Voices of Mathematics
Insights and interviews from the Mathematics Faculty, University of Cambridge. Voices of Mathematics takes you inside the University of Cambridge’s Mathematics Faculty, the home of the Cambridge Mathematics departments. From number theory and geometry to cosmology and quantum physics, the Faculty’s work explores fundamental and exciting questions to extend the boundaries of discovery. In conversations with Cambridge researchers, we explore topics across pure and applied mathematics, mathematical statistics and theoretical physics. Join us for conversations with members of the Mathematics Faculty as they share their personal insights into the fascinating - and wide - world of mathematics and the m...
Hannah Fry: Mathematics for All – the Leelavati Prize
Welcome to Voices of Mathematics, a podcast from the Mathematics Faculty at the University of Cambridge.
From number theory and geometry to cosmology and quantum physics, join us to explore topics across pure and applied mathematics, mathematical statistics and theoretical physics.
In this episode we talk to Hannah Fry, Professor of the Public Understanding of Mathematics in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics (DAMTP).
Hannah has just been awarded the Leelavati Prize at the International Congress of Mathematicians for outstanding contributions to raising the public awareness of mathematics.
The p...
Voices of Mathematics: Julian Sahasrabudhe
Welcome to Voices of Mathematics, the podcast from the Mathematics Faculty at the University of Cambridge.
From number theory and geometry to cosmology and quantum physics, join us to explore topics across pure and applied mathematics, mathematical statistics and theoretical physics.
In this episode we talk to Julian Sahasrabudhe, Professor of Combinatorics in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics (DPMMS).
Julian Sahasrabudhe and his collaborators have made headlines for a number of recent breakthroughs, including remarkable results in sphere packing, which you can imagine in terms of packing oranges into a v...
Statistics, Cambridge and the ICM: Richard Samworth
Welcome to Voices of Mathematics, a podcast from the Mathematics Faculty at the University of Cambridge.
From number theory and geometry to cosmology and quantum physics, join us to explore topics across pure and applied mathematics, mathematical statistics and theoretical physics.
In this episode we talk to Richard Samworth, Professor of Statistical Science and Director of the Statistical Laboratory in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics (DPMMS).
Richard Samworth's outstanding contributions to statistics have been recognised with numerous honours and awards. In 2025, he won two prestigious prizes in the space of 24 ho...
AI and data intensive science: James Fergusson
Welcome to Voices of Mathematics, a podcast from the Mathematics Faculty at the University of Cambridge.
From number theory and geometry to cosmology and quantum physics, join us to explore topics across pure and applied mathematics, mathematical statistics and theoretical physics.
In this episode we talk to James Fergusson, Professor of Theoretical Cosmology in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. James is also the Executive Director of the University of Cambridge's innovative new Master's programme in Data Intensive Science, and the Director of the Infosys-Cambridge AI Centre.
Fergusson's innovative collaboration with I...
Black holes, dark stars and gravitational waves: Ulrich Sperhake and Seppe Staelens
Welcome to Voices of Mathematics, a podcast from the Mathematics Faculty at the University of Cambridge.
From number theory and geometry to cosmology and quantum physics, join us to explore topics across pure and applied mathematics, mathematical statistics and theoretical physics.
In this episode we talk to two members of the Stephen Hawking Centre for Theoretical Cosmology in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. Ulrich Sperhake, Professor of Theoretical Physics, and graduate student Seppe Staelens discuss their fascinating research.
Gravitational waves, whose discovery was announced ten years ago, have provided a...
Voices of Mathematics: Hannah Fry
Welcome to Voices of Mathematics, a podcast from the Mathematics Faculty at the University of Cambridge.
In this episode, we revisit one of our favourite interviews from the last year with Professor Hannah Fry.
In January 2025 mathematician, author and broadcaster Hannah Fry joined the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics as Cambridge's first Professor of the Public Understanding of Mathematics.
In this podcast, Hannah Fry talks about how her interest in public engagement grew directly out of her research as a mathematician, reveals how she got into maths in the first place...
Voices of Mathematics: Holly Krieger
Welcome to Voices of Mathematics, a podcast from the Mathematics Faculty at the University of Cambridge.
From number theory and geometry to cosmology and quantum physics, join us to explore topics across pure and applied mathematics, mathematical statistics and theoretical physics.
In this episode we talk to Holly Krieger, Professor of Mathematics at the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics.
Holly Krieger works in the overlap of two areas of mathematics: number theory - which is famous for problems such as Fermat's Last Theorem - and complex dynamics, which gives rise to...
Colm-cille Caulfield: Reflections from DAMTP
Welcome to Voices of Mathematics, the podcast that takes you inside the Mathematics Faculty at the University of Cambridge.
After five and a half years, Professor Colm-cille Caulfield stepped down as Head of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) here in Cambridge from 1 October 2025, handing over the role to Professor Nick Dorey.
Colm took up the role in January 2020, just months before the country was plunged into lockdown during the COVID pandemic. But as well as steering DAMTP during international crisis, his time in post has seen a huge range of innovation...
Voices of Mathematics: David Tong
Welcome to the first ever edition of Voices of Mathematics, a podcast from the Mathematics Faculty at the University of Cambridge.
From number theory and geometry to cosmology and quantum physics, join us to explore topics across pure and applied mathematics, mathematical statistics and theoretical physics.
In this episode we talk to David Tong, Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics.
2025 marks an important milestone in the history of physics: the 100th birthday of quantum mechanics. We ask David about the ongoing impact of the d...
