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Dr John Talbot
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Department of Mathematics
UCL
London
WC1E 6BT
Appointment
- Reader in Pure Mathematics
- Dept of Mathematics
- Faculty of Maths & Physical Sciences
Biography
- 1997 - 2000 PhD under the supervision of Imre Leader.
- 2001 - 2004 GCHQ Research Fellow, Merton College and the Mathematical Institute, Oxford.
- 2004 - 2007 Lecturer, UCL
- 2007 - 2014 Royal Society University Research Fellow, UCL
- 2012 - present Reader in Mathematics, UCL
Research Groups


Research Summary
My work is in Combinatorics. In particular extremal problems for hypergraphs and graphs. These are questions concerning how dense or large certain mathematical structures can be if they are to possess given properties. The methods I employ are varied, ranging from probabilistic to computational.
Academic Background
2000 | Doctor of Philosophy | University College London | |
1996 | Bachelor of Science (Honours) | University College London | |
Certificate in Learning and Teaching in HE Part 1 | University College London | ||
1997 | Master of Science | University of Oxford |