Hi! I’m Boris, and I’m a postdoc (postdoctoral research associate) in the Numerical Analysis Group at the University of Oxford, under the ERC Starting Grant for Geometric Finite Element Methods (GeoFEM).

My work generally focuses on structure-preserving / compatible numerical methods for PDEs.

PATRICK FARRELL AND I JUST PUT OUT A PREPRINT ON STABLE INTEGRATORS FOR MULTI-CONSERVATIVE AND GENERIC SYSTEMS
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RESEARCH INTERESTS

• STRUCTURE-PRESERVING / COMPATIBLE NUMERICAL METHODS FOR PDEs & ODEs | Conservative & dissipative integrators / Global & local energy estimates / Asymptotic-preserving integrators / Geometric ML
• FINITE ELEMENT THEORY | FEEC / Domain decomposition / PinT
• PLASMA MODELLING | MHD / Hybrid fluid-particle models
• TURBULENT SYSTEMS | Stabilisation / Preconditioning

HIGHLIGHTED PUBLICATIONS & PREPRINTS

Papers

(Upcoming)

Date	Title	Co-authors
29.APR.2025 (arXiv), 31.DEC.2025 (SISC)	Enforcing conservation laws and dissipation inequalities numerically via auxiliary variables	Patrick Farrell

Preprints

(Accepted for publication)

Date	Title	Co-authors
20.JAN.2025 (arXiv), Upcoming (SISC)	Helicity-preserving finite element discretization for magnetic relaxation	Mingdong He, Patrick Farrell, Kaibo Hu

(In review)

Date	Title	Co-authors
28.NOV.2025 (arXiv), In review (CAMWA)	Conservative and dissipative discretisations of multi-conservative ODEs and GENERIC systems	Patrick Farrell

Other works

Date	Title	Co-authors
02.NOV.2025 (access)	Geometric numerical integration via auxiliary variables (PhD (DPhil) thesis)

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SHORT CV

• 2025–2027 (predicted) | Postdoctoral Research Associate, Numerical Analysis, University of Oxford
  • PROJECT | ERC Starting Grant for Geometric Finite Element Methods (GeoFEM)
  • ADVISOR | Kaibo Hu
• 2021–2025 | PhD (DPhil), Numerical Analysis, University of Oxford
  • THESIS | Geometric numerical integration via auxiliary variables
  • SUPERVISORS | Patrick Farrell, Wayne Arter

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UPCOMING

2026

• 09–23.JAN | CHINA VISIT
  • 09–10.JAN | ICSPFEM | Attending the International Conference on Structure-Preserving Finite Element Methods (ICSPFEM) at the Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science (AMSS) in Beijing
  • 12–16.JAN | TENSOR FEM WORKSHOP | Attending the Workshop on Finite Element Tensor Calculus at the Tsinghua Sanya International Mathematics Forum (TSIMF), part of Tsinghua University, in Sanya
  • 19–23.JAN | UCAS* | Visiting the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), on the kind invite of Shipeng Mao

• 20.APR–05.JUN | ESI PROGRAMME | Attending the Programme on Differential Complexes at the Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematics and Physics (ESI) within the University of Vienna

• 19–24.JUL | ECCOMAS | Attending the ECCOMAS World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM) at the ICM International Congress Center Messe München in Munich, in the minisymposium on space-time finite element discretisations on the kind invite of Nils Margenberg and Peter Munch, where I will present my work on conservative and dissipative integrators with Patrick Farrell

2027

• 18–23.APR | OBERWOLFACH* | Planning to present at the Oberwolfach Workshop on Structure-Preserving Methods, thanks to the kind invite of the organisers: Elena Celledoni, Chris Eldred, Sina Ober-Blöbaum, Artur Palha and Ari Stern

(*provisional)

RECENT COLLABORATORS

Patrick Farrell,
University of Oxford

Kaibo Hu,
University of Oxford

Alexei Gazca,
Charles University

Mingdong He,
University of Oxford

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OXFORD FEM READING GROUP

I run the finite element methods reading group in the Numerical Analysis Group here at the University of Oxford. You can find information on upcoming presentations here.

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OPEN PROBLEMS

I’m working on a list of open problems arising from my research that I’d be very keen to see turned into closed problems! You can find it here.

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OTHER INTERESTS

🌐 LANGUAGES / LINGUISTICS | Dutch / Japanese
🎲 BOARD GAMES | Heavy / Light / Cooperative / I don’t care so long as it’s with my friends
🎹 PIANO | Music theory / Improvisation so long as nobody’s listening
🍴 FOOD / COOKING | Anything East / Southeast Asian
🩸 MURDER MYSTERIES | Movies in particular
⚽ TABLE FOOTBALL | Competitive spirit / Non-competitive skill
🗺️ MAPS / FLAGS | Just love them
🐒 MONKEYS | Just love them
🥋 TAEKWONDO | Not done it properly in a long time though
❓ QUIZZES | Running / Doing / Losing
🍫 CHOCOLATE | Eating / Eating / Eating

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