Professor Jonathan Potts

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Mathematics and Statistics Subject Group Head and Head of Mathematical and Statistical Modelling Research Cluster

Professor of Mathematical Biology

Dr Jonathan Potts
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j.potts@sheffield.ac.uk
G27c, Hicks Building

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Professor Jonathan Potts
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
G27c
Hicks Building
Hounsfield Road
Sheffield
S3 7RH
Research interests

Most of my research uses mathematical tools to shed light on a few fundamental questions in ecology:

  • Can we construct techniques to help predict the effects of future environmental change on the ability of animal populations to survive?
  • How can we infer the nature of animal interaction mechanisms, both with each other and their environment, from movement data?
  • How do complex systems of animal movements and interactions give rise to emergent population-level patterns?
Publications

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Journal articles

  • Giunta V, Hillen T, Lewis MA & Potts JR (2024) . Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, 78.
  • Michelot T, Klappstein NJ, Potts JR & Fieberg J (2024) . Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 15(1), 24-35.
  • Painter KJ, Hillen T & Potts JR (2024) . Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences, 34(1), 57-107.
  • Potts JR & Börger L (2022) . Journal of Animal Ecology.
  • Giunta V, Hillen T, Lewis MA & Potts JR (2022) . Journal of Mathematical Biology, 85(5).
  • Giunta V, Hillen T, Lewis M & Potts J (2022) . SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems, 21(3), 1686-1708.
  • Potts JR, Giunta V & Lewis MA (2022) . Oikos, 2022(6).
  • Street GM, Potts JR, Börger L, Beasley JC, Demarais S, Fryxell JM, McLoughlin PD, Monteith KL, Prokopenko CM, Ribeiro MC , Rodgers AR et al (2021) . Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 12(12), 2421-2431.
  • Munden R, Börger L, Wilson RP, Redcliffe J, Brown R, Garel M & Potts JR (2021) . Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 12(5), 921-932.
  • Ellison N, Hatchwell B, Biddiscombe S, Napper C & Potts J (2020) . Journal of Animal Ecology, 89(12), 2763-2776.
  • Potts JR & Schlägel UE (2020) . Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 11(9), 1092-1105.
  • Potts JR & Lewis MA (2019) . Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 81(7), 2725-2747.
  • Potts J, Borger L, Scantlebury DM, Bennett N, Alagaili A & Wilson R (2018) . Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 9(10), 2091-2101.
  • Potts JR & Petrovskii SV (2017) . Journal of Theoretical Biology, 420, 190-199.
  • Bastille-Rousseau G, Potts JR, Yackulic CB, Frair JL, Ellington EH & Blake S (2016) . Movement Ecology, 4.
  • Potts J & Lewis MA (2016) . Interface, 13(118).
  • Avgar T, Potts JR, Lewis MA & Boyce MS (2016) . Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 7(5), 619-630.
  • Bastille-Rousseau G, Potts JR, Schaefer JA, Lewis MA, Ellington EH, Rayl ND, Mahoney SP & Murray DL (2015) . Ecography, 38(10), 1049-1059.
  • Potts JR, Mokross K & Lewis MA (2014) . Interface, 11(96).
  • Potts JR, Bastille-Rousseau G, Murray DL, Schaefer JA & Lewis MA (2014) . Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5(3), 253-262.

All publications

Books

  • Lewis MA, Petrovskii SV & Potts JR (2016) . Springer.

