Experience

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  University of dortmund

  Oct 1993 - Aug 2004

  • Wissenschaftlicher Assistent, Mathematical Sciences, Chair for Scientific Computing

    Jan 2002 - Aug 2004

  • Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Mathematical Sciences, Chair for Scientific Computing

    Oct 1993 - Dec 2001
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  Vrije universiteit brussel

  Nov 1998 - Oct 1999

  Postdoctoral research fellow
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  University of birmingham

  Sept 2004 - Aug 2007

  Senior lecturer, mathematical sciences
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  European space agency - esa

  Mar 2007 - Sept 2010

  Member of the steering committee of project sta (space trajectory analysis)

  STA project developed an open source astrodynamics software suite involving university science departments and space research institutions. It was initiated by ESA as internal activity in 2005 and involved 16 partners from academia and industry. The main purpose of the STA is to allow advanced simulation for the analysis of space trajectories in an open and free environment.

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  University of southampton

  Jan 2008 - Mar 2011

  Director of cormsis, the centre for operational research, management science, & information systems
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  University of southampton

  Oct 2011 - now

  The Defence and Security Mobility Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) is a ground-breaking £1.5 million new initiative funded by the UKRI EPSRC, with the aim of providing doctoral-level skills and training within the Defence and Security sector specifically aimed at students with non-traditional academic backgrounds.The programme will provide opportunities for pioneering PhD students who are wishing to develop their careers and be provided with the opportunity to enhance the skills, assets, and networking opportunities in their chosen subject of interest and the wider Defence and Security Sector. Show less Monitoring of Engineered and Natural Systems Using Sensors (MENSUS) is an initiative centred at the University of Southampton that focuses on system condition monitoring technology and applications. MENSUS will build innovation and applied value for industry from a diverse but complementary research community for sensors, big data, wireless communications, instrumentation and business aspects of health monitoring for engineered and natural systems. Through combining the strengths of these individual parts, integrated systems level solutions will be achieved. Show less The Operational Research Group at Southampton University includes more than 30 leading academic researchers and postgraduate students. Our wide range of research interests covers: computational optimisation and machine learning; game theory; revenue management; stochastic programming; simulation; and research in transportation and logistics.We run three MSc degree programmes in operational research and data science and teach an extensive portfolio of both undergraduate and postgraduate courses, as well as undertaking consultancy work for external organisations. Show less

  • Board member of the Defense and Security Mobility Doctoral Training Programme

    Jun 2021 - now

  • Co-Chair of Strategic Research Group "Monitoring of Engineered and Natural Systems Using Sensors"

    Jul 2015 - now

  • Member of the Mathematical Sciences Steering Board

    Jul 2012 - now

  • Head of Operational Research Group, Mathematical Sciences

    Jun 2012 - now

  • Member of the Executive Committee of CORMSIS

    Mar 2012 - now

  • Member of the Business Advisory Board of CORMSIS

    Mar 2012 - now

  • Professor for Operational Research

    Sept 2007 - now

  • Director of PhD Graduate School, Mathematical Sciences

    Oct 2011 - Jun 2014
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  Sprint - space research and innovation network for technology

  Jul 2018 - now

  Board member of sprint

  SPRINT is a £7 million programme from five of the UK’s leading space universities to support SMEs in commercially exploiting technologies, data and know-how developed for space. The university partners in the SPRINT programme (Edinburgh, Leicester, Open University, Southampton and Surrey) together have unparalleled space expertise, especially in space missions (building and operating satellites; acquiring, analysing and interpreting data).

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  Nucleolus software ltd.

  Dec 2020 - now

  Managing director

  Nucleolus is a research-driven independent software studio that specialises in building interactive digital experiences. We develop fun and educational projects by combining our team’s interdisciplinary skills - art, design, development, and academic knowledge. We develop software, make games, build prototypes, design UX, and more.

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  Ukri analysis for innovators (a4i) programme

  Feb 2022 - now

  Member of the scientific advisory panel

  A4I is a programme that gives UK businesses of any size access to cutting-edge R&D expertise to help solve problems that they have been unable to tackle using standard technologies and techniques

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  Dstl

  Mar 2022 - now

  Member of the advisory group of "mathematics for a contested electromagnetic environment" initiative

  The UK needs to be able to operate in the electromagnetic environment (EME) effectively across all domains - space, air, land, sea and cyber. However, this has become increasingly complex as the environment becomes more congested and contested, due to continuing growth in civilian and military demand for spectrum (for example 5G). Approaches to solving the challenges of operating in the EME have been successful over many years, but this ever-increasing complexity means it is now necessary to explore innovative approaches.In response to this, the CEME (Contested/Congested Electromagnetic Environment) programme of work seeks to apply new or alternative mathematics to these challenges and presents an opportunity to develop new approaches and create exciting possibilities for this field. Show less

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  Centre for doctoral training in complex integrated systems for defence & security

  Jun 2024 - now

  Board member