Bio
Andrew Baggaley is Professor of Mathematics and AI at Lancaster University, where he is Director of Studies for the MARS degree programme and leads the MARS section of the School of Mathematical Sciences. He studied at Newcastle University, completing an MMath and then a PhD in applied mathematics in 2009, supervised by Anvar Shukurov and Carlo Barenghi. After a postdoctoral position modelling the spread of farming in Neolithic Europe, he was a lecturer at the University of Glasgow from 2012 to 2015 and then at Newcastle University from 2015 to 2025, latterly as Reader in Applied Mathematics.
His research spans turbulence and vortex dynamics in quantum fluids, and mathematical biology, especially the spread of tree and plant disease, linked by large-scale simulation, stochastic modelling and statistical and machine-learning inference. His work has been funded by EPSRC, the Leverhulme Trust, STFC, NERC and Defra.
Download my full CV (PDF, June 2026)
Employment
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| 2025– | Professor of Mathematics and AI, Lancaster University |
| 2024–2025 | Reader in Applied Mathematics, Newcastle University |
| 2022–2024 | Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, Newcastle University |
| 2015–2022 | Lecturer in Mathematics, Newcastle University |
| 2012–2015 | Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Glasgow |
| 2010–2012 | Postdoctoral research associate, Newcastle University: mathematical modelling of the Neolithic of Europe, with Graeme Sarson |
Education
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| 2006–2009 | PhD in Applied Mathematics, Newcastle University, supervised by Anvar Shukurov and Carlo Barenghi |
| 2002–2006 | MMath, first class, Newcastle University |
Grants and awards
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| 2024 | EPSRC, Statistical models of the decay of 2D quantum turbulence (PI), £100k |
| 2024 | Defra, Developing a prototype landscape incursion risk emulator (Co-I), £130k |
| 2022 | STFC, Superfluid dynamics in neutron stars (Co-I), £280k |
| 2022 | NERC, Discipline Hopping for Environmental Solutions (Co-I), £45k |
| 2021 | Leverhulme Trust, Turbulence in quantum ferrofluid (PI), £160k |
| 2020 | EPSRC, Modelling and inference of UK tree pandemics (PI), £200k |
| 2014 | ESF exploratory workshop, Reconnection events in classical, quantum and magnetized fluids (PI), £12k |
Roles
- Section lead and Director of Studies, MARS, School of Mathematical Sciences, Lancaster
- Director of Applied Mathematics, School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics, Newcastle (previously)
- Organising committee, UK Quantum Fluids Network and webinar series
- Editorial board, PLOS One
- External examiner, Mathematics BSc, Aston University, 2023–
- Co-organiser or local organising committee member for six major international conferences
- Reviewer for PNAS, Nature, Nature Physics, Physical Review Letters, MNRAS, J. R. Soc. Interface and others
Research group
Current
- Matthew Richardson (PhD student, Newcastle, from 2024)
Technological applications of Bose–Einstein condensates - Axa-Maria Laaperi (PhD student, Newcastle, from 2023)
Mathematical and statistical models of wildfires - Julie Thomas (PhD student, Newcastle, from 2022)
Superfluid dynamics in neutron stars - Jamie McKeown (PhD student, Newcastle, from 2022)
Resilient treescapes: a mathematical approach
Former postdoctoral researchers
| 2025–2026 | Nick Keepfer, Reinforcement learning in atomic condensates |
| 2023–2026 | Gary Liu, Superfluid dynamics in neutron stars |
| 2021–2024 | Srivatsa Badariprasad, Turbulence in dipolar condensates |
| 2021–2023 | Ryan Doran, Vortices in two-component BECs |
| 2021–2022 | Laura Wadkin, Modelling and inference of UK tree pandemics |
| 2020–2022 | Hannah Kreczak, Biofouling of microplastics |
| 2016–2018 | Sirio Orozco-Fuentes, Forecasting of plant epidemics |
Former research students
| Newcastle PhD, 2022–2026 | Peter Stasiak, Finite-temperature quantum turbulence |
| Newcastle PhD, 2022–2026 | Matt Dopson, Network modelling of food webs |
| Newcastle PhD, 2021–2025 | Richard Tattersall, Vortex dynamics in quantum fluids |
| Newcastle MPhil, 2019–2022 | George Grimes, Quantised vortex dynamics |
| Leeds/Newcastle PhD, 2017–2022 | John Holden, Global models of forest epiphytotics |
| Newcastle PhD, 2017–2021 | Sultan Aylobi, Network models of forest epiphytotics |
| Newcastle PhD, 2016–2021 | Jack Walton, Bayesian inference of cooperative motion |
| Newcastle PhD, 2016–2021 | Hayley Moore, Constraining models of collective animal motion |
| Newcastle PhD, 2015–2020 | Em Rickinson, Quantum turbulence |
| Glasgow PhD, 2012–2017 | Scott Richardson, Modelling of active suspensions |
| Newcastle PhD, 2011–2016 | Lucy Sherwin-Robson, Quantum turbulence |
| Glasgow MSc, 2013 | Elena Ardito, 2D turbulence in Bose–Einstein condensates |
