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Professor Stuart White | St John's College, Oxford

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After my PhD at the University of Edinburgh, I spent a year at Texas A&M University as a postdoc, before returning to spend 12 years in Scotland at the University of Glasgow. I joined St John’s College as a tutorial fellow in Mathematics in 2019. For as long as I can remember, I’ve always enjoyed puzzles and games, and this led me naturally to mathematics. Since then I’ve become attracted both by the beauty of mathematics, and the ‘ah ha’ moment when one finally understands how things fit together. Despite it’s abstract nature, mathematics is a very human activity; I really enjoy working on mathematics in a team, blending different prospectives and ideas. I teach tutorials for a range of predominately pure mathematics courses in first and second year, and supervise DPhil students on topics related to my research interests. Communication is key in university mathematics, where we’re not so interested in a number, or final answer, so much as the argument that gets us there. Tutorials

Professor Stuart White | St John's College, Oxford Share Share on X Share on LinkedIn Share on Facebook --> Biography After my PhD at the University of Edinburgh, I spent a year at Texas A&M University as a postdoc, before returning to spend 12 years in Scotland at the University of Glasgow. I joined St John’s College as a tutorial fellow in Mathematics in 2019. For as long as I can remember, I’ve always enjoyed puzzles and games, and this led me naturally to mathematics. Since then I’ve become attracted both by the beauty of mathematics, and the ‘ah ha’ moment when one finally understands how

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