title: Paul Sutcliffe
text: # Paul Sutcliffe
  
  Paul Michael Sutcliffe is British mathematical physicist and mathematician, currently Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Durham. He specialises in the study of topological solitons.
  
  He serves as the Project Director of the SPOCK (Scientific Properties of Complex Knots) research programme dedicated to the study of knotted structures. Related subjects of research include skyrmions.
  
  Sutcliffe was awarded the LMS Whitehead Prize in 2006 for contributions to the study of topological solitons and their dynamics.
  
  ## Education
  
  Sutcliffe graduated from Durham University in 1989.
  
  