Our people

Katherine Abrahams
Technician – Electrical Specialist (Lead In Renewables)

Dr Hamed Ahmadi
Reader in Digital Engineering
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.

Emily Allcorn
Taught Student Administration Manager

Edward Allen
Graduate Intern for Physics and Engineering Outreach
- edward.allen@york.ac.uk
- 01904 325745
- P/T/107

Professor Andrei Andreyev
Professor
Research interests:
Laser-assisted nuclear decay spectroscopy (alpha/beta/gamma), radii and shapes of nuclei, radioactive ion beams, non-traditional fission studies.

Richard Armitage
Research Services Manager
- richard.armitage@york.ac.uk
- +44 (0)1904 32 4941
- YPI/002, YPI Labs

Dr Eugene (Evgeny) Avrutin
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
Theory and modelling of photonic devices and subsystems.

Timothy Ayers
Senior Electronics Specialist Manager

Dr Charles Barton
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
Shape evolution and coexistence. Neutrinoless double beta decay.

Dr Bidyut Baruah
Senior Lecturer, Deputy Chair of the Board of Studies for the School
Research interests:
Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship, Organization culture, Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship Education.

Dr Mikhail Bashkanov
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
Hadron physics, exotic particles (hexaquarks, pentaquarks, hybrids), photon beams, nuclear equation of state, nuclear medicine techniques.

Professor Mike Bentley
Emeritus Professor
Research interests:
Nuclear Physics, specialising in the study of exotic nuclei, gamma-ray spectroscopy techniques and the physics of isospin in nuclei.

Dr John Bissell
Senior Lecturer/Member of Senate

Cecelia Blake-Bain
Student Services Administrator (CDT)

Professor Ed Boyes
Emeritus Professor
- ed.boyes@york.ac.uk
- 01904 32 8407
- York JEOL Nanocentre, Helix House

Dr Jamie Brown
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Experimental Nuclear Physics

Dr Emily Brunsden
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
Asteroseismology of A-F type stars. High-resolution spectroscopy of stars.

Dr Edgar Buchanan Berumen
Research Fellow
- edgar.buchanan@york.ac.uk
- +44 (0)1904 32 2419
- Institute of Safe Autonomy

Professor Alister Burr
Professor of Communications
Research interests:
Wireless communications; turbo codes; MIMO; wireless network coding new waveforms.

Patrick Cairns
Technical Specialist in Immersive Audio
- patrick.cairns@york.ac.uk
- 01904 328050
- Genesis 6

Professor Umit Cali
Professor of Digital Engineering for Future Technologies

Professor Stuart Cavill
Professor of Condensed Matter Physics
Research interests:
Magnetoelectrics; Spinwave dynamics; Polarised X-ray spectroscopy.

Professor Roy Chantrell
Emeritus Professor
Research interests:
Computational and theoretical models of magnetic materials with application to ultrafast magnetism, magnetic information storage, and biomagnetism.

Dr Manish Chauhan
Lecturer
Research interests:
Biomedical Engineering, Medical robotics; Minimally invasive surgery; medical devices; Soft robotics; medical biology, Bioinformatics analysis.

Dr Jessada Chureemart
Honorary Visiting Fellow

Dr Phanwadee Chureemart
Honorary Visiting Fellow

Dr Laura Clark
Royal Society University Research Fellow
- Laura.a.clark@york.ac.uk
- P/CE/004
Research interests:
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).

Lindsay Clark
Project Support Officer
- lindsay.clark@york.ac.uk
- 01904321967
- DK100 (In Derwent College)

Professor Kanapathippillai Cumanan
Professor
Research interests:
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.

Dr Istvan Cziegler
Senior Lecturer
- istvan.cziegler@york.ac.uk
- +44 (0)1904 325791
- GN/035, YPI
Research interests:
Magnetically confined fusion plasmas and reactor studies; experimental studies of plasma turbulence; diagnostic development; simulation validation.

