Name: Laurence Mayther
Email: lhm32@maths.cam.ac.uk
Supervisor: Dr Alexei G. Kovalev
Group: Geometry and Topology
Research Area: Differential Geometry, notably special algebraic and geometric structures in 6 & 7 dimensions and (pseudo-)Riemannian metrics of exceptional holonomy.
About Me:
- MMath Cantab (Dist.); BA (Hons) Cantab in Maths (Triple First)
Scholarships/Prizes:
- 2021: Smith-Knight and Rayleigh-Knight Mathematics Prize:-
'Obstructions to the Long-Time Convergence of the Laplacian (Co)Flow and New Invariants of Holonomy G2 Metrics’;
- 2019–2022: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, full Doctoral Training Award;
- 2019-2022: Honorary Baylis Scholarship, St John’s College;
- 2019: Larmor Award, St John’s College;
- 2019: Johnstone (Wright) Prize for Top-Ranked for Mathematics, St John’s College;
- 2018: Ian Hall Prize for Top-Ranked across all Subject Areas, St John’s College;
- 2018: Baylis Scholarship, St John’s College;
- 2018: Hockin (Wright) Prize for Top-Ranked for Mathematics, St John’s College;
- 2017: Baylis Scholarship, St John’s College;
- 2017: Lapwood Towle (Wright) Prize for Top-Ranked for Mathematics, St John’s College;
- 2016: Baylis Scholarship, St John’s College;
- 2016: St John’s College Prize for Mathematics;
- 2015: St John’s Pre-Admissions Prize for Mathematics.
Teaching:
- 2021: Leader Drop-In Sessions Part III Category Theory;
- 2019-2020: Teaching Assistant Part III Differential Geometry;
- 2019-2020: Teaching Assistant Part III Complex Manifolds;
- 2019-2021: CATAM Computational Project Feedback Tutor;
- 2019-2021: Supervisor Algebraic Topology, Analysis and Topology, Complex Analysis, Geometry, Differential Geometry, Linear Analysis, Markov Chains, Numerical Analysis & Riemann Surfaces
Other Activities and Roles:
- 2021-2022: PhD Representative on the Mathematics Faculty’s Part III Committee, University of Cambridge
- 2021: Invigilator & Proctor for Mathematics Tripos Examinations;
- 2021: Marker for College Mathematics Examinations;
- 2021: Supervisor of Markers for STEP Examinations;
- 2019 & 2020: Marker for STEP Examinations;
- 2019: International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) Invigilator;
- 2016: STEP Residential Tutor;
- 2015: CHaOS (Mathematics & Science) Demonstrator