Alex Belton

Academic profile

Professor Alex Belton

Head of School and substantive Professor of Mathematics
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics (Faculty of Science and Engineering)

About Alex

Alexander Belton joined the University of Plymouth in September 2022 after 15 years with Lancaster University. At Lancaster he held a number of senior roles within the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, including five years as Head of Department. Prior to his time at Lancaster he held postdoctoral research positions at University College Cork, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 and Université Louis Pasteur Strasbourg 1.

 

Professor Belton was a key figure in the establishment of the Lancaster University School of Mathematics and is a trustee of its governing trust.

 

Supervised Research Degrees

PhD students

  • Michał Gnacik (2014)
  • Jason Hancox (2018)

Teaching

MATH1705 Probability (with Colin Christopher)

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