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General Information

Full Name Jakub Wiaterek
Date of Birth 5th April 1998
Languages English (proficient) , Polish (native), German (B2/C1, DSD Stufe II)

Education

  • 2021-ongoing
    DPhil
    University of Oxford, Hertford College
    • Supervisor: Prof. Frances Kirwan
    • Project: Instability of polarized varieties
  • 2017-2021
    MMathPhys
    University of Oxford, St. Anne's college
    • Supervisor: Prof. Xenia de la Ossa
    • Dissertation: 'Calabi-Yau manifolds'
    • First Class (BA), Distinction (MMathPhys)

Experience

  • 2023-ongoing
    Stipendiary Lecturer
    Balliol College, University of Oxford
    • Tutorials and classes in pure mathematics
    • Participating in the admissions
    • Pastoral care over first year students
  • 2023
    Retained Lecturer
    Jesus College, University of Oxford
    • Tutorials and classes in pure mathematics
  • 2023
    Spring intern
    G-Research, Nice
  • 2020
    Trading intern
    IMC, Amsterdam
    • Investigated relationship between prices of options in Brazilian market and corresponding options on the American Depositary Receipts in the US market, by looking for a relationship between their volatility smiles.
    • Used Python to test data sets against the relevant theory, and worked on explaining the discrepancy between them.
  • 2019
    Risk Management intern
    CQS, London
    • Used Python to implement various simple machine learning algorithms.
  • 2015-ongoing
    Mathematics Tutor
    • Helping ambitious high school students in their preparation for their final examinations and university applications.

Honors and Awards

  • 2021-2025
    • EPSRC Doctoral Scholarship
  • 2018-2021
    • Scholar of St. Anne's College
  • 2019
    • Apollo bursary - prize for academic excellence awarded only to 4 students a year.

Academic Interests

  • Moduli Spaces in Algebraic Geometry: In particular my project involves trying to genrealize the ideas of Greb-Ross-Toma to other moduli problems.

Other Interests

  • Sports: Mountain biking, mountaineering, running and cycling.