Guest Lectures
The regular programme activities are supplemented by lectures by Oxford faculty, research mentors, and guests of the programme.






Guest Lectures at PROMYS Europe
Prof Fernando Alday, University of Oxford
A Mathematical Journey to the Subatomic World - 2025
Dr Jennifer Balakrishnan, University of Oxford
Rational points on curves - 2016
Prof Helen Byrne, University of Oxford
Can calculus cure cancer? - 2023
Dr Ben Barber, University of Bristol
Ultrafilters: formalising "usually" - 2017
Dr Thomas Bloom, University of Bristol
Arithmetic Ramsey Theory - 2016
Prof Martin Bridson, University of Oxford
When is a knot not a knot? - 2023
Symmetries, spaces and decisions - 2019
Prof Kevin Buzzard, Imperial College
The p-adic numbers - 2016
Dr Giulia Celora, University of Oxford
The mathematics of biological self-organisation - 2025
Professor Henry Cohn, Microsoft Research and MIT
Sphere packing - 2014
Dr David Conlon, University of Oxford
Mathematical Magic - 2016
Euclidean Ramsey problems - 2015
Dr Edith Elkind, University of Oxford
The Gale-Shapley Stable Matching Algorithm - 2017
Prof Alain Goriely, University of Oxford
Understanding the brain via geometry and topology - 2022
Prof Andrew Granville, Université de Montréal & UCL
Infinitely many proofs that there are infinitely many primes - 2018
Prof Ben Green, University of Oxford
Some open problems - 2023
Random permutations – 2015
Prof Geoffrey Grimmett, University of Cambridge & HIMR
The unreasonable effectiveness of the square root of -1 - 2022
Tim Harford
The Inaugural Vicky Neale Public Lecture 2024: The Counting Project
Dr Heather Harrington, University of Oxford
Computational algebra for studying systems in biology – 2015
Dr Kevin Hughes, University of Bristol
The size of things - 2016
Prof Dan Kráľ, University of Warwick
Sparsity of planar graphs - 2017
Professor Minhyong Kim, University of Oxford
The wise matchmaker - 2015
Classification of surfaces – 2015
Dr Monika Kudlinska, University of Oxford
Hyperbolic geometry - 2024
Prof Alan Lauder, University of Oxford
An ugly formula - 2017
Prof Jason Lotay, University of Oxford
The heat equation - 2019
Prof James Maynard, University of Oxford
Around the Riemann Hypothesis - 2025, 2024
Patterns in the primes - 2015, 2023
Dr Owen Patashnick, University of Bristol
Regulators via higher logarithms, and why they are so flat - 2017
Prof Sir Roger Penrose, University of Oxford
Non-repeating tiling - 2014
Prof Konstanze Rietsch, King’s College London
Catalan Numbers and Quivers - 2018
Dr Beth Romano, University of Cambridge
Quaternions and octonions: an algebraic approach to symmetry - 2019
Dr Claudia Scheimbauer, NTNU
Surfaces from polygons - 2019
Dr Claudia Scheimbauer, University of Oxford
Not a knot - 2017
Dr Anna Seigal, University of Oxford,
Polynomials in data analysis - 2019
Prof Caroline Series, University of Warwick
Indra's Pearls: Geometry and Symmentry - 2022
Dr Simon Singh
The Vicky Neale Public Lecture 2025: From Theorems to Serums, From Cryptography to Cosmology … and The Simpsons
BBC Horizon "Fermat's Last Theorem": the making of the documentary - 2022
Enigma - 2017
Dr Filippos Sytilidis, University of Oxford
Introduction to Knot Theory - 2022
Prof Balazs Szendroi, University of Oxford
Reflection patterns in Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries - 2017
Prof Ulrike Tillmann, University of Oxford
Topology and Data - 2025
Dr Benjamin Walker, University College London
Intuition in applied mathematics - 2024
Prof Sir Andrew Wiles, University of Oxford
Diophantine equations and related problems - 2023
Using analysis to solve equations - 2018
Solving equations - 2019, 2017
Elliptic Curves - 2016
Ideal class groups of quadratic number fields - 2015
Dr Julia Wolf, University of Bristol
Addition, multiplication, and why they don’t get along - 2018
Prof Sarah Zerbes, UCL
Elliptic curves and the congruent number problem - 2016




Dr Jennifer Balakrishnan, University of Oxford
Rational points on curves - 2016
Dr Ben Barber, University of Bristol
Ultrafilters: formalising "usually" - 2017
Dr Thomas Bloom, University of Bristol
Arithmetic Ramsey Theory - 2016
Professor Martin Bridson, University of Oxford
Symmetries, spaces and decisions - 2019
Professor Kevin Buzzard, Imperial College
The p-adic numbers - 2016
Professor Henry Cohn, Microsoft Research and MIT
Sphere packing - 2014
Dr David Conlon, University of Oxford
Euclidean Ramsey problems - 2015
Dr David Conlon, University of Oxford
Mathematical Magic - 2016
Dr Edith Elkind, University of Oxford
The Gale-Shapley Stable Matching Algorithm - 2017
Professor Alain Goriely, University of Oxford
Understanding the brain via geometry and topology - 2022
Professor Andrew Granville, Université de Montréal & UCL
Infinitely many proofs that there are infinitely many primes - 2018
Professor Ben Green, University of Oxford
Random permutations - 2015
Professor Geoffrey Grimmett, University of Cambridge & HIMR
The unreasonable effectiveness of the square root of -1 - 2022
Dr Heather Harrington, University of Oxford
Computational algebra for studying systems in biology - 2015
Dr Kevin Hughes, University of Bristol
The size of things - 2016
Professor Minhyong Kim, University of Oxford
The wise matchmaker - 2015
Classification of surfaces - 2015
Professor Dan Kráľ, University of Warwick
Sparsity of planar graphs - 2017





Professor Alan Lauder, University of Oxford
An ugly formula - 2017
Professor Jason Lotay, University of Oxford
The heat equation - 2019
Dr James Maynard, University of Oxford
Patterns in the primes - 2015
Dr Owen Patashnick, University of Bristol
Regulators via higher logarithms, and why they are so flat - 2017
Professor Sir Roger Penrose, University of Oxford
Non-repeating tiling - 2014
Professor Konstanze Rietsch, King’s College London
Catalan Numbers and Quivers - 2018
Dr Beth Romano, University of Cambridge
Quaternions and octonions: an algebraic approach to symmetry - 2019
Dr Claudia Scheimbauer, NTNU
Surfaces from polygons - 2019
Dr Claudia Scheimbauer, University of Oxford
Not a knot - 2017
Dr Anna Seigal, University of Oxford,
Polynomials in data analysis - 2019
Professor Caroline Series, University of Warwick
Indra's Pearls: Geometry and Symmentry - 2022
Dr Simon Singh
Enigma - 2017
BBC Horizon "Fermat's Last Theorem": the making of the documentary - 2022
Filippos Sytilidis, University of Oxford
Introduction to Knot Theory - 2022
Professor Balazs Szendroi, University of Oxford
Reflection patterns in Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries - 2017
Professor Sir Andrew Wiles, University of Oxford
Using analysis to solve equations - 2018
Solving equations - 2019, 2017
Ideal class groups of quadratic number fields - 2015
Elliptic Curves - 2016
Dr Julia Wolf, University of Bristol
Addition, multiplication, and why they don’t get along - 2018
Professor Sarah Zerbes, UCL
Elliptic curves and the congruent number problem - 2016






