Dr Jon Devlin
Teaching Fellow & Outreach Officer
Mathematics and Statistics
Personal statement
I am a Teaching Fellow and Outreach Officer in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. I started my post in February 2022 after having completed both my Honours and PhD degrees also at Strathclyde.
As a Teaching Fellow, I mainly teach first and second year mathematics classes. This includes mathematics service classes, GA classes for engineering mathematics, and the Mathematics STEM Summer School. I also supervise final year Honours and MSc Data Analytics projects.
As the Outreach Officer, I actively deliver workshops at primary and secondary schools, colleges and within the university. These focus on showcasing the real world applications of mathematics and statistics, with the aim of encouraging students to pursue studying a science subject at university. A link to the Department outreach webpage is given here: https://www.strath.ac.uk/science/mathematicsstatistics/departmentoutreachactivities/
Prize And Awards
- Fellow of Advance HE (FHEA)
- Recipient
- 1/11/2024
- Faculty of Science Teaching Excellence Award – Team Award
- Recipient
- 12/9/2024
- Strathclyde Medal – Team Award
- Recipient
- 5/9/2024
- Faculty of Science Teaching Excellence Award – Early Career Impact
- Recipient
- 30/8/2023
Publications
- Approximate Bayesian inference in a model for self-generated gradient collective cell movement
- Devlin Jon, Borowska Agnieszka, Husmeier Dirk, MacKenzie John
- Computational Statistics (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00180-025-01606-5
- Optimal estimation of drift and diffusion coefficients in the presence of static localization error
- Devlin J, Husmeier D, MacKenzie J A
- Physical Review E Vol 100 (2019)
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.100.022134
Teaching
In the Academic Year 2024/25, I am teaching:
Lecturing
- MM125: Mathematics Summer School
- MM134: Mathematics for Engineering (Early Spring)
- MM145/MM147: Introduction to Geometry and Algebra
- MM203: Applicable Anaylsis 1
Tutorials
- MM143: Mathematical Foundations
- MM145/MM147: Introduction to Geometry and Algebra
- MM203: Applicable Analysis 1
Other
I supervise Honours and Data Analytics projects, and support students on our Pre-Sessional Mathematics Courses.
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Previous teaching:
Lecturing
- MM103/MM123: Introduction to Geometry and Algebra
- MM111: Mathematics 1B
- MM125: Mathematics Summer School
- MM134: Mathematics for Engineering (Early Spring)
- MM139: Pre-Sessional MSc Mathematics
- MM203: Applicable Analysis 1
Tutorials
- MM101: Introduction to Calculus
- MM111: Mathematics 1B
- MM112: Mathematics 2B
- MM113: Mathematics 1E
- MM114: Mathematics 2E
- MM115: Mathematics 1D
- MM116: Mathematics 1C
- MM203: Applicable Analysis 1
- MM215: Mathematics 2D
- MM217: Mathematics 2M
Other
I supervised Honours and Data Analytics projects, and support students on our Pre-Sessional Mathematics Courses.
Professional Activities
- Outreach Workshop – Jordanhill School 1
- Recipient
- 19/5/2025
- Mathematics and Statistics Teaching Away Day
- Participant
- 19/5/2025
- Outreach Workshop – Jordanhill School 2
- Recipient
- 19/5/2025
- Understanding and Supporting Estranged Students
- Participant
- 6/5/2025
- Outreach Workshop – St Bartholomew's RC Primary School
- Recipient
- 1/5/2025
- Outreach Workshop – Battlefield Primary School
- Recipient
- 29/4/2025
Projects
- Maths Week Scotland Inter-Authority Maths Conference
- Devlin, Jon (Principal Investigator)
- A grant-funded Inter-Authority Maths Conference run during Maths Week Scotland 2022 for approximately 90 pupils from 9 high schools. The conference was jointly organised and run by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Strathclyde, and Our Lady's High School, North Lanarkshire. The grant of £2400 came from the Maths Week Scotland Large Grant Fund.
- 28-Jan-2022 - 28-Jan-2022
Contact
Dr
Jon
Devlin
Teaching Fellow & Outreach Officer
Mathematics and Statistics
Email: jon.devlin@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3667