Mark Chaplain

Prof Mark Chaplain is the Gregory Chair of Applied Mathematics at the University of St Andrews, School of Mathematics and Statistics. His research focuses on mathematical oncology, developing models of cancer growth, treatment, and metastasis using nonlinear differential equations and hybrid multiscale techniques. Key areas include tumor-induced angiogenesis, immune response modeling, and systems biology approaches to predict treatment outcomes. He has supervised PhD students including Lorna Jamieson and Dimitrios Katsaounis.

Research interests emphasize cancer systems biology, computational oncology, and mathematical frameworks integrating genetic, cellular, and tissue-level dynamics. Awards include the Lee Segel Prize (2014) and Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2003). Recent work explores AI’s role in science, signaling pathway dynamics, and pandemic modeling.

• Awards: Lee Segel Prize, Whitehead Prize, Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellowship
• Lab/Team: Mathematical Biology Research Group
• Grants: Involved in EPSRC-funded projects on soft tissue mechanics and cancer modeling