Ruth Baker
Professor of Applied Mathematics
Research interests
My research focuses on developing and applying novel mathematical, computational and statistical methodologies and modelling frameworks for investigating developmental biology systems at the cell and tissue level. I develop biologically realistic models that, used in tandem with experimental investigations, can provide fundamental insights into key biological mechanisms. An important aspect of my work is therefore multidisciplinary collaboration with theoreticians, life scientists and clinicians both within Oxford and further afield.
I also play a key role in QBIOX (https://www.qbiox.co.uk/), an MPLS-funded initiative to develop quantitative biology in Oxford.
Prizes, awards, and scholarships:
- Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award 2017-2022
- Leverhulme Research Fellowship 2017-2019
- London Mathematical Society Whitehead Prize 2014
Recent publications
Correction: ‘Structural identifiability analysis of linear reaction–advection–diffusion processes in mathematical biology’ (2024), by Browning et al.
Journal article
Browning AP. et al, (2026), Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Science, 482
Organ-specific fibroblast dynamics revealed via an integrated experimental-computational framework
Preprint
Stewart CL. et al, (2026)
Spatial correlations in susceptible-infected-susceptible processes on random regular graphs
Journal article
Anonymous ., (2026), Physical Review E
Optimal experiment design for practical parameter identifiability and model discrimination
Journal article
MAINI P. et al, (2026), Mathematical Biosciences
Survival and invasion dynamics in cell populations: an analytical framework for threshold behaviour in nonlinear age-structured models
Journal article
Abo S. and BAKER R., (2026), SIAM Journal on Life Sciences
