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Patrick Farrell is a Professor and Tutorial Fellow at Oriel College, University of Oxford, affiliated with the Mathematical Institute. He has a distinguished academic career and is known for his contributions to the field of numerical analysis. His expertise encompasses the numerical solutions of differential equations, focusing on adaptive discretisations and PDEs. Farrell's research includes adjoints for PDE-constrained optimisation problems and bifurcation analysis of nonlinear PDEs. He has received numerous accolades for his work, including the SIAM Germund Dahlquist Prize in 2025 and the LMS Whitehead Prize in 2021. Farrell was also an invited lecturer at the International Congress of Mathematicians in 2026. He has been awarded the EPSRC Early Career Research Fellowship in 2013, showcasing his early promise in the field of mathematical research. His continued contributions to optimization and numerical software have solidified his reputation in the academic community.
Oriel College, University of Oxford • Oxford, England
Teaching and research in mathematics, focusing on numerical analysis.
Department of Politics and International Relations - Higher Level English requirement.