Philipp Thomas

Dr Philipp Thomas is a Lecturer in Biomathematics at the Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London, within the Faculty of Natural Sciences. He holds affiliations with the Biomathematics Group, Physics of Life group, and Mathematics research staff. He earned his PhD in Applied Mathematics from the University of Edinburgh in 2015 and serves as an associate editor for Scientific Reports. His research focuses on stochastic methods to understand single-cell dynamics and cell-to-cell variability in biological populations. Recent work includes studies on circadian clocks, cancer biology, and parameter inference in biochemical systems.

He has received a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship and a Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 Fellowship. His academic contributions span software development (e.g., AgentBasedModeling.jl), conference organizing (e.g., ECMTB 2022 mini-symposium), and mentorship of PhD students like Alasdair Daniels. His research integrates mathematical modeling, computational tools, and experimental data to address questions in systems biology, cell cycle dynamics, and metabolic heterogeneity.

• Education: PhD in Applied Mathematics (University of Edinburgh, 2015).
• Awards: UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship (2024), Royal Commission for Exhibition of 1851 Fellowship (2021).
• Advising: Mentors PhD student Alasdair Daniels (joined 2023).
• Labs/Groups: Biomathematics Group, Physics of Life group at Imperial College London.