Professor Irene D'Amico
Professor
- irene.damico@york.ac.uk
- +44 (0)1904 322215
- MS/207, 2nd Floor Information Centre
Research interests:
Entanglement, quantum computing, quantum thermodynamics, spin transport and dynamics, many-body physics, density functional theory.

Professor Helena Daffern
Professor
Research interests:
Singing science and pedagogy; voice and musical performance analysis and perception.

Camilla Danese
Graduate Administrator
Professor Rodrigo De Lamare
Honorary Professor

Dr James Dedrick
Senior Lecturer
- james.dedrick@york.ac.uk
- +44 (0)1904 324947
- GN/012, YPI
Research interests:
Plasma science and technology; Plasma propulsion; Ion sources.

Dr David Dickinson
Senior Lecturer
- d.dickinson@york.ac.uk
- +44 (0)1904 325790
- GN/029, YPI
Research interests:
Magnetically confined fusion plasmas and reactor studies; computational study of tokamak confinement and small scale instabilities; theory, simulation and software development.

Professor Jacek Dobaczewski
Chair in Theoretical Nuclear Physics
Research interests:
Theoretical description of low-energy properties of nuclei, Nuclear Density Functional Theory, nuclei far from stability, nuclear collective states.

Dr Pin Dong
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Analytical Chemistry
for Biosensors

Dr Alexandra Dudkovskaia
Research Associate in Computational Turbulence

Professor Gusz Eiben
Visiting Professor

Professor Mohammed El Gomati
Honorary Professor

Dr Peter Ellison
Lecturer in Clinical Engineering
Research interests:
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

Dr Richard Evans
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
Magnetic materials and nanodevices, spin dynamics, atomistic modelling, spin transport, ultrafast magnetism, high performance computing.

Professor Jeremy Everard
Emeritus Professor
Research interests:
RF/microwaves; compact atomic clocks; low phase noise oscillators;ultra-fast optoelectronics.

Ms Ella Eyre
Administrator in Fusion Energy Education
- ella.eyre@york.ac.uk
- 01904 326764
- GN/005 YPI Admin Office

Dr Adam Featherstone
KEC Fellow - Nuclear Physics

Professor Aires Ferreira
Chair of Condensed Matter Theory
Research interests:
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.

Mr Jason Flatt
Senior Mechanical Workshop Technician

Professor Brian Fulton
Emeritus Professor
- brian.fulton@york.ac.uk
- +44 (0)1904 322217
- H/202 in Heslington Hall

Professor Pedro Galindo
Honorary Visiting Professor

Kayleigh Gates
Research Associate

Professor Kieran Gibson
Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Integrated Infrastructure) / Professor
Research interests:
Magnetically confined fusion plasmas and reactor studies; experimental divertor physics; diagnostic development.

Professor David Grace
Professor (Research)
Head of Communication Technologies Research Group
Co-Director of York - Zhejiang Lab for Cognitive Radio and Green Communications
Guest Professor Zhejiang University
Research interests:
Dynamic spectrum access; application of artificial intelligence to wireless systems; 6G communications; vehicular networks; communications from high altitude platforms; non-terrestrial networks.

Professor David Halliday
Professor
Research interests:
Computational neuroscience; spiking neural networks and neuromorphic computing; neural signal processing.

Dr Yvette Hancock
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor)
Research interests:
Carbon-based nano-technologies (graphene), quantum magnetism and physics at the interdisciplinary interface.

Dr Phil Hasnip
EPSRC Research Software Engineering Fellow
Research interests:
Developing software, theory and methods for predictive materials simulations; novel applications of materials modelling.

