Education

April - October 2006

Postdoctoral Position at Albert-Ludwigs Universität in Freiburg, Germany

Working in Model Theory with the group led by Professor Martin Ziegler

2001-2005

Postgraduate Student at the University of Leeds

PhD Thesis: Dimension and Measure In Finite First Order Structures, supervised by Dugald Macpherson

1997-2001

Undergraduate student at the University of Oxford

Degree: MMath, 1st Class Honours

1996

A-levels: Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Physics, Ancient Greek, all at grade A

Other Stuff

I’ve acted in 3 plays during my adult life, and was the president of the Oxford University Jazz Society for a year (1999-2000), during which time I organised gigs by Peter King, John Toussaint, and Iain Ballamy.I was a committee member of the Leeds University Table Tennis Club, 2005-2006. I have occasionally contributed to the Oxford Student newspaper, and used to appear regularly on Oxygen FM, often drunk.

Since then I’ve given up drinking, and taken up writing, which I now do in different places on various subjects. I’m currently based in Leeds, where I live with my wife.