

Dr Thomas Kecker
Biography
Having started lecturing at the ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï in 2014, I am now Associate Professor in Mathematics in the School of Mathematics & Physics, where I am also Director for Postgraduate Studies. Before coming to Portsmouth, I obtained my PhD in Mathematics from University College London (2010 - 2014), under the supervision of Professor Rod Halburd.
Research:
My research is currently funded by the EPSRC grant EP/W012251/1: ‘Geometric Aspects of Complex Differential Equations'. This project is about classifying nonlinear differential and difference equations in the complex plane via a geometric approach, using the Okamoto's space of initial conditions. I work on this project with one Senior Research Associate, Dr Marta Dell'Atti.
If you would like to gain more insight into my research you may want to watch the I gave recently at the CAvid online seminar (organised by UCL).
I recently organised the at the ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï (together with M. Dell'Atti).
Links to my publications:
Teaching:
M20739: Mathematical Foundations (Year 1 module, from 2015 -- 2022)
M20725: Partial Differential Equations (Year 3 module - from 2016 -- present)
M20744: Real and Complex Analysis (Year 2 module, from 2017 -- present)
M31448: Topics in Algebra and Geometry (Year 4 module, from 2020 -- )
PhD students:
Kyriakos Kefalas (current)
Emily Bamber (current)
Callum Waite (completed June 2021)
Research outputs
2025
Dell'Atti, M., Kecker, T.
28 Feb 2025, In: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical. 58, 9, 43p., 095202