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Peter O'Donnell is an Affiliated Lecturer in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) under the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge since 2012. He serves as a Fellow and Tutor at St. Edmund's College since 2014 and as a By-Fellow at Churchill College since 2016. Additionally, he has been the Director of Studies at St. Edmund's College since 2009.
His research focuses on Lanczos potential theory, where the Weyl tensor is generated via the Lanczos tensor, and its connections to twistor theory and local twistor transport. He also explores interdisciplinary intersections of infinity in science, arts, and theology.
His publications span topics in general relativity, conformal geometry, and tensor analysis, with notable works addressing Weyl-Lanczos equations, Lanczos potential in Schwarzschild and type N space-times, and conformal transformations. He has authored and edited academic books including Essential Dynamics & Relativity and Introduction to 2-Spinors in General Relativity.
At the University of Cambridge, he lectures on Mechanics (Michaelmas Term), 2-Spinors in General Relativity (Lent Term), and Mathematical Methods III (Easter Term) within the Natural Sciences Tripos (NST) and Part IA programs.
