Willow Bevington

Me and my cat, Ezio
Pronouns: they/them
E-mail: s1610318 [at] ed [.] ac [.] uk
Office: 5210 JCMB, Peter Guthrie Tait Road, Edinburgh. EH9 3FD.

I'm a fourth-year PhD student at the University of Edinburgh under Clark Barwick. I study ∞-categorical homotopy theory

On the non-mathematical side I'm an avid baker and knitter. In my past I've been a fire-eater and a juggler in various circus troupes and an assitant (recreational) pirate. In 2016 I ran away from the circus to pursue an undergraduate degree in mathematics. So here I am, washed ashore the rocky beaches of homotopy theory.

Starting from 2025 I will be on sick leave until further notice. Expect delays if trying to contact me.

Talks

"(co)Monads, Monodromy and Topoi" 2024 Edinburgh Category Theory Seminar
"Higher Galois Theory" 2024 Sheffield YAMCATS
"Models of (∞,n)-categories" 2024 (∞,n)-cat reading group
"Milnor's Exotic Spheres" 2022 eCHT Kan Seminar
"Dwyer-Kan Localisations" 2022 eCHT Kan Seminar
"Cohomology theories, Chern classes and elliptic curves" 2022 Hodge Club
"Cohomology and the Axiom of Choice" 2022 GEARS
"E-Rings, Group Completion, and Spectra" 2022 Hodge Seminar
"Stratified Homotopy Types" 2022 Categorical Late Lunch
"An Introduction to ∞-Categories" 2021 GlaMS

Teaching

Transitions Tutor 2025 -- 2026 LEAPS Transitions Team
Introduction to Mathematics at University Winter 2025 Tutor @ University of Edinburgh
Combinatorics and Graph Theory Winter 2024 Tutor @ University of Edinburgh
Geometry Winter 2024 Tutor @ University of Edinburgh
Introduction to Linear Algebra Winter 2024 Tutor @ University of Edinburgh
Modern Methods in Geometry and Toplogy Spring 2024 Tutor @ University of Edinburgh
Galois Theory Spring 2024 Tutor @ University of Edinburgh
Combinatorics and Grpah Theory Winter 2023 Tutor @ University of Edinburgh
General Topology Winter 2023 Tutor @ University of Edinburgh
Geometry Winter 2023 Tutor @ University of Edinburgh
Introduction to Linear Algebra Winter 2023 Tutor @ University of Edinburgh
Algebraic Geometry Spring 2023 Tutor @ University of Edinburgh
Galois Theory Spring 2023 Tutor @ University of Edinburgh
Proofs and Problem Solving Spring 2022 Tutor @ University of Edinburgh
General Topology Winter 2022 Tutor @ University of Edinburgh
Honours Analysis (Skills) Winter 2022 Tutor @ University of Edinburgh
Geometry Winter 2022 Tutor @ University of Edinburgh

Awards/Nominations

Edinburgh Teaching Award (EdTA AFHEA) 2025
Deaf Awareness Training (National Deaf Children's Society) 2025
EUSA Teaching Award (nomination) 2021-2022

I also co-organised the the Wednesdays Lectures and the Chromatic Homotopy Theory reading group.