Calum is a lecturer in physics at Edge Hill University where he studies topological solitons and enjoys talking about maths and physics to anyone who will listen. He can often be found on the side of a mountain or out on a bike, talking to himself about solitons.
More from Chalkdust

Oπnions: In defence of toy models
Calum gets on his soap box about toy models
Cryptic wordsearch, Issue 19
Can you solve it?
On the cover: skyrmions
Sven Bjarke Gudnason and Calum Ross introduce you to the wonderful world of skyrmions
I’m counting on it
Joe Celko looks at four different abacuses used throughout history
Dear Dirichlet, Issue 14
Football, telly and shape-shifting houses find their way into the prof's postbox this issue.
Hedy Lamarr: Hollywood star and secret inventor
James Grime gets intimate with 'the most beautiful woman in the world' from the golden age of Hollywood
