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About us

What is IMI?

Established as an institute at the University of Bath in 2015, our mission is to drive innovation and enhance research through the power of mathematics. We collaborate with academia, businesses, and the public sector to deliver impactful real-world results.  

At our core is a team of Mathematical Innovation Researchers, specialists in interdisciplinary research and problem-solving, whose expertise span the full breadth of mathematics, data science, and AI. We offer several routes to collaborate with us, including industrial and academic partnerships and costing Mathematical Innovation Researchers into grant applications. Our approach enables tailored mathematical expertise to be integrated flexibly into projects of any size. We also support mathematical innovation and research excellence through our research themes, our small grant scheme and a number of training initiatives and networking opportunities.  

Since April 2025, the success of the IMI has been nationally recognised through the MInDS (Mathematical Innovators in the Digital Space) network. This £2M Network Plus funded initiative builds on the career model developed at the IMI and The Centre for Applications of Mathematical and Computing Sciences (CAMaCS), Warwick, to support and grow a UK-wide community of researchers in mathematical innovation.  

Meet the team

Management team

Caroline Ang, Director of Operations

Emiko Dupont, Deputy Director

Chris Budd, Director of Knowledge Exchange

Tristan Pryer, Director

Tom Burnett, Deputy Director

Luca Zanetti, Deputy Director

Research team

Jehan Alswaihli, Daphne Jackson Fellow

Cangxion Chen, Research Associate

Laura Hattam, Research Fellow

Christian Rohrbeck, Theme Lead – Environmental Extremes

Stephen Wilson, Theme Lead – Fluid Mechanics

Ben Ashby, Research Associate

Beate Ehrhardt, Research Fellow

Alexandra Koulouri, Research Associate

Chris Rowlatt, Research Associate

Haiyan Zheng, Theme Lead – Health

Alexander Belozerov, Research Associate

Fillipe Georgiou, Research Associate

Laura Oporto Lisboa, Research Associate

Gregory Sankaran, Theme Lead – Capacity Building

Dan Burrows, Research Associate

Abdalaziz Hamdan, Research Associate

Katie MacKenzie, Research Associate

Jane White, Theme Lead – Capacity Building

Professional Services team

Lucie Chichon, Institute Administrator

Myla Watts, Operations Officer

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