Journal articles

  • Giunta V, Hillen T, Lewis MA & Potts JR (2025) . Aims Mathematics, 10(9), 21254-21272.
  • Forrest SW, Pagendam D, Hassan C, Potts JR, Drovandi C, Bode M & Hoskins AJ (2025) . Methods in Ecology and Evolution.
  • Potts JR (2025) . Journal of Mathematical Biology, 90(6).
  • Liu D, Potts JR, Salmaniw Y, Shi J & Wang H (2025) . Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 476.
  • Gomez S, English HM, Bejarano Alegre V, Blackwell PG, Bracken AM, Bray E, Evans LC, Gan JL, Grecian WJ, Gutmann Roberts C , Harju SM et al (2025) . Journal of Animal Ecology, 94(6), 1146-1164.
  • Forrest SW, Pagendam D, Bode M, Drovandi C, Potts JR, Perry J, Vanderduys E & Hoskins AJ (2025) . Ecography, 2025(2).
  • Painter KJ, Giunta V, Potts JR & Bernardi S (2024) . Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 21(219).
  • Ellison N, Potts JR, Boudreau MR, Börger L, Strickland BK & Street GM (2024) . Wildlife Biology: A journal for wildlife science, 2024(5).
  • Giunta V, Hillen T, Lewis MA & Potts JR (2024) . Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, 78.
  • Potts JR & Painter KJ (2024) . Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 86(3).
  • Ellison N, Potts JR, Strickland BK, Demarais S & Street GM (2024) . Wildlife Biology, 2024(3).
  • Michelot T, Klappstein NJ, Potts JR & Fieberg J (2024) . Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 15(1), 24-35.
  • Painter KJ, Hillen T & Potts JR (2024) . Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences, 34(1), 57-107.
  • Potts JR & Börger L (2022) . Journal of Animal Ecology.
  • Giunta V, Hillen T, Lewis MA & Potts JR (2022) . Journal of Mathematical Biology, 85(5).
  • Wilson RP, Reynolds SD, Potts JR, Redcliffe J, Holton M, Buxton A, Rose K & Norman BM (2022) . iScience, 25(9).
  • Giunta V, Hillen T, Lewis M & Potts J (2022) . SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems, 21(3), 1686-1708.
  • Potts JR, Börger L, Strickland BK & Street GM (2022) . Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 13(8), 1805-1818.
  • Potts JR, Giunta V & Lewis MA (2022) . Oikos, 2022(6).
  • Klappstein NJ, Potts JR, Michelot T, Börger L, Pilfold NW, Lewis MA & Derocher AE (2022) . Journal of Animal Ecology, 91(5), 946-957.
  • Patrick SC, Réale D, Potts JR, Wilson AJ, Doutrelant C, Teplitsky C & Charmantier A (2022) . Ecology Letters, 25(5), 1139-1151.
  • Street GM, Potts JR, Börger L, Beasley JC, Demarais S, Fryxell JM, McLoughlin PD, Monteith KL, Prokopenko CM, Ribeiro MC , Rodgers AR et al (2021) . Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 12(12), 2421-2431.
  • Jeffries PM, Patrick SC & Potts JR (2021) . Theoretical Ecology, 14(4), 575-587.
  • Potts J & Painter KJ (2021) . SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 81(3), 1248-1263.
  • Munden R, Börger L, Wilson RP, Redcliffe J, Brown R, Garel M & Potts JR (2021) . Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 12(5), 921-932.
  • Ellison N, Hatchwell B, Biddiscombe S, Napper C & Potts J (2020) . Journal of Animal Ecology, 89(12), 2763-2776.
  • Potts JR & Schlägel UE (2020) . Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 11(9), 1092-1105.
  • Wilson R, Williams H, Holton M, di Virgilio A, Börger L, Potts J, Gunner R, Arkwright A, Fahlman A, Bennett N , Alagaili A et al (2020) . Ecology and Evolution, 10(10), 4291-4302.
  • Williams HJ, Taylor LA, Benhamou S, Bijleveld AI, Clay TA, de Grissac S, DemÅ¡ar U, English HM, Franconi N, Gómez-Laich A , Griffiths RC et al (2020) . Journal of Animal Ecology, 89(1), 186-206.
  • Wang Y, Blackwell PG, Merkle JA & Potts JR (2019) . Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 10(10), 1664-1678.
  • Potts JR (2019) . Mathematics, 7(7).
  • Potts JR & Lewis MA (2019) . Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 81(7), 2725-2747.
  • Munden R, Borger L, Wilson R, Redcliffe J, Loison A, Garel M & Potts J (2019) . Ecology and Evolution, 9(1), 265-274.
  • Potts J, Fagan WF & Mourão G (2019) . Theoretical Ecology, 12(3), 307-318.
  • Potts J, Borger L, Scantlebury DM, Bennett N, Alagaili A & Wilson R (2018) . Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 9(10), 2091-2101.
  • Mokross K, Potts J, Rutt C & Stouffer P (2018) . Biotropica, 50(4), 654-673.
  • Bastille-Rousseau G, Murray DL, Schaefer JA, Lewis MA, Mahoney S & Potts JR (2018) . Ecography, 41(3), 437-443.
  • Potts JR & Petrovskii SV (2017) . Journal of Theoretical Biology, 420, 190-199.
  • Merkle JA, Potts J & Fortin D (2017) . Oikos, 126(2).
  • Wang YS & Potts JR (2017) . Journal of Theoretical Biology, 416, 52-67.
  • Bastille-Rousseau G, Potts JR, Yackulic CB, Frair JL, Ellington EH & Blake S (2016) . Movement Ecology, 4.
  • Potts J & Lewis MA (2016) . Interface, 13(118).
  • Avgar T, Potts JR, Lewis MA & Boyce MS (2016) . Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 7(5), 619-630.
  • Demars CA, Breed GA, Potts J & Boutin S (2016) . American Naturalist, 187(5), 678-687.
  • Potts JR, Hillen T & Lewis MA (2016) . Theoretical Ecology, 9(2), 233-247.
  • Potts JR & Lewis MA (2016) . Journal of Mathematical Biology, 72(1-2), 25-46.
  • Bastille-Rousseau G, Potts JR, Schaefer JA, Lewis MA, Ellington EH, Rayl ND, Mahoney SP & Murray DL (2015) . Ecography, 38(10), 1049-1059.
  • Potts JR, Mokross K, Stouffer PC & Lewis MA (2014) . Ecology and Evolution, 4(24), 4578-4588.
  • Potts JR & Lewis MA (2014) . The American Mathematical Monthly, 121(9), 754-770.
  • Potts JR, Auger-Méthé M, Mokross K & Lewis MA (2014) . Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5(10), 1012-1022.
  • Potts JR, Mokross K & Lewis MA (2014) . Interface, 11(96).
  • Potts JR & Lewis MA (2014) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 281(1784).
  • Potts JR, Bastille-Rousseau G, Murray DL, Schaefer JA & Lewis MA (2014) . Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5(3), 253-262.
  • Giuggioli L, Potts JR, Rubenstein DI & Levin SA (2013) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(42), 16904-16909.
  • Giuggioli L, Potts JR & Harris S (2012) . Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 9(72), 1529-1543.
  • Potts JR, Harris S & Giuggioli L (2011) . Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 44(48), 485003-485003.
  • Potts J, Harris S & Giuggioli L () . The American Naturalist, 182(3), E73-E82.
  • Potts JR, Harris S & Giuggioli L () . PLoS ONE, 7(3), e34033-e34033.
  • Giuggioli L, Potts JR & Harris S () . Physical Review E, 83(6).
  • Giuggioli L, Potts JR & Harris S () . PLoS Computational Biology, 7(3), e1002008-e1002008.

