Dr Tom Crawford
Fellow by Special Election in Maths
Tom is a Fellow by Special Election in Mathematics at St Edmund Hall and is also responsible for the teaching of Visiting Students.
Tom specialises in Applied Maths and completed his PhD in Fluid Dynamics at the University of Cambridge under the supervision of Prof. Paul Linden. He obtained his undergraduate degree in Maths from Oxford in 2012 where he studied at St John’s College.
Alongside his teaching commitments, Tom works closely with the outreach team at Teddy Hall and regularly gives talks in schools and universities across the UK. His award-winning website hosts videos, podcasts, puzzles and articles that aim to make maths entertaining and understandable to all. Tom works with several partners including the BBC and the Numberphile YouTube channel - the largest maths channel on the platform with over pi-million subscribers. His persona the ‘Naked Mathematician’ has even seen Tom become something of a minor celebrity in the world of maths communication as he quite literally strips maths back layer-by-layer…
For the latest updates be sure to follow Tom on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram @tomrocksmaths.
Watch Tom’s interview with the BBC discussing Maryam Mirzakhani, the Stanford University professor who won the Fields Medal in Mathematics.
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Dr Tom Crawford
BA Oxf, PhD Camb
- Fellow by Special Election in Maths
- College Lecturer in Maths