Voices of Mathematics

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

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