Demetres Christofides

Dr. Demetres Christofides is an Associate Professor in Mathematics and Course Leader of BSc (Hons) Mathematics & Statistics at the University of Central Lancashire Cyprus (UCLan Cyprus). He holds a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge (2008), alongside advanced qualifications from Cambridge including a BA (2003), MA (2007), and Certificate of Advanced Study in Mathematics (2004).

• Affiliations: School of Sciences, Department of Mathematics.
• Administrative Roles: Former Senate Member (2015–2020), Deputy Head of School (2017–2018), and Academic Standards Lead (2017–2020).

Research Interests: Focuses on combinatorics, including random graphs, extremal graph theory, positional games, and algorithmic graph theory. His work spans Hamilton cycles, Cayley graphs, information theory, and structural graph properties. He has contributed to over 10 peer-reviewed publications in journals like Journal of Combinatorial Theory and SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics.

Funding & Grants: Secured research grants from the Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation and the EPSRC, including projects on extremal combinatorics and graph algorithms.

• Awards: Smith Prize (University of Cambridge).
• Outreach: Trains Cypriot Mathematical Olympiad teams, creates problems for international competitions (e.g., IMO Shortlist 2020), and co-authored a training book for high-school mathematics competitions.

Teaching: Leads and teaches modules across all undergraduate years, including Real Analysis, Algebra, and Complex Analysis. Previously taught at Charles University, Warwick, and Birmingham.