Dr Andrew Higginbotham
Deputy Head of School (Teaching)
- andrew.higginbotham@york.ac.uk
- +44(0)1904 32 2213
- GN/123, YPI
Research interests:
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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Dr Peter Hill
EPSRC Research Software Engineering Fellow
- peter.hill@york.ac.uk
- +44 (0)1904 32 4902
- GN/34, YPI

Dr Jamieson Howard
Research Associate
Single-Molecule Biology and Physics
Leverhulme Trust
- jamieson.howard@york.ac.uk
- Gen3/112
Dr Koki Imada
EPSRC Theory and Experiment of Neoclassical Tearing Modes in Tokamaks
- koki.imada@york.ac.uk
- +44 (0)1904 32 4908
- GN/020, YPI

Steve Jackson
Music Technology Support Technician

Dr Masoumeh (Massi) Jahani PhD, MBA, BEng
Senior Lecturer in Engineering and Management
Research interests:
Engineering Management, Engineering education, Social Enterprise, Innovation and Commercialisation, Strategy Management, Sustainability in Pharma and medical devices companies, and Computational and Mathematical Modelling.

Dr Gayan Jayakody
Lecturer
- gayan.jayakody@york.ac.uk
- P/P/108
Research interests:
Management of Technology, Innovation, Social Entrepreneurship, Organisational Behaviour,Operations Management.

Professor David Jenkins
Professor
Research interests:
Exotic nuclei, radiation detector development for societal applications and medical imaging.

Professor Steven Johnson
Head of Intelligent Systems and Nano-science Research Group
Research interests:
Molecular diagnostics devices; Healthcare technology; Molecular and biomolecular electronics; Bionanotechnology.

Professor Gavin Kearney
Professor
Research interests:
Spatial audio; music technology; immersive and interactive audio systems; audio for virtual and augmented reality.

Dr Demie Kepaptsoglou
Senior Research Fellow
- demie.kepaptsoglou@york.ac.uk
- Based off site
Research interests:
Electron microscopy, structure determination and electronic properties of energy and 2D materials.

Dr Soheila Kharratian
Research Associate in Nanophotonic Sensors
- soheila.kharratian@york.ac.uk
- HXH/101

Dr Youngwook Ko
Reader
Research interests:
Machine-type intelligence for 6G communications; Distributed AI communications for future connected autonomy; semantic communications.
Dr Vahid Kouh Daragh
Research Fellow
- vahid.kouhdaragh@york.ac.uk
- ISA/123
Research interests:
Dr. Vahid Kouh Daragh joined the University of York in November 2023 and is presently serving as a Research Fellow in the School of Physics, Engineering, and Technology. He earned his Ph.D. in Telecommunications and Information Technology Engineering from the University of Bologna, Italy, in 2017. Dr. Kouh Daragh's research interests encompass 5G, 6G, smart city communication networks, machine learning, and Open RAN. He has contributed to numerous publications in esteemed journals and conferences.
Professor Thomas Krauss
Professor
Research interests:
Nanophotonics, Silicon Photonics, Optical Biosensors, Metasurfaces, Semiconductor Nanofabrication.

Professor Roland Kroger
Professor
Research interests:
Nanophysics, Nanostructured Biomaterials, Quantitative Electron Microscopy, Magnetic Nanomaterials, Raman Spectroscopy.

Dr Rupesh Kumar
Lecturer
- rupesh.kumar@york.ac.uk
- 01904 32 4489
- ISA 134
Research interests:
Quantum Technologies.

Dr Kate Lancaster
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
Plasma, lasers, Ultra-intense laser plasma interactions, QED, laboratory astrophysics, bright X-ray sources.

Mr Warren Langthorne
Research Support Officer
- pet-research-support@york.ac.uk
- +44 (0)1904 32 4919
- GN/020 at the YPI

Dr Leonardo Lari
Research Officer
- leonardo.lari@york.ac.uk
- +44 (0)1904 32 8484
- HXH/001a, Nanocentre
Research interests:
Conventional and Environmental Electron microscopy, Nanomaterials characterisation and nanoscale phase transformations.

Mr Mark Laughton
Research Services and Teaching Lab Technician

Professor Vlado Lazarov
Professor / Director of the Nanocentre
Research interests:
Spintronics, magnetism.

