Explore our study programmes.

Condensed matter and materials physics
Academic staff
- Professor Stuart Cavill - Magnetoelectrics, spinwave dynamics, novel magnetic textures
- Professor Irene D'Amico - Spin-transport and spintronics
- Dr Richard Evans - Atomistic spin dynamics, advanced magnetic materials, spintronics
- Professor Aires Ferreira - Condensed matter theory
- Professor Thomas Krauss - Photonic crystals, silicon photonics
- Professor Roland Kröger - Nanomaterials and raman spectroscopy
- Professor Vlado Lazarov - New spintronic materials & electron microscopy (experiment)
- Professor Keith McKenna - Predictive materials modelling for applications in energy, electronics and catalysis
- Dr Andrew Pratt - Surface properties of nanomaterials, electron spectroscopy
- Professor Matt Probert - Density functional theory, materials modelling
- Professor Sarah Thompson - Spin transport and nanothermal imaging
- Dr Gonzalo Vallejo Fernandez - Thin film and fine particle magnetism
- Dr Jing Wu - Femto-magnetism and spinwave dynamics
- Professor Jun Yuan - Electron microscopy, electron vortices, nanomaterials
Academic Staff (Emeritus)
Independent research fellows
- Dr Laura Clark
- Royal Society University Research Fellow
- Image analysis and contrast mechanisms, electron microscopy
- Dr Phil Hasnip
- Density functional theory, materials modelling
- Dr Demie Kepaptsoglou
- SuperSTEM Research Fellow
- Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy, Materials Science
- Dr Leonardo Lari
- Research Officer (Research Fellow)
- Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy, Materials Science.
- Dr Yue Wang
- Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow
- Nanotechnology, 2D material devices
Postdoctoral research assistants
- Dr Sitki Aktas
- Dr Peter Byrne -Density functional theory, materials modelling
- Dr John Carey Density functional theory, materials modelling
- Dr Donato Conteduca - Nanophotonics, optical trapping
- Dr Malcolm Dearg - Electron Microscopy
- Dr William Frost - Spintronic devices
- Dr Kezheng Li - Nanophotonics and biophotonics
- Dr Anita Radini - Archaeology
- Dr Christopher Reardon - Photonics
- Dr Sergiu Ruta - Computational Magnetism
- Ashish Suri - Electronic Engineering
- Dr Chuan-Jia Tong - Density functional theory, materials modelling
- Dr Anthony Vaquero-Stainer - Metrology for quantum key distribution
Application areas
We apply our collective expertise to three key research areas:
Centres
Our researchers have strong links to several leading interdisciplinary research centres, including:
A UK centre of excellence for in-situ and environmental aberration-corrected electron imaging and spectroscopy, providing an environment for interdisciplinary nanotechnology research and teaching for academia and industry.
An initiative aimed at further developing the University’s substantial expertise into quantum research. The Centre aims to foster new collaborations across all areas of quantum theory, and in particular their applications to emerging quantum technologies.
This Centre studies novel materials for energy-related research such as photovoltaics and materials related to the reduction of energy consumption, such as spintronics as well as energy storage and conversion.