Jan Olucha Fuentes

Hi, I'm Jan. I'm a first year PhD student under the supervision of Alex Cox at the University of Bath, working as a part of the MaThRad research programme. I did my Master's at the University of Cambridge and my undergrad at King's College London.

Mathematical Interests

My mathematical interests are mainly in Probability. I enjoy thinking about probabilistic models with physical relevance: interacting particle systems, statistical mechanics, random walks, etc.

Mathematical Work

• Undergraduate Thesis: Attractors of Iterated Function Systems (IFS): where do they live and how to see them, supervised by Jean Lagacé.
• Part III Essay (draft): Random Walks on Dynamical Percolation, supervised by Perla Sousi.

Awards

When I was at King's College London I was awarded the IMA (Institute of Mathematics and Applications) Prize for achieving the best results (95%) in the final year of my degree.

Outreach and teaching

Outside my research, I am very involved in mathematical outreach and teaching. My primary goal as a mathematician is to make mathematics a subject for everyone through thoughtful pedagogy and communication:

• In 2021, I started a YouTube channel, where I talk about topics of mathematical nature for a Spanish-speaking audience.
• Since 2023 I work with the charity We Solve Problems to bring high quality mathematical enrichment activities to kids. At We Solve Problems we run "Maths Circles", a kind of social club for maths-loving bright young students. Since the summer of 2025, I serve as the Head of Curriculum of this organisation.
• During my time at King's College London I worked as a tutor on the King's Factor programme, an extra-curricular programme where high school students can get mentoring to prepare for university entrance exams.
• During my last year at King's College London, I was the president of the official student society of the mathematics department.

Contact

To contact me please email me via jof36@bath.ac.uk

Cheers!