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Isaac Abrahams

Dr Isaac Abrahams

Senior Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Solid State Ionics, Defect structure, Neutron diffraction, Structural chemistry, Ferroelectrics, Inorganic glasses
Owen Benton

Dr Owen Benton

Lecturer in Computational Condensed Matter

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Condensed Matter, Theoretical Physics, Quantum Magnetism, Spin Liquids, Frustrated systems
Adrian Bevan

Prof Adrian Bevan

Professor of Physics
Head of The School of Physical and Chemical Sciences

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Semiconductors, particle physics, nuclear physics, AI, deep learning
Ulla Blumenschein

Dr Ulla Blumenschein

Senior Lecturer of Particle Physics

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Higgs boson decays to fermions, Z bosons + c/b quarks, Search for heavy Higgs bosons, MC generators, SM precision measurements, Calorimeter triggers
Marcella Bona

Prof Marcella Bona

Professor of Physics

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Flavour Physics, Dark Matter Search, Machine Learning, Phenomenology, Pollution Studies
Jochen Brandt

Dr Jochen Brandt

Royal Society University Research Fellow (Senior Lecturer)
Deputy Subject Examination Board Chair – Chemistry

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Helicenes, CISS, Chirality, Radicals, Spin
Enrico Camporeale

Dr Enrico Camporeale

Senior Lecturer in Digital Environment

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Machine Learning, Space Physics, Space Weather, Plasma Physics, Computational methods
Gregory Chass

Dr Gregory Chass

Reader in Computational Chemistry

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Infrastructure and Disordered Functional Materials, Entropic Contributions to Functionality, Modelling and Simulation (nano-to-engineering scales), Neutron Scattering (Elastic/QNS/INS)
Andrew Danos

Dr Andrew Danos

Lecturer in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Organic Electronics, Spectroscopy, Physical Chemistry
Ian Dawson

Dr Ian Dawson

Senior Research Fellow in Particle Physics

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
particle physics, radiation, MC simulation, sensors, semiconductors
Devis Di Tommaso

Dr Devis Di Tommaso

Reader in Computational Chemistry
REF Lead for Unit of Assessment 8 (Chemistry)

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Computational chemistry, Theoretical catalysis, CO2 conversion, Machine learning, Nucleation and growth
Stoichko Dimitrov

Dr Stoichko Dimitrov

Reader
Director of Innovation of SPCS

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Laser spectroscopy, Printed solar cells, Perovskite photovoltaics, Organic photovoltaics, Photophysics, Semiconductors
Alan Drew

Prof Alan Drew

Professor of Experimental Physics

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
David Dunstan

Prof David Dunstan

Professor of Experimental Physics

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Marc Fernandez-Yague

Dr Marc Fernandez-Yague

Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Chemistry

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Mechanotransduction, Focal Adhesions, Mechanosensitive Ion Channels, Bioelectricity, Tissue Engineering, Biomaterials
William Gillin

Prof William Gillin

Professor of Experimental Physics

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Cristina Giordano

Dr Cristina Giordano

Reader in Chemistry

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Jonathan Hays

Prof Jonathan Hays

Professor of Physics
Director Particle Physics Research Centre, Science Director STFC IRIS

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Particle Physics, Higgs boson, neutrino oscillations, research computing, sustainability, AI and Machine Learning
Heli Hietala

Dr Heli Hietala

Royal Society University Research Fellow | Senior Lecturer in Space Plasma Physics
Member of the SPCS EDI committee

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
shock waves, particle acceleration, multi-spacecraft missions, heliophysics, space weather
Peter Hobson

Prof Peter Hobson

Emeritus Professor of Physics

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Particle physics, Radiation sensors, Scintillators, Monte Carlo, Optical ray-tracing, Optical holography
Michael Jie

Dr Michael Jie

Senior Lecturer

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Microwave Catalysis, Plastic waste upcycling, Hydrogen technology, CO2 Utilisation, Low carbon Technology, Functional Materials synthesis
Junjie Liu

Dr Junjie Liu

Lecturer in Quantum Technology

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Quantum technology, molecular nanomagnets, magnetic resonance, magnetoelectric
Peter Lovell

Dr Peter Lovell

Research Manager

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Yao Lu

Dr Yao Lu

Senior Lecturer
Tutor Abroad

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Surface science, Nanomaterials, Low carbon manufacturing
Nicola McConkey

Dr Nicola McConkey

Ernest Rutherford Fellow and Lecturer in Particle Physics

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Neutrino Physics, Quantum Technology, Detector Development
Scott Melville

Dr Scott Melville

Senior Lecturer of Cosmology
Stephen Hawking Fellow

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Cosmology, Gravity, Quantum Field Theory
Alston Misquitta

Dr Alston Misquitta

Senior Lecturer

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Jan Mol

Prof Jan Mol

Professor of Physics

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
quantum materials and devices, nanoscale thermodynamics, molecular electronics, solid-state nanopores, quantum sensing, atomically precise engineering
Christian Nielsen

Prof Christian Nielsen

Professor of Materials Chemistry
Head of Department of Chemistry

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
organic electronics, organic bioelectronics, semiconducting polymers
Matteo Palma

Prof Matteo Palma

Professor of Physical Chemistry and Nanomaterials

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Nanomaterials, NanoBiotechnology, Mixed-dimensional heterostructures, Biosensors, Optoelectronics, Nanohybrids
Anthony Phillips

Professor Anthony Phillips

Professor of Physics and Chemistry of Materials
Head of the Condensed Matter Physics Unit

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
barocalorics, structural disorder, neutron scattering, calorimetry, high pressure, crystallography
Marina Resmini

Prof Marina Resmini

Professor of Materials Chemistry
Director of Research (SPCS)

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
nanoparticles, thermoresponsive nanogels, microplastics, environmental impact, drug delivery, colloids
Eram Rizvi

Prof Eram Rizvi

Professor of Particle Physics

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
High Energy Physics, Particle Physics, Effective Field Theories
Andrei Sapelkin

Dr Andrei Sapelkin

Senior Lecturer

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Jinzhao Sun

Dr Jinzhao Sun

Lecturer

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Quantum computing, Quantum information, Quantum many-body physics
Hamid Tebyanian

Dr Hamid Tebyanian

Lecturer

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
James Thomas

Dr James Thomas

Lecturer in Quantum Technologies
Head of the Centre for Experimental and Applied Physics

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
quantum technologies, 2D materials, molecular electronics
Abigail Waldron

Dr Abigail Waldron

Senior Lecturer in Particle Physics

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Neutrino physics, neutrino oscillations, matter-antimatter asymmetry
Seth Zenz

Dr Seth Zenz

Reader in Experimental Particle Physics

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Particle physics, Large Hadron Collider, Higgs boson, Big Data, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence