Dr Ruaraidh McPike

Teaching Fellow

Mathematics and Statistics

Personal statement

I am a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, involved in teaching various areas of applied mathematics and mathematical statistics.

I am currently the Service Teaching Coordinator for the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, organising the teaching of mathematics for students in other disciplines. I am also the Graduate Apprenticeship (GA) Coordinator for Mathematics & Statistics leading the teaching of mathematics for GAs in Engineering.

My interests are in mathematical modelling, differential equations, time series analysis, and game theory, with applications including marine ecology and population modelling, and mathematical finance. I have supervised a range of honours and masters projects in these topics and other areas of mathematical statistics.

In the year 2025/2026 I am teaching:

EO101 and EO109: Mathematics and Numerical Tools 1
MM202: Advanced Calculus
MM217: Mathematics 2m
MM402: Modelling and Simulation with Application to Financial Derivatives
MM143: Mathematical Foundations (tutorials)
MM211/MM213: Mathematics 3b/3e (tutorials)
MM401: Communicating Mathematics (project students)
MM931: MSc Statistics Project (project students)

Expertise

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Prize And Awards

Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy: Recipient; 5/10/2021
Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy: Recipient; 2020
Sir Hermann Bondi Prize for Mathematics Honours Project: Recipient; 2013
Kelvin Prize for Mathematics: Recipient; 2013

More prizes and awards

Qualifications

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2021)

Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2020)

PhD Mathematics - Integrating Ecology and Economics in the Mathematical Modelling of Marine Ecosystems. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Strathclyde (2021).

Postgraduate Certificate in Researcher Professional Development, University of Strathclyde (2021).

BSc (Hons) Mathematics, Statistics and Accounting (1st), University of Strathclyde (2013).

Publications

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Publications

On a mean field game formulation of fish stock exploitation: McPike Ruaraidh, Heath Mike, Grinfeld Michael, Wolfram Marie-Therese; National Meeting of the Portuguese Mathematical Society (2018)
Making modelling count - increasing the contribution of shelf-seas community and ecosystem models to policy development and management: Hyder Kieran, Rossberg Axel G, Allen J Icarus, Austen Melanie C, Barciela Rosa M, Bannister Hayley J, Blackwell Paul G, Blanchard Julia L, Burrows Michael T, Defriez Emma, Dorrington Tarquin, Edwards Karen P, Garcia-Carreras Bernardo, Heath Michael R, Hembury Deborah J, Heymans Johanna J, Holt Jason, Houle Jennifer E, Jennings Simon, Mackinson Steve, Malcolm Stephen J, McPike Ruaraidh, Mee Laurence, Mills David K, Montgomery Caron, Pearson Dean, Pinnegar John K, Pollicino Marilena, Popova Ekaterina E, Rae Louise, Rogers Stuart I, Speirs Douglas, Spence Michael A, Thorpe Robert, Turner R Kerry, van der Molen Johan, Yool Andrew, Paterson David M; Marine Policy Vol 61, pp. 291-302 (2015); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2015.07.015