{"id":73,"date":"2021-12-29T12:47:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T12:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/ben-lowery\/?page_id=73"},"modified":"2023-01-25T12:45:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T12:45:20","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/ben-lowery\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top animated animatedFadeInUp fadeInUp is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">GitHub<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center animated animatedFadeInUp fadeInUp is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hi! I&#8217;m Ben&#8230;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I hail from just outside the beautiful* city of Hull in East Yorkshire and came to Lancaster in October 2021, holding an undergraduate and masters degree in Mathematics from the University of Hull. I&#8217;m currently a PhD student at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i\/about-us\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i\/about-us\/\">STOR-i Centre for Doctoral Training<\/a>, looking at stochastic inventory policies in end-of-life settings for an omnichannel retailer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Away from the world of mathematics, I have a strong interest in sports, mainly from a viewing perspective. With my main loves being football (Man City), Rugby League (Hull FC) and NFL (New England Patriots). From an active point of view, you can find me being a sub-par runner or a sub-sub-par footballer. I also possess interests in politics, coffee brewing and films. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alongside the blog posts on this site, you can also find my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/ben-lowery\/cv\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"170\">CV<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/BenSLowery\/Papers\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/github.com\/BenSLowery\/Papers\">dissertations<\/a> from my time at Hull.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><kbd>*<\/kbd><sub>I may possess a slight bias.<\/sub><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi! I&#8217;m Ben&#8230; I hail from just outside the beautiful* city of Hull in East Yorkshire and came to Lancaster in October 2021, holding an undergraduate and masters degree in Mathematics from the University of Hull. 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