Book chapters

  • Lewis MA, Petrovskii SV & Potts JR (2016) , Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics (pp. 233-256). Springer International Publishing
  • Lewis MA, Petrovskii SV & Potts JR (2016) , Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics (pp. 19-68). Springer International Publishing
  • Lewis MA, Petrovskii SV & Potts JR (2016) , Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics (pp. 69-105). Springer International Publishing
  • Lewis MA, Petrovskii SV & Potts JR (2016) , Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics (pp. 107-154). Springer International Publishing
  • Lewis MA, Petrovskii SV & Potts JR (2016) , Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics (pp. 257-285). Springer International Publishing
  • Lewis MA, Petrovskii SV & Potts JR (2016) , Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics (pp. 195-209). Springer International Publishing
  • Lewis MA, Petrovskii SV & Potts JR (2016) , Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics (pp. 1-18). Springer International Publishing
  • Lewis MA, Petrovskii SV & Potts JR (2016) , Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics (pp. 287-305). Springer International Publishing
  • Lewis MA, Petrovskii SV & Potts JR (2016) , Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics (pp. 155-193). Springer International Publishing
  • Lewis MA, Petrovskii SV & Potts JR (2016) , Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics (pp. 211-232). Springer International Publishing

Datasets

  • Munden R, Potts J, Börger L, Wilson R, Garel M, redcliffe J & Brown R .

Preprints

  • Potts J, Börger L, Tucker M, Ossi F, Yanco S, Soto DE, Mueller T, Oliver R, Alves M, Arnold W , Attias N et al (2025) , Wiley.
  • Forrest SW, Pagendam D, Hassan C, Drovandi C, Potts JR, Bode M & Hoskins AJ (2025) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Painter KJ, Giunta V, Potts JR & Bernardi S (2024) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Forrest SW, Pagendam D, Bode M, Drovandi C, Potts JR, Perry J, Vanderduys E & Hoskins AJ (2024) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Potts JR & Börger L (2022) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Street G, Potts J, Börger L, Beasley J, Demarais S, Fryxell J, McLoughlin P, Monteith K, Prokopenko C, Ribeiro M , Rodgers A et al (2022) , Wiley.
  • Potts JR, Giunta V & Lewis MA (2022) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Giunta V, Hillen T, Lewis MA & Potts JR (2021) Local and Global Existence for Non-local Multi-Species Advection-Diffusion Models.
  • Klappstein NJ, Potts J, Michelot T, Börger L, Pilfold N, Lewis M & Derocher A (2021) , Wiley.
  • Street GM, Potts JR, Börger L, Beasley JC, Demarais S, Fryxell JM, McLoughlin PD, Monteith KL, Prokopenko CM, Ribeiro MC , Rodgers AR et al (2021) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Klappstein NJ, Potts J, Michelot T, Börger L, Pilfold N, Lewis M & Derocher A (2020) , Wiley.
  • Potts JR & Schlägel UE (2020) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • DeMars C, Breed GA, Potts J, Serrouya R & Boutin S (2016) , PeerJ.
  • DeMars C, Breed GA, Potts J, Serrouya R & Boutin S (2016) , PeerJ.
Research group

Grants

Current:
NERC

Previous grants, as Coinvestigator
NERC

Previous grants, as Sole Investigator

  
EPSRC
Teaching activities
MAS108 Mathematical Modelling 

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