Doctor 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.泭
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)
Prize And Awards
- Recipient
- 5/10/2021
- Recipient
- 2020
- Recipient
- 2013
- Recipient
- 2013
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, 勛圖tv (2021).
Postgraduate Certificate in Researcher Professional Development, 勛圖tv (2021).
BSc (Hons) Mathematics, Statistics and Accounting (1st), 勛圖tv (2013).
Publications
- , , , Wolfram Marie-Therese
- National Meeting of the Portuguese Mathematical Society (2018)
- 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, , Hembury Deborah J, Heymans Johanna J, Holt Jason, Houle Jennifer E, Jennings Simon, Mackinson Steve, Malcolm Stephen J, , Mee Laurence, Mills David K, Montgomery Caron, Pearson Dean, Pinnegar John K, Pollicino Marilena, Popova Ekaterina E, Rae Louise, Rogers Stuart I, , 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)
Teaching
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)
Previously I have taught on:
- MM103: Geometry and Algebra with Applications
- MM124: Mathematical Modelling
- MM215: Mathematics 2d
- EO201 and EO209: Mathematics and Numerical Tools 1
- MM112: Mathematics 2b
- MM125: Mathematics Summer School
- MM104: Statistics and Data Presentation
- MM108: Applying Mathematics 1
- MM109: Applying Mathematics 2
- MM111: Mathematics 1b
- MM101: Introduction to Calculus泭
- MM102: Applications of Calculus泭
- MM113: Mathematics 1e
- MM114: Mathematics 2e
- MM117: Mathematics 1m泭
- MM203: Applicable Analysis 1泭
- MM302: Differential Equations
- MM501: Mathematics Project泭
- MS983: Dissertation in Data Analytics泭
- MM908: Quantitative Finance Research Project泭
- MM930: MSc Statistics Project泭
- MS983: Dissertation in Data Analytics (project students)
- SF106: Multidisciplinary Perspectives of Sustainable Development
- EO001: Mathematics for University Engineering
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Professional Activities
- Speaker
- 12/6/2025
- Participant
- 19/5/2025
- Host
- 9/4/2025
- Speaker
- 14/11/2024
- Peer reviewer
- 2/10/2024
- Speaker
- 13/9/2024
Projects
- McPike, Ruaraidh (Principal Investigator)
- EMS Research Support Fund award: 瞿1200
- 09-Jan-2025
- McPike, Ruaraidh (Co-investigator) Jousseau, Murielle (Co-investigator)
- University wide collaborative writing group to participate in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning related to Digital Pedagogy and generate publishable outcomes.
- 10-Jan-2024
Contact
Doctor
Ruaraidh
McPike
Teaching Fellow
Mathematics and Statistics
Email: ruaraidh.mcpike@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3804