Professor Mark Leake
Professor
Research interests:
Physics of life; biophysics; biological physics; single-molecule biophysics; optical microscopy.

Katherine Leech
Public Engagement and Schools Outreach Coordinator

Dr James Lees
Associate Lecturer
- James.Lees@york.ac.uk
- D/008
Research interests:
Spatially Resolved Nanothermal Transport of Multilayer and Phononic Structures using Scanning Thermal Microscopy

Professor Marco Lucamarini
Chair in Experimental Quantum Communications
Co-Director of York Centre for Quantum Technologies (YCQT)
Research interests:
Quantum Technologies.

Mandie Madigan
Student Services Administrator

Professor Andy Marvin
Emeritus Professor, Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow

Sam Matthews
Research Trainee
Research interests:
My research focuses on applying research in AI and holographic microscopy to the real-world. We’re developing technology that can be used for rapid identification of certain microbes. This translational work has potential applications in healthcare, quality assurance and quality control, microbial analysis and diagnostics, and detecting life in remote and extraterrestrial environments.

Olivia Mccready
Graduate Intern for Physics and Engineering Outreach
- liv.mccready@york.ac.uk
- 01904 325990
- P/T/107

Professor Keith McKenna
Professor
Research interests:
Predictive materials modelling for applications in energy, electronics and catalysis.

Beth Medley
WRIPA Employability & Placement Officer

Mollie Middleton
Admin Coordinator

Professor Paul Mitchell
Professor
Research interests:
Wireless communications; resource management; terrestrial radio systems; underwater acoustic networks.

Dr Asim Mumtaz
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
Renewable energy, solar PV, power semiconductor devices, energy storage.

Dr Chris Murphy
Senior Lecturer
- chris.murphy@york.ac.uk
- +44 (0)1904 324617
- GN/122, YPI
Research interests:
Laser-plasma acceleration; high field physics at the quantum limit; plasma-nuclear physics; radiation sources for applications.

Professor Damian Murphy
Professor of Sound and Music Computing
University Research Champion for Creativity
- damian.murphy@york.ac.uk
- +44 (0)1904 32 3221
- GE/101E, Genesis 6, Science Park XR Stories, Guildhall.
Research interests:
Virtual acoustic modelling; auralisation; spatial audio; music technology; XR content; creative industries R&D.

Dr Mohammad Nasr Esfahani
Director of Teaching and Learning (Engineering)
- mohammad.nasresfahani@york.ac.uk
- +44 (0)1904 32 6753
- BioCentre 1.86
Research interests:
Sensors, Advanced Materials, Computational Science, Energy, Biomedical Technologies.

Dr Emma Osborne
Associate Lecturer
Research interests:
My research focuses on neutron stars as sources of gravitational waves.
Dilli Babu Padmanaban
Research Associate in Low Temperature Plasma Science
- dilli.padmanaban@york.ac.uk
- GN/016

Charanjit Panesar
Physics Technical Team Manager

Dr Stefanos Paschalis
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
Experimental nuclear physics of exotic nuclei, ionising radiation detectors for fundamental science and societal applications of nuclear physics.

Dr John Pasley
Reader
- john.pasley@york.ac.uk
- +44 (0)1904 322276
- GN/107, YPI
Research interests:
Inertial Confinement Fusion, Radiation Hydrodynamics, Laser-plasma interactions, shock wave physics, hohlraum physics, Laser Fusion Energy, modelling and experiments.

Dr Samadhan Patil
Lecturer
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.

Research interests:
Biomedical engineering; virtual environments; human vision and locomotion; 3D displays.

Dr Stuart Porter
Senior Lecturer
Chair, Staff Student Liaison Committee
SWENG project co-ordinator
3rd year project co-ordinator
Research interests:
Computational electromagnetics; antenna design; RF MEMS bioelectromagnetics.

Dr Mark Post
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Research interests:
Robotics and mechatronics; autonomous systems; navigation sensing and control.

