain Goriely* explains how we get various shapes, spines & wrinkles
*also of Oxford Mathematics
December 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
In-person tickets open: The Shape of Shells 🐚
https://gres.hm/shape-shells
Seashells, built by molluscs layer by layer, follow simple mathematical rules that create beautiful self-similar forms. Prof Alain Goriely* explains how we get various shapes, spines & wrinkles
*also of Oxford Mathematics
https://gres.hm/shape-shells
Seashells, built by molluscs layer by layer, follow simple mathematical rules that create beautiful self-similar forms. Prof Alain Goriely* explains how we get various shapes, spines & wrinkles
*also of Oxford Mathematics
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Our latest vacancies capture the scope of the mathematics that takes place in our home, the Andrew Wiles Building. Such a range of research areas - we have 16 research groups - enable our mathematicians to share ideas with colleagues working across the discipline.
www.maths.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
www.maths.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
December 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Our latest vacancies capture the scope of the mathematics that takes place in our home, the Andrew Wiles Building. Such a range of research areas - we have 16 research groups - enable our mathematicians to share ideas with colleagues working across the discipline.
www.maths.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
www.maths.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
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New maps of brain folds from 26 carnivoran species show how differences in behaviour and ecology appear in their anatomy.
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December 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
New maps of brain folds from 26 carnivoran species show how differences in behaviour and ecology appear in their anatomy.
buff.ly/IQvBHbh
buff.ly/IQvBHbh
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Where on earth is the best laboratory to demonstrate the beauty of fluid dynamics?
Actually, it’s not on Earth. Here is the story of the soft cell.
Read more ⬇️
https://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/74308
@oxfordmathematics.bsky.social | Axiom Space | NASA
Actually, it’s not on Earth. Here is the story of the soft cell.
Read more ⬇️
https://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/74308
@oxfordmathematics.bsky.social | Axiom Space | NASA
December 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Where on earth is the best laboratory to demonstrate the beauty of fluid dynamics?
Actually, it’s not on Earth. Here is the story of the soft cell.
Read more ⬇️
https://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/74308
@oxfordmathematics.bsky.social | Axiom Space | NASA
Actually, it’s not on Earth. Here is the story of the soft cell.
Read more ⬇️
https://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/74308
@oxfordmathematics.bsky.social | Axiom Space | NASA
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Let's break some structures imposed by higher-order interactions! We compute how things deform and what remains when continuous symmetries are broken. For now freely available at www.aimsciences.org/article/doi/... (but also at arXiv:2408.02119).
Dynamics on invariant tori emerging through forced symmetry breaking in phase oscillator networks
We consider synchrony patterns in coupled phase oscillator networks that correspond to invariant tori. For specific nongeneric coupling, these tori are equilibria relative to a continuous symmetry act...
www.aimsciences.org
December 15, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Let's break some structures imposed by higher-order interactions! We compute how things deform and what remains when continuous symmetries are broken. For now freely available at www.aimsciences.org/article/doi/... (but also at arXiv:2408.02119).
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I am looking to hire a postdoc to work with me on fluid-structure interactions in complex and active fluids. Ideally the candidate will have a strong background in numerical/asymptotic analysis and fluid mechanics (complex fluids / LCs even better).
www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/26...
www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/26...
MathJobs from the the American Mathematical Society
Mathjobs is an automated job application system sponsored by the AMS.
www.mathjobs.org
December 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I am looking to hire a postdoc to work with me on fluid-structure interactions in complex and active fluids. Ideally the candidate will have a strong background in numerical/asymptotic analysis and fluid mechanics (complex fluids / LCs even better).
www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/26...
www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/26...
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Active matter physics studies living beings as open, out of equilibrium, and emergent systems. In this perspective on plant morphogenesis, we show how such features arise from the basic hydromechanics of plant tissue and how to capture them in models. 🌱💧
Preprint 👇
arxiv.org/abs/2512.05554
Preprint 👇
arxiv.org/abs/2512.05554
December 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Active matter physics studies living beings as open, out of equilibrium, and emergent systems. In this perspective on plant morphogenesis, we show how such features arise from the basic hydromechanics of plant tissue and how to capture them in models. 🌱💧
Preprint 👇
arxiv.org/abs/2512.05554
Preprint 👇
arxiv.org/abs/2512.05554
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O little town of Oxford,
How still we see thee lie.
