Ellen Powell

Ellen Powell is a Professor at Durham University in the Probability and Statistics group, holding a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship. Her research focuses on probability theory, particularly random systems at criticality, critical phenomena, scaling limits, random geometry, and branching structures motivated by statistical physics models.

Research Interests:

• Critical phenomena in random systems
• Scaling limits of statistical physics models
• Random geometry and stochastic processes
• Branching structures and Liouville quantum gravity

Scientific Awards:

• UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship

Advising: Supervising PhD students Léonie Papon and Charlie Hall. Collaborators include Juhan Aru, Nathanaël Berestycki, Nina Holden, and others.