Professor Andrew Pratt
Professor
Research interests:
Nanomaterials, surface science, 2D materials, nanoparticles, organic spintronics.

Professor Matt Probert
Professor
Research interests:
Development of Density Functional Theory software, algorithms and applications, with a focus on predicting the structural/dynamical properties of matter.

Dr Steven Quinn
Senior Lecturer in Biophysics
- steven.quinn@york.ac.uk
- +44 (0)1904 323014
- GE3/110, Genesis 3
Research interests:
Development of single-molecule fluorescence and advanced optical technologies for probing protein-protein and protein-lipid interactions related to neurodegeneration.

Dr Mostafa Rahmani
Research Associate
- rahmani.mostafa@york.ac.uk
- 01904 328479.
- Institute of Safe Autonomy

Dr Christopher Reardon
Experimental Officer

Dr Joe Rees-Jones
Research Technician in Immersive Tech

Mrs Liz Richardson
Student Services Administrator

Professor Christopher Ridgers
Professor
- christopher.ridgers@york.ac.uk
- +44 (0)1904 324613
- GN/121, YPI
Research interests:
Kinetic theory of laser-produced plasmas. Simulations of inertial confinement fusion plasmas (ICF) plasmas. Theory and simulation of laser-produced quantum electrodynamic (QED)-plasmas.

Research interests:
Image and video processing; pattern analysis.

Dr Martin Robinson
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
Medical applications of electromagnetic waves; dielectrics; interference; shielding.

Rachel Shield
Student Services Administrator

Helen Smith
Graduate Admissions
Demonstrator Co-ordinator
- elec-demo@york.ac.uk
- +44 (0)1904 32 4485
- P/BD/007

Professor Stephen Smith
Head of School
Research interests:
Intelligent medical devices; interpretable “white box” machine learning; biomedical engineering.

Professor Tim Spiller
Professor
- timothy.spiller@york.ac.uk
- +44 (0)1904 32 2254
- MS/215, 2nd Floor Information Centre
Research interests:
Quantum Technologies.

Dr Frank Stevens
Lecturer in Audio and Music Technology

Professor Greg Tallents
Emeritus Professor
- greg.tallents@york.ac.uk
- +44 (0)1904 322286
- GN/106, YPI
Research interests:
Capillary laser imaging of plasmas.

Professor Steve Tear
Emeritus Professor
Research interests:
Surface science, nanomaterials, spintronics, low-energy electron-solid interactions and electron microscopy.

Dr Gianluca Tempesti
Reader in Intelligent Systems
Research interests:
Bio-inspired hardware; fault tolerance; adaptive and reconfigurable systems; many-core systems and Network-on-Chip.

Sai Teranontamongkol
Audio Systems Engineer & Programmer - KTP Associate
- at2032@york.ac.uk
- AudioLab Genesis 6

Professor Sarah Thompson
Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor Research / Professor
Research interests:
Nanothermal transport, spintronics.

Professor Martin Trefzer
Professor
Research interests:
Bio-inspired systems and technology; neuromorphic hardware; unconventional computing; computational (nano)materials; fault tolerance; embedded AI/ML.

Professor Andy Tyrrell
Professor in Digital Electronics
Research interests:
Evolvable computation; evolutionary robotics; Evolvable hardware; autonomous systems.

Dr Gonzalo Vallejo Fernandez
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
Thin film and fine particle magnetism.

Professor Roddy Vann
Professor
- roddy.vann@york.ac.uk
- +44 (0)1904 32 2296
- GN/017, YPI
Research interests:
Fusion, tokamak science, plasma physics, microwave engineering.

Professor Erik Wagenaars
Professor
- erik.wagenaars@york.ac.uk
- +44 (0)1904 324904
- GN/010, YPI
Research interests:
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.

Professor James Walsh
Chair in Low Temperature Plasma science
Research interests:
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.

Louise Walsh
Foundation and