Roddy Vann
Senior Lecturer

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Profile

Career

2012- Senior Lecturer in Theoretical & Experimental Plasma Physics at the University of York
2006-2012 Lecturer in the Theory of Magnetically-Confined Fusion Plasmas at the University of York
2003-2006 EPSRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Theoretical Physics at the Universities of Warwick and York 
1999-2003 PhD in Theoretical Physics at the University of Warwick
1998-1999 Part III in Mathematics at DAMTP,
University of Cambridge
1995-1998 BA in Mathematics at St. John's College,
University of Cambridge

Departmental roles

2011- York Plasma Institute Management Team: IT Infrastructre and Remote Learning
2011-2012  Chair, Physics Graduate Studies Committee
2010-2012 Chair, Communications Committee
2007-2010 Graduate Training Officer

University roles

2011- CIDCATS Management Team
2010- Member of University Teaching Committee
2007-2010 Member of Board for Graduate Schools
2007-2010 Academic auditor, Roberts Review Group

Teaching

Undergraduate

  • Lagrangian Mechanics (BSc/MPhys Year 2 core)
  • Plasma Physics (BSc/MPhys Year 3 option)
  • Final year projects (BSc Year 3 & MPhys Year 4)

Postgraduate

  • MSc in Fusion Energy: Computational Plasma Techniques (core)
  • MSc in Fusion Energy: Projects

Other teaching

  • Pastoral academic supervision of 20 undergraduate and taught postgraduate students.

Research

Overview

Research Group: Plasma Physics & Fusion Group

Collaborators

  • Herb Berk & Boris Breizman, Institute for Fusion Studies, University of Texas at Austin, U.S.A.
  • Vladimir Shevchenko and the MAST Team, EURATOM/CCFE Fusion Association, Culham Science Centre, U.K.
  • Marjan van der Woude, Centre for Immunology and Infection, University of York

Supervision

  • Mr Tom Williams
  • Mr Simon Freethy
  • Mr Spike Lampson

Roddy Vann

York Plasma Institute
Department of Physics
University of York
York YO10 5DD
United Kingdom

roddy.vann@york.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1904 32 2296
Fax: +44 (0)1904 32 2214
Room: GN/017, YPI