Our people
Over 270 people work at the School of Physics, Engineering and Technology.
Find contact details and explore who does what.
Research interests:
Next generation of Mobile networks (6G); machine learning in wireless networks; airborne and UAV networks; Digital twins; Internet-of-Things (IoT); self-organizing networks; Blockchain and Smart Contracts.
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Laser-assisted nuclear decay spectroscopy (alpha/beta/gamma), radii and shapes of nuclei, radioactive ion beams, non-traditional fission studies.
Chris Arran
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Renewable energy, solar PV, power semiconductor devices, energy storage.
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Theory and modelling of photonic devices and subsystems.
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Shape evolution and coexistence. Neutrinoless double beta decay.
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Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship, Organization culture, Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship Education.
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Hadron physics, exotic particles (hexaquarks, pentaquarks, hybrids), photon beams, nuclear equation of state, nuclear medicine techniques.
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Nuclear Physics, specialising in the study of exotic nuclei, gamma-ray spectroscopy techniques and the physics of isospin in nuclei.
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Asteroseismology of A-F type stars. High-resolution spectroscopy of stars.
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Wireless communications; turbo codes; MIMO; wireless network coding new waveforms.
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Magnetoelectrics; Spinwave dynamics; Polarised X-ray spectroscopy.
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Computational and theoretical models of magnetic materials with application to ultrafast magnetism, magnetic information storage, and biomagnetism.
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Biomedical Engineering, Medical robotics; Minimally invasive surgery; medical devices; Soft robotics; medical biology, Bioinformatics analysis.
Dr Jessada Chureemart
Dr Phanwadee Chureemart
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My research group focuses on pushing electron microscopes beyond their current limits – enabling higher-resolution images, more information-rich data, and quantitative analyses. This work includes theoretical modelling, computational simulation and experimental development of advanced methods on (scanning) transmission electron microscopes ((S)TEMs).
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6G networks; non-orthogonal multiple access; Cell-free massive MIMO, Machine learning-driven wireless networks, Sensing and communications, Communications for AI, Semantic communications, WiFi networks.
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Magnetically confined fusion plasmas and reactor studies; experimental studies of plasma turbulence; diagnostic development; simulation validation.
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Entanglement, quantum computing, quantum thermodynamics, spin transport and dynamics, many-body physics, density functional theory.
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Singing science and pedagogy; voice and musical performance analysis and perception.
Professor Rodrigo De Lamare
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Plasma science and technology; Plasma propulsion; Ion sources.
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Renewable Energy; Solar photovoltaic technologies; Artificial intelligence; power electronics.
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Magnetically confined fusion plasmas and reactor studies; computational study of tokamak confinement and small scale instabilities; theory, simulation and software development.
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Magnetically confined fusion plasmas and reactor studies; computational study of tokamak confinement and small scale instabilities; theory, simulation and software development.
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Theoretical description of low-energy properties of nuclei, Nuclear Density Functional Theory, nuclei far from stability, nuclear collective states.
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Engineering Management, Engineering education, Social Enterprise, Innovation and Commercialisation, Strategy Management, Sustainability in Pharma and medical devices companies, and Computational and Mathematical Modelling.
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Professor Gusz Eiben
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Bionics - developing intelligent, low-cost bionic limbs by studying nature
Digital health - combining patient data with physical laws of the world around us to provide decision support dashboards and tools for healthcare professionals
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Magnetic materials and nanodevices, spin dynamics, atomistic modelling, spin transport, ultrafast magnetism, high performance computing.
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RF/microwaves; compact atomic clocks; low phase noise oscillators;ultra-fast opto-electronics.
Adam Featherstone
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Theoretical description of quantum criticality and spin-dependent phenomena in 2D Dirac materials and their heterostructures. Development of analytical SO(5) quantum diagrammatic techniques and real-space numerical methodologies for large-scale quantum-mechanical simulations of materials with multi billions of orbitals.
Professor Pedro Galindo
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Management of Technology, Innovation, Social Entrepreneurship, Organisational Behaviour,Operations Management.
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Magnetically confined fusion plasmas and reactor studies; experimental divertor physics; diagnostic development.
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Dynamic spectrum access; application of artificial intelligence to wireless systems; 6G communications; vehicular networks; communications from high altitude platforms; non-terrestrial networks.
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Computational neuroscience; spiking neural networks and neuromorphic computing; neural signal processing.
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Carbon-based nano-technologies (graphene), quantum magnetism and physics at the interdisciplinary interface.
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Developing software, theory and methods for predictive materials simulations; novel applications of materials modelling.
David Hesp
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Matter in extreme conditions, high-pressure materials, high strain-rate material deformation and failure, X-ray laser experiments and large scale atomistic simulation.
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Spintronics; nano-scale and quantum magnetism; nanoelectronics.
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Smart grid; electric vehicles; Artificial Intelligence supported vehicle safety technology; Semiconductor manufacturing; Renewable energy.
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Exotic nuclei, radiation detector development for societal applications and medical imaging.
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Molecular diagnostics devices; Healthcare technology; Molecular and biomolecular electronics; Bionanotechnology.
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Spatial audio; music technology; immersive and interactive audio systems; audio for virtual and augmented reality.
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Electron microscopy, structure determination and electronic properties of energy and 2D materials.
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Machine-type intelligence for 6G communications; Distributed AI communications for future connected autonomy; semantic communications.
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Nanophysics, Nanostructured Biomaterials, Quantitative Electron Microscopy, Magnetic Nanomaterials, Raman Spectroscopy.
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Nanophotonics, Silicon Photonics, Optical Biosensors, Metasurfaces, Semiconductor Nanofabrication.
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Nuclear astrophysics.
