The CDT Team
This CDT is a training and research environment created together by our PhD supervisors and PhD students. Delivery of the CDT is overseen by the executive team and the administrative team, working in conjunction with external engagement teams and colleagues providing wider CDT roles.
Executive Team
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Professor Tara Brendle
Co-DirectorUniversity of GlasgowTara Brendle is an authority on braid groups and mapping class groups of surfaces. Her work at the interface between algebra, geometry, and topology has been recognised by the 2021 LMS Senior Wh...
Tara Brendle is an authority on braid groups and mapping class groups of surfaces. Her work at the interface between algebra, geometry, and topology has been recognised by the 2021 LMS Senior Whitehead Prize, and the 2023 LMS Cartwright Lecturership. She is also a Fellow of the AMS (2020) and the RSE (2021) and currently serves as the President of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society.
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Professor David Jordan
Co-DirectorUniversity of EdinburghDavid Jordan is an expert in the application of algebraic and categorical methods to quantum topology. He held an NSF Fellowship and ERC Starting Grant, and is currently a PI on the Simons Colla...
David Jordan is an expert in the application of algebraic and categorical methods to quantum topology. He held an NSF Fellowship and ERC Starting Grant, and is currently a PI on the Simons Collaboration on Global Categorical Symmetry and an EPSRC Open Fellow.
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Professor Lotte Hollands
Heriot-Watt UniversityLotte Hollands is an
Lotte Hollands is an expert on the interactions between 4D quantum field theory, the geometry of Hitchin systems and the algebra of BPS states. Her work was recognised by a 2018 LMS Anne Bennett prize, and by a Dorothy Hodgkin Royal Society Fellowship 2013-2022.
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Professor Michael Wemyss
University of GlasgowMichael
Michael Wemyss develops and applies noncommutative techniques to classification problems in birational geometry through his Homological Minimal Model Program, work which has been recognised by the 2017 LMS Whitehead Prize and the 2020 Adams Prize. He is currently an ERC Consolidator Grant holder, and jointly holds an EPSRC programme grant.
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Professor Tudor Dimofte
University of EdinburghTudor Dimofte is a mathematical quantum field theorist, known for his fundamental and influential work in supersymmetric gauge theories, their dualities, and their connections to geometry & ...
Tudor Dimofte is a mathematical quantum field theorist, known for his fundamental and influential work in supersymmetric gauge theories, their dualities, and their connections to geometry & topology. He held an NSF CAREER Grant and currently holds an EPSRC Open Fellowship.
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Professor Richard Szabo
Heriot-Watt UniversityRichard Szabo
Richard Szabo is an authority on noncommutative geometry and its interplay with quantum field theory. From 2015–2019 he was the Chair of COST Action QSPACE devoted to the topic, and he previously held a PPARC Advanced Fellowship.
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Jennie Wiseman
CoordinatorUniversity of GlasgowJennie Wiseman is the Glasgow based Coordinator of the AGQ CDT. She has extensive experience in higher education, specializing in student services and program management; she holds a Master of E...
Jennie Wiseman is the Glasgow based Coordinator of the AGQ CDT. She has extensive experience in higher education, specializing in student services and program management; she holds a Master of Education degree in Post-Secondary Leadership.
Administrative Team
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Stuart Collie
AdministratorUniversity of GlasgowStuart Collie is the University of Glasgow’s Administrator for the AGQ CDT. He has experience administering for multiple CDTs within the University’s Doctoral Training Hub and in tra...
Stuart Collie is the University of Glasgow’s Administrator for the AGQ CDT. He has experience administering for multiple CDTs within the University’s Doctoral Training Hub and in training delivery and student services. He also has experience in student contact services.
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Monika Maitles
Events CoordinatorUniversity of GlasgowMonika Maitles is the Graduate School and Doctoral Training Hub Events Coordinator for the College of Science and Engineering at the University of Glasgow. Part of Monika’s role is to coordina...
Monika Maitles is the Graduate School and Doctoral Training Hub Events Coordinator for the College of Science and Engineering at the University of Glasgow. Part of Monika’s role is to coordinate events within AGQ CDT.