Jason Laurie

Originally trained as a mathematician, I am now a multi-interdisciplinary mathematical physics researcher working on the frontiers of nonlinear waves (wave turbulence, solitons, rogue waves), turbulence (classical, 2D and geophysical, quantum and superfluid), and nonlinear optics (liquid crystals, optical fibres).

Research Highlights

• 20 peer-reviewed journal articles, 1 book chapter, 4 conference proceedings.
• 30+ invited oral presentations, 10+ invited seminars.
• Publication citations > 750, h-index = 13, i-10 index = 13.
• >£500,000 in research funding as PI.
• Journal reviewer for over 12 journals (APS, AIP, CUP, Elsevier, IoP, Royal Society).
• Organiser for 8 international workshops and conferences.
• Member of the EPSRC Peer Review College and EPSRC Early Career Forum for Mathematical Sciences.

My present research interests include the following topics:

Wave Turbulence

• Optical wave turbulence
• Gravitational wave turbulence in cosmology
• Strong wave turbulence

Quantum and Superfluid Turbulence

• Vortex dynamics
• Analogies to classical turbulence flows
• Kelvin waves

2D and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

• Structure and formation of large-scale mean flows
• Turbulent statistics

Nonlinear Optics

• Soliton and optical vortex formation
• Modulational instability
• Soliton turbulence

Those interested in pursuing a research project in one of these areas may contact me and may also consider applying for one of the following postdoctoral research fellowships:

• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellowship: 2 to 3 years funding
• EPSRC Postdoctoral Fellowship: 3 years funding for research in designated 'priority area'
• Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship: 3 years funding for those with a UK degree
• Newton International Fellowship: 2 years funding for non-UK citizens and who are not currently working in the UK

• 2021 (PI) Leverhulme Trust Project Grant, A Mathematical Approach to Taming Optical Turbulence, value £191,321
• 2019 (PI) Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action: Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) grant, Hydrodynamical Approach to Light Turbulence (HALT), value €294,000.
• 2018 (PI) NVIDIA GPU Grant , value £1,500.
• 2017 (PI) EPSRC-funded UK Fluids Network Special Interest Group (SIG) in Wave Turbulence, value £12,000.
• 2012 (PI) HPC-Europa2 Transnational Access Grant, value £3,000.

I am the module leader for the following undergraduate modules

• AM10PS Probability and Statistics
• AM10DI Probability Distributions
• AM41RS Specialist Research Skills and Techniques

I hold SFHEA status and have an MEd in Higher Education Learning and Teaching.

Mathematics Tutorial Ambassadors

I am organiser for the Mathematics Tutorial Ambassador scheme whereby final year students are employed to support first-year tutotial classes in the mathematics group at Aston.

Big Bang Fair

I am the principle academic support for Aston University's mathematics contirbutions to the annual Big Bang Fair (the UK's largest science fair).

• 2022 - Present: Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, Aston University.
• 2016 - 2022: Lecturer in Mathematics, Aston University.
• 2012 - 2015: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.
• 2010 - 2012: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Laboratoire de Physique, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France.

Room: MB313G

Email: j.laurie@aston.ac.uk

Phone number: 0121 204 4766