Dr. Jessica Jay
Lecturer of Mathematics,
School of Mathematical Sciences ,
Lancaster University.
j.jay (at) lancaster.ac.uk
About me
I am a Lecturer of Mathematics at Lancaster University. My main area of research is in interacting particle systems and exploring their links to other areas of mathematics such as combinatorics and algebra.
In 2023 I was awarded my PhD from the University of Bristol under the supervision of Prof. Márton Balázs. My thesis, "Blocking Measures for Interacting Particle Systems", focuses on the blocking family of particle systems and using the stationary measures for such processes to give probabilistic proofs for combinatorial identities as well studying the behaviour of second class particles under blocking measures. From October 2022 to August 2024 I was a Heilbronn Research Fellow in Probability at the University of Bristol.
Upcoming events I am organising:
Advances in Combinatorial and Algebraic Probability Workshop, to be held at Lancaster University in January 2025
PAD'25 conference, to be held at the University of Bristol in April 2025