Siri Chongchitnan

Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies

Office: B1.24
Email: Siri.Chongchitnan<at>warwick.ac.uk

Teaching Responsibilities 2026/27:

Term 2: MA144 Methods of Mathematical Modelling II

Research Interests:

Cosmology
Extreme objects in astrophysics
Technology in mathematics education (especially Python and STACK)

I am the main organiser for the Maths Teaching and Learning SeminarsLink opens in a new window.

Book:

Exploring University Mathematics with PythonLink opens in a new window, Springer (2023).

Recent publications:

Extreme Values of Black Hole to Stellar Mass Ratio for High-Redshift Galaxies, Astrophysics Journal (2026)
The Brightest X-ray AGNs at Redshift 3≲z≲6, MNRAS (2025)

My research papers can be found on arXiv.

Project Supervision:

Current PhD students: Cam Heather, Kourosh Lotfi.
Fourth-year student: Nathan Durrant (MMathPhys).
URSS: Jamie Merchant.

If you are a student interested in cosmology, I may be available to supervise PhD, 4th-year and URSS projects.

Awards:

ISPF/British Council Grant: Project ThaiPASSLink opens in a new window: Thailand-UK Python+Astronomy Summer Schools (2025-26)
Warwick Award for Teaching Excellence 2021Link opens in a new window
STFC Grant: Project ThaiPASS (2020-22)

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:
I have supervised internships on various diversity topics in mathematics (exampleLink opens in a new window).
I chair the Diversity and Decolonisation in Mathematics (D&D) conference series (see 2026 edition here).

More about me:
Please visit my website www.chongchitnan.netLink opens in a new window