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Plasma, lasers, Ultra-intense laser plasma interactions, QED, laboratory astrophysics, bright x-ray sources.
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Conventional and Environmental Electron microscopy, Nanomaterials characterisation and nanoscale phase transformations.
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Spintronics, magnetism.
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Physics of life; biophysics; biological physics; single-molecule biophysics; optical microscopy.
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Magnetically confined fusion plasmas and reactor studies; tokamak plasma edge and divertor physics; primarily experiment but involved in modelling.
Andrew Malcolm-Neale
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Predictive materials modelling for applications in energy, electronics and catalysis.
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Wireless communications; resource management; terrestrial radio systems; underwater acoustic networks.
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Dr Georgia Mortzou
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Laser-plasma acceleration; high field physics at the quantum limit; plasma-nuclear physics; radiation sources for applications.
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Virtual acoustic modelling; auralisation; spatial audio; music technology; XR content; creative industries R&D.
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Sensors, Advanced Materials, Computational Science, Energy, Biomedical Technologies.
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Molecular Modelling; DNA and Proteins.
P/A017
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My research focuses on neutron stars as sources of gravitational waves.
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Experimental nuclear physics of exotic nuclei, ionising radiation detectors for fundamental science and societal applications of nuclear physics.
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Inertial Confinement Fusion, Radiation Hydrodynamics, Laser-plasma interactions, shock wave physics, hohlraum physics, Laser Fusion Energy, modelling and experiments.
Research interests:
Handheld diagnostic devices, organ-on-a-chip, bio-sensors, Micro-Nano fabrication, Bionanotechnology, MEMS, Spintronics-MEMS integration, CMOS integrated sensors, Nano-mechanical sensors, opto-electronic devices, semiconductor thin films, PV materials.
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Biomedical engineering; virtual environments; human vision and locomotion; 3D displays.
Professor SureshKumar Perinpanayagam
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Experimental nuclear physics of exotic nuclei.
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Computational electromagnetics; antenna design; RF MEMS bioelectromagnetics.
Dr Mark Post
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Robotics and mechatronics; autonomous systems; navigation sensing and control.
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Nanomaterials, surface science, 2D materials, nanoparticles, organic spintronics.
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Development of Density Functional Theory software, algorithms and applications, with a focus on predicting the structural/dynamical properties of matter.
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Construction Management, Sustainable Construction, Digital Built Environment, Construction4.0, Corporate Social Responsibility in Construction, Project Management, BIM, Organisational Behaviour.
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Development of single-molecule fluorescence and advanced optical technologies for probing protein-protein and protein-lipid interactions related to neurodegeneration.
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Kinetic theory of laser-produced plasmas. Simulations of inertial confinement fusion plasmas (ICF) plasmas. Theory and simulation of laser-produced quantum electrodynamic (QED)-plasmas.
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Image and video processing; pattern analysis.
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Medical applications of electromagnetic waves; dielectrics; interference; shielding.
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Intelligent medical devices; interpretable “white box” machine learning; biomedical engineering.
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Quantum Technologies.
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Capillary laser imaging of plasmas.
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Surface science, nanomaterials, spintronics, low-energy electron-solid interactions and electron microscopy.
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Bio-inspired hardware; fault tolerance; adaptive and reconfigurable systems; many-core systems and Network-on-Chip.
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Luke Tetley
Research interests:
Nanothermal transport, spintronics.
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Bio-inspired systems and technology; neuromorphic hardware; unconventional computing; computational (nano)materials; fault tolerance; embedded AI/ML.
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Evolvable computation; evolutionary robotics; Evolvable hardware; autonomous systems.
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Thin film and fine particle magnetism.
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Fusion, tokamak science, plasma physics, microwave engineering.
Dr Erik Wagenaars
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Plasma science and technology; plasma chemistry and plasma-surface interactions and modifications for applications in microchip manufacturing and thin-film deposition for the hydrogen economy; development and use of advanced laser and optical diagnostics.
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Research expertise includes:
Plasma source development: low and radio frequency high voltage sources and nanosecond-pulsed systems.
Passive and active plasma diagnostics: optical emission spectroscopy, laser induced fluorescence and laser scattering (Raman and Thomson).
Plasma applications: microbial disinfection, micropollutant remediation, and food treatment.
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Nanotechnology, 2D materials, Photonics.
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Engineering education; virtual learning; workforce planning; education and enterprise.
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Hadron and nuclear physics with intense electromagnetic beams (Jefferson Laboratory, USA). Medical physics (new methods and instrumentation for PET imaging and protontherapy).
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Theory of fusion plasmas in tokamaks; fusion reactor design studies.
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Biological physics, holographic microscopy, physics of cell motility.
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Quantum photonics. Nanomechanics and Optomechanics.
Professor Alan Winfield
Research interests:
Matter at extreme conditions of density, temperature and irradiance including laboratory astrophysics and fusion plasmas.
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Ultrafast magnetism: experimental exploration of ultimate speed of magnetic data process and storage by time-resolved techniques.
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Nanotechnology; spintronics; magnetic nanomaterials; nanodevice and nanofabrication.
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Nanophysics and advanced materials; electron vortex beams and novel electron microscopy techniques.
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Hadronic physics, Hyperons and spectroscopy of Hadrons with intense electromagnetic beams.
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Signal processing, communications, underwater acoustics, underwater navigation, sonar.
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Micro-/nano-technology; intelligent sensors; 2D materials; resonators; energy harvesters; nonlinear dynamics for sensing and computation.
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Electric Vehicles; Electrical Machines; Wireless Charging; Artificial Intelligence.
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Robotics, Imitation Learning/Learning from Demonstrations, Vision-based Contro.