Dr Ruaraidh McPike

Teaching Associate

Mathematics and Statistics

Personal statement

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

I am particularly interested in mathematical modelling, and have recently been running the mathematical modelling class for first year mathematics students. I also have significant involvement in teaching mathematics for students in other disciplines, and am currently the Service Teaching Coordinator for the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, as well as the lead for mathematics on Graduate Apprenticeship (GA) degrees in Engineering.

My interests include marine ecology and population modelling, mathematical finance and time series analysis, game theory, regression analysis. I have supervised a range of honours and masters projects in these topics and other areas of mathematical statistics.

In the year 2023/2024 I am teaching:

EO101 and EO109: Mathematics and Numerical Tools 1
MM103: Geometry and Algebra with Applications
MM124: Mathematical Modelling
MM217: Mathematics 2m
MM215: Mathematics 2d
MM113: Mathematics 1e (tutorials)
MM114: Mathematics 2e (tutorials)
MM401: Communicating Mathematics (project students)
MM908: Quantitative Finance Research Project (project students)
MM930: MSc Statistics Project (project students)
MS983: Dissertation in Data Analytics (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
Kelvin Prize for Mathematics: Recipient; 2013
Sir Hermann Bondi Prize for Mathematics Honours Project: 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