Adam Onus
Hello! I am a mathematics PhD student at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) supervised by Dr Primoz Skraba. I plan to submit my thesis in June 2025.
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My PhD project on Topological Analysis of Structured Data is funded by QMUL and the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research.
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Previously I was a student of Vanessa Robins and Martin Helmer at the Australian National University (ANU).
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See more: QMUL, ArXiv, Google Scholar, CV (correct as of 17th of January 2025)
Research Interests
Applied algebraic topology, Topological data analysis, Stochastic topology
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"I like looking for holes in things"
My research is in applied algebraic topology and topological data analysis, and I am particularly interested in using cellular sheaves to study data. My current work focuses on how to calculate the (persistent) homology of infinite periodic data sets and their finite quotient spaces. More generally, I enjoy not specialising in any one particular area. I enjoy finding applications of very pure mathematical objects (such as sheaves or spectral sequence) on real world data. I also enjoy looking at the intersections of different fields, such as algebra and analysis or geometry and probability.
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Given different circumstances in my life, I could have also ended up working in operator algebras, complex analysis or even theoretical astrophysics or nuclear physics.
This is me presenting my work at the 2024 Workshop on Computational Persistence hosted at TU Graz
More About Me
In no particular order:
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I am a firm believer in Federico Ardila's axioms of learning mathematics (see here).
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My sister already has a PhD! She's much smarter than me and is a huge inspiration. She's a sport scientist/biologist, but I hope we can write a paper together one day.
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On a Friday evening there is a probability of 1 that you will find me at a pub with my friends from QMUL.
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I like knitting and crocheting mathematical objects.
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I highly recommend Eugenia Cheng's X+Y as essential reading.
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My proudest accomplishment is keeping my pothos plant alive long enough to get cuttings (twice!)
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Ich lerne, Deutsch zu sprechen. Ich brauche doch viel Übung und Verbesserung, weil ich gar nicht fließend spreche. Ich finde es allerdings, großartig zu lernen.
QMUL maths PhD cohort - May 2024
Let’s Connect!
Feel free to email me at a.onus@qmul.ac.uk
Queen Mary University of London
Mile End Road
London E1 4NS
a (dot) onus (at) qmul (dot) ac (dot) uk