Selected external professional activities



Membership of editorial boards


Associate Editor for SIAM Journal of Matrix Analysis and Applications (2018 - 2023)
Associate Editor, Research Spotlights, SIAM Review (2016 - 2023)



Professional societies


Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)

Member since 1989
Chair, Board of Trustees (2023)
Member, Board of Trustees Executive Committee (2021 - 2023)
Member, Finance Committee (2021 - 2023)
Elected Member, Board of Trustees (2019 - 2024)
Elected Vice Chair of the Activity Group on Linear Algebra (2016 - 2018)
Member, Committee on Programs and Conferences (2106 - 2018)
Member, Gene Golub Summer School Committee (2015 - 2018)
Co-founder and Faculty Adviser, Strathclyde Student Chapter (2011 - 2016)
Elected Member, Council (2007-2009)
Elected Secretary/Treasurer, UK and Eire Section (2002 - 2004)

Edinburgh Mathematical Society (EMS)

Member since 1993
Member of General Committee (2001-2004)

Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA)

Fellow since 2008
Invited speaker, IMA Information Days for Senior School Pupils (1993-2000)

European Women in Mathematics (EWM)

Member since 2010

International Linear Algebra Society (ILAS)

Member since 2020
Member of Nominating Committee (2020)



Conference organisation


Co-organiser, ICIAM Workshop on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Glasgow (2022)
Co-organiser, Biennial Conference in Numerical Analysis conference series, Glasgow (2009- 2019)
Co-organiser, International Centre for Mathematical Sciences Workshop on Mathematics for Measurement, Edinburgh (2017)
Co-organiser, Durham-London Mathematical Society Symposium, Durham (2008)
Local organiser, XVth Householder Symposium on Numerical Linear Algebra, Peebles (2002)



Membership of conference scientific programme committees


Householder Committee (2022 - 2034)
International Conference on Preconditioning Techniques for Scientific and Industrial Applications, Chemnitz, Germany (2022)
11th International Conference on Advanced Mathematical and Computational Tools in Metrology and Testing, Glasgow (2017)
Sixth International Conference on Numerical Algebra and Scientific Computing, Zhejiang University, P.R. China (2016)
SIAM Conference on Applied Linear Algebra, Atlanta, USA (2015)
Joint SIAM/Royal Spanish Mathematical Society/Catalan Society of Mathematics/Spanish Society of Applied Mathematics Meeting on Emerging Topics in Dynamical Systems and Partial Differential Equations, Barcelona, Spain (2010)



Service to National and International Review Bodies


Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), UK

Chair of Mathematical Sciences Prioritisation Panel (2011, 2012, 2015, 2022)
Chair of Mathematical Sciences Fellowship Interview Panel (2021)
Chair of Mathematical Sciences Fellowship Funding Panel (2019)
Member of Mathematical Sciences Programme Grant Interview Panel (2016)
Member of Mathematical Sciences Prioritisation Panel (2008)
Member of Peer Review College (since 2007)

European Research Council (ERC)

External Reviewer (2022)

Science Foundation Ireland

External Reviewer, Frontiers for the Future Programme (2022)

Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland

Research Assessor (since 2014)

NordForsk Research Council, Norway

Chair, Nordic eScience Globalisation Initiative Peer Review Panel (2014)

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

External Reviewer (2007)



Outreach and Public Engagement


Institute of Mathematics and its Applications

Invited speaker, Information Days for Senior School Pupils (1993-2000)

London Mathematical Society

Organiser, Popular Lectures for schoolchildren (1997-1998)

Mathematical Association

Invited speaker, annual conference for school teachers (1997, 2008, 2009, 2015)

Scottish Mathematical Council

Member of Maths Challenge Committee and competition organiser for West of Scotland schools (2001-2010)

West of Scotland Women Into Science and Technology

Organiser of Mathematics workshops for schoolchildren (1993-2000)

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