But above thy deep and dreamless sleep,
Complex thoughts go by.
Still not convinced? Don't worry, you have all Christmas to 'mull' it over. Closes 12 January.
Full details of the role: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/74844
How still we see thee lie.
But above thy deep and dreamless sleep,
Complex thoughts go by.
Still not convinced? Don't worry, you have all Christmas to 'mull' it over. Closes 12 January.
Full details of the role: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/74844
December 8, 2025 at 12:29 PM
O little town of Oxford,
How still we see thee lie.
But above thy deep and dreamless sleep,
Complex thoughts go by.
Still not convinced? Don't worry, you have all Christmas to 'mull' it over. Closes 12 January.
Full details of the role: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/74844
How still we see thee lie.
But above thy deep and dreamless sleep,
Complex thoughts go by.
Still not convinced? Don't worry, you have all Christmas to 'mull' it over. Closes 12 January.
Full details of the role: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/74844
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Selfie, selfie, it's your call, who's the fairest of them all?
Sam Howison, obviously. Except for one thing.
Sam Howison, obviously. Except for one thing.
December 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Selfie, selfie, it's your call, who's the fairest of them all?
Sam Howison, obviously. Except for one thing.
Sam Howison, obviously. Except for one thing.
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This week, the work we did as part of my research internship at IBM is being presented at the MLxOR workshop at NeurIPS.
We look at uncertainty quantification for GFlowNets using PCEs.
See the poster below:
We look at uncertainty quantification for GFlowNets using PCEs.
See the poster below:
December 3, 2025 at 9:19 AM
This week, the work we did as part of my research internship at IBM is being presented at the MLxOR workshop at NeurIPS.
We look at uncertainty quantification for GFlowNets using PCEs.
See the poster below:
We look at uncertainty quantification for GFlowNets using PCEs.
See the poster below:
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How much human hyperbole has been spent on job descriptions and advertisements?
We're looking for two researchers in stochastic analysis.
Details together with other vacancies: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
We're looking for two researchers in stochastic analysis.
Details together with other vacancies: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
November 28, 2025 at 11:27 AM
How much human hyperbole has been spent on job descriptions and advertisements?
We're looking for two researchers in stochastic analysis.
Details together with other vacancies: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
We're looking for two researchers in stochastic analysis.
Details together with other vacancies: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
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This new #JRSocInterface Perspective, using #neuroscience as an example, argues for a new paradigm of holistic #mathematical modelling that attempts to incorporate the necessary complexity into models of biological systems: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @rnartallo.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This new #JRSocInterface Perspective, using #neuroscience as an example, argues for a new paradigm of holistic #mathematical modelling that attempts to incorporate the necessary complexity into models of biological systems: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @rnartallo.bsky.social
Way to go Chris!
A 13-year search for one of the world's rarest flowers in Indonesia ends in a 'magical experience'
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Researcher cries after finding rare flower in Indonesia
A team of researchers describe the "magical" experience of finding a rare species of flower in bloom deep in the Sumatran rainforest after a 23-hour trek.
www.abc.net.au
November 27, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Way to go Chris!
The future of modelling
🚨Our perspective article of the future of mathematical modelling for complex biological systems has been published in Interface.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
I hope you enjoy it :)
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
I hope you enjoy it :)
November 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
The future of modelling
It is a great piece. Soft and filling.
This week's post is a blast from the past: my now year-ish-old sci am feature about the discovery of new 3D shapes that fill space without corners and which appear in art and nature.
Thanks to my contract terms I was able to break it out of paywall jail and share it for free:
Thanks to my contract terms I was able to break it out of paywall jail and share it for free:
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 AM
It is a great piece. Soft and filling.