Dr Jessica Enright
Senior Lecturer, School of Computing Science, University of Glasgow
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PhD: University of Alberta, 2011
Previous appointments: 2018-2019 Lecturer in Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security, University of Edinburgh. 2015-2018 Lecturer in Mathematical Biology, University of Stirling. 2012-2015 postdoctoral research associate modelling animal disease outbreaks, University of Glasgow
Research interests: Graph theory and complex networks, particularly graphs and networks with temporal, spatial, or geometric structure. Combinatorial games on graphs. Applications and modelling involving infectious disease.
аĿª½±service: аĿª½±Newsletter Editorial Board Member since 2020, аĿª½±Council member-at-large and Education Committee member since 2021.
Additional information: From 2016 to 2018 I was a member of the EPSRC early-career forum for mathematics. I have been the General Secretary of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society since 2017, and a member of the Young Academy of Scotland since 2018. I have regularly contributed to industrial study groups, and have been active in events run by the Virtual Knowledge Exchange in Mathematics during the pandemic
Personal statement: Through the last decade working in the UK, I have been privileged to take on roles allowing me to serve the mathematics community and advocate for the mathematical sciences. I am keen to take these activities forward as part of аĿª½±council. I work at the intersection of mathematics and theoretical computing science, and so believe I could particularly well represent society members who work across disciplines.
I am also interested in how the аĿª½±might increase its engagement with student members of the UK’s mathematical sciences community, and am hoping to investigate a student chapter or student-led event model.
The аĿª½±and the maths community more broadly face challenges (e.g. related to changing funding and publication models and the marketisation of higher education), but I believe that a renewed appreciation of the importance of mathematics to our wider society by policy-makers will lead to opportunities. I strongly believe that these can best be captured by advocating for and supporting the whole mathematics community with a coordinated approach, and this would inform my approach to council service. Supporting diversity within mathematics is important, including across mathematicians' backgrounds and identities, career stages, research interests, and geographic locations.