Biography

• Lecturer, Imperial College   1993-
• Reservoir Engineer, AEA Technology   1989-1993
• Lecturer in Mathematics, Coventry Polytechnic   1988-1989
• PhD Semiconductor Physics, Warwick University   1985-1988
• Design optimisation, British Shipbuilders   1984-1985
• BSc Mathematics, Southampton University   1984

Recent Measures of Esteem

• 2002-6 Co-PI and organiser £1 million DTI/EPSRC Container World project
• 2004 Invited speaker GECCO conference
• 2001-4 Editorial board of ANNIE conference

Research Interests

Application of evolutionary optimisation methods (Genetic Algorithms, Genetic Programming) to numerical problems in earth science and engineering.
Use of agent based simulation to understand the emergent behaviour of complex adaptive systems.