Félix Foutel-Rodier

Félix Foutel-Rodier is a Glasstone Research Fellow at the Department of Statistics, University of Oxford. His research bridges probability theory and population biology, focusing on stochastic processes in epidemiology and evolutionary dynamics. He holds a PhD in probability theory from Sorbonne Université and conducted postdoctoral research at UQÀM in Montréal on epidemic modeling. His work addresses mathematical structures of probabilistic models arising from biological questions, including branching processes, coalescents, and spatial population dynamics.

• Education:
  • PhD in Probability Theory, Sorbonne Université (advisor: Amaury Lambert & Emmanuel Schertzer)
  • Master’s in Life Sciences, École Normale Supérieure

Research interests include:

• Interplay between stochastic processes and biological systems
• Epidemic modeling (e.g., vaccination strategies, spatial spread)
• Evolutionary genetics (e.g., Muller’s ratchet, deleterious mutation dynamics)
• Mathematical frameworks for population dynamics (e.g., McKendrick-von Foerster equations)

Key contributions include analyzing expansion load during range expansions and developing PDE-based models for infectious diseases. His work often combines theoretical probability with applications in public health and evolutionary biology.