I am a Professor
in the Department of Mathematics at Heriot-Watt University , and act as the departmental Director of Postgraduate Studies. The official homepage (not always up-to-date) is here.
My research area is mathematical physics, particularly quantum gravity in three dimensions and soliton models for particles. For details have a look at my publications, and those of my current and past research students.
I am a founding member of the Edinburgh Mathematical Physics Group (EMPG) and also the principal organiser of the North British Mathematical Physics Seminars (NBMPS).
When not in Edinburgh I am often in South Africa, Ghana or Sénégal in connection with the African Institutes for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) there.