# Jonathan Sherratt

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{{short description|British mathematician}}
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'''Jonathan Adam Sherratt'''<ref name="cv">{{cite web |title=Curriculum Vitae |url=https://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/~jas/sherratt-cv.pdf |publisher=Department of Mathematics, Heriot-Watt University |access-date=22 August 2025 |date=13 August 2023}}</ref> {{postnominals|country=GBR|FRSE}} (born 2 February 1967) is a British mathematician. He is Professor of Mathematics at [Heriot-Watt University](/source/Heriot-Watt_University). His research is in the field of [mathematical biology](/source/mathematical_biology).

Sherratt attended [Tiffin School](/source/Tiffin_School). He studied mathematics at [Queens' College, Cambridge](/source/Queens'_College%2C_Cambridge), graduating with [first-class honours](/source/first-class_honours) in 1988. He received his DPhil in 1991 from [Lincoln College, Oxford](/source/Lincoln_College%2C_Oxford).<ref name=cv /> He has been a Fellow of the [Royal Society of Edinburgh](/source/Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh) since 2001.<ref name="RSE">{{Cite web |title=Professor Jonathan Sherratt FRSE |url=https://rse.org.uk/fellowship/jonathan-sherratt/ |archive-date=29 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129020038/https://rse.org.uk/fellowship/jonathan-sherratt/| website=Royal Society of Edinburgh |access-date=21 August 2025}}</ref>

He was awarded the [Whitehead Prize](/source/Whitehead_Prize) by the [London Mathematical Society](/source/London_Mathematical_Society) in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Whitehead Prize winners |url=https://www.lms.ac.uk/prizes/list-lms-prize-winners |publisher=London Mathematical Society |access-date=21 August 2025}}</ref>

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==External links==
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