Staff profile

I completed my DPhil in Theoretical Physics at the University of Oxford in 2012, followed by postdoctoral appointments at the Institute for Advanced Study, the Perimeter Institute, and Oxford. In 2017, I joined the Department of Mathematical Sciences as an Assistant Professor, was promoted to Associate Professor in 2020, and became a Professor in 2023.

My research centers on quantum field theory and categorical symmetries, with a focus on their foundational and mathematical aspects. I lead a research team funded by an EPSRC Fellowship and the Simons Collaboration on Global Categorical Symmetries. Additionally, I co-organize the Symmetry Seminar, an international forum that brings together leading researchers to discuss the latest advances in the field.

I am PhD admissions officer for the Mathematical and Theoretical Physics group within the Department of Mathematical Sciences. For further information about PhD opportunities in our group please click here.

• Quantum Field Theory
• Generalised Symmetries
• Topological Quantum Field Theory

• 2024: Categorical Symmetries in Quantum Field Theory:
• 2023: EPSRC Mathematical Sciences Prioritisation Panel:
• 2021: Simons Collaboration on Global Categorical Symmetries:
• 2020: Fellow of Higher Education Academy:
• 2019: EPSRC Peer Review College:
• 2019: EPSRC Early Career Fellowship:
• 2019: EPSRC Mathematical Sciences Fellowship Interview Panel:
• 2019: Novel Vistas on Vortices: Novel Vistas on Vortices, Simons Center for Geometry and Physics

Authored book

• Bullimore, M. R. (2014). Scattering Amplitudes and Wilson Loops in Twistor Space. Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00909-4

Conference Paper

• Bullimore, M. (2023, June). Three-Dimensional N = 4 Gauge Theories in Omega Background. Presented at String-Math 2016, Paris, France

Journal Article

• Bhardwaj, L., Bullimore, M., Ferrari, A. E. V., & Schäfer-Nameki, S. (2024). Anomalies of generalized symmetries from solitonic defects. SciPost Physics, 16, Article 087. https://doi.org/10.21468/scipostphys.16.3.087
• Bartsch, T., Bullimore, M., Ferrari, A. E. V., & Pearson, J. (2024). Non-invertible symmetries and higher representation theory II. SciPost Physics, 17(2), Article 067. https://doi.org/10.21468/scipostphys.17.2.067
• Bartsch, T., Bullimore, M., Ferrari, A. E. V., & Pearson, J. (2024). Non-invertible symmetries and higher representation theory I. SciPost Physics, 17(1), Article 015. https://doi.org/10.21468/scipostphys.17.1.015
• Bhardwaj, L., Bullimore, M., Ferrari, A. E. V., & Schäfer-Nameki, S. (2024). Generalized symmetries and anomalies of 3d N = 4 SCFTs. SciPost Physics, 16(3), Article 080. https://doi.org/10.21468/scipostphys.16.3.080
• Bullimore, M., & Zhang, D. (2022). 3d N = 4 Gauge Theories on an Elliptic Curve. SciPost Physics, 13(1), Article 005. https://doi.org/10.21468/scipostphys.13.1.005
• Bullimore, M., Ferrari, A., & Kim, H. (2022). The 3d twisted index and wall-crossing. SciPost Physics, 12(6), Article 186. https://doi.org/10.21468/scipostphys.12.6.186
• Bullimore, M., Ferrari, A. E., Kim, H., & Xu, G. (2022). The twisted index and topological saddles. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2022(5), Article 116. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep05%282022%29116
• Bullimore, M., Ferrari, A., & Kim, H. (2022). Supersymmetric Ground States of 3d $\mathcal{N}=4$ Gauge Theories on a Riemann Surface. SciPost Physics, 12(2), Article 072. https://doi.org/10.21468/scipostphys.12.2.072
• Bullimore, M., Crew, S., & Zhang, D. (2021). Boundaries, Vermas and factorisation. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2021(4), Article 263. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep04%282021%29263
• Beem, C., Ben-Zvi, D., Bullimore, M., Dimofte, T., & Neitzke, A. (2020). Secondary products in supersymmetric field theory. Annales Henri Poincaré, 21(4), 1235-1310. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00023-020-00888-3
• Bullimore, M., Ferrari, A., & Kim, H. (2019). Twisted indices of 3d N = 4 gauge theories and enumerative geometry of quasi-maps. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2019(7), Article 14. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep07%282019%29014
• Bullimore, M., & Ferrari, A. (2018). Twisted Hilbert spaces of 3d supersymmetric gauge theories. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2018(08), Article 018. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep08%282018%29018
• Bullimore, M., Dimofte, T., Gaiotto, D., Hilburn, J., & Kim, H.-C. (2018). Vortices and Vermas. Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, 22(4), 803-917. https://doi.org/10.4310/atmp.2018.v22.n4.a1
• Bullimore, M., Kim, H.-C., & Lukowski, T. (2017). Expanding the Bethe/Gauge dictionary. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2017(11), Article 055. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep11%282017%29055
• Bullimore, M., Dimofte, T., & Gaiotto, D. (2017). The Coulomb Branch of 3d N=4 Theories. Communications in Mathematical Physics, 354(2), 671-751. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00220-017-2903-0
• Alday, L. F., Genolini, P. B., Bullimore, M., & van Loon, M. (2017). Refined 3d-3d correspondence. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2017(4), Article 170. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep04%282017%29170
• Bullimore, M., Dimofte, T., Gaiotto, D., Hilburn, J., & Kim, H.-C. (2016). Boundaries, Mirror Symmetry, and Symplectic Duality in 3d N=4 Gauge Theory. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2016(10), Article 108. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep10%282016%29108
• Bobev, N., Bullimore, M., & Kim, H.-C. (2015). Supersymmetric Casimir energy and the anomaly polynomial. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2015(09), Article 142. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep09%282015%29142
• Bullimore, M., Kim, H.-C., & Koroteev, P. (2015). Defects and quantum Seiberg-Witten geometry. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2015(05), Article 095. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep05%282015%29095
• Bullimore, M., & Kim, H.-C. (2015). The superconformal index of the (2,0) theory with defects. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2015(05), Article 048. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep05%282015%29048
• Bullimore, M. (2015). Defect networks and supersymmetric loop operators. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2015(2), Article 066. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep02%282015%29066
• Bullimore, M., Fluder, M., Hollands, L., & Richmond, P. (2014). The superconformal index and an elliptic algebra of surface defects. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2014(10), Article 062. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep10%282014%29062
• Alday, L. F., Bullimore, M., Fluder, M., & Hollands, L. (2013). Surface defects, the superconformal index and q-deformed Yang-Mills. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2013(10), Article 018. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep10%282013%29018
• Alday, L. F., Bullimore, M., & Fluder, M. (2013). On S-duality of the superconformal index on lens spaces and 2d TQFT. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2013(05), Article 122. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep05%282013%29122
• Adamo, T., Bullimore, M., Mason, L., & Skinner, D. (2011). Scattering amplitudes and Wilson loops in twistor space. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 44(45), Article 454008. https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8113/44/45/454008
• Bullimore, M. (2011). MHV diagrams from an all-loop recursion relation. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2011(08), Article 107. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep08%282011%29107
• Adamo, T., Bullimore, M., Mason, L., & Skinner, D. (2011). A proof of the correlation function/supersymmetric Wilson loop correspondence. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2011(08), Article 076. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep08%282011%29076
• Bullimore, M. (2011). Inverse soft factors and grassmannian residues. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2011(01), Article 055. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep01%282011%29055
• Bullimore, M., Mason, L., & Skinner, D. (2010). MHV diagrams in momentum twistor space. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2010(12), Article 032. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep12%282010%29032
• Bullimore, M., Conlon, J. P., & Witkowski, L. T. (2010). Kinetic mixing of U(1)’s for local string models. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2010(11), Article 142. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep11%282010%29142
• Bullimore, M., Mason, L., & Skinner, D. (2010). Twistor-strings, Grassmannians and leading singularities. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2010(03), Article 070. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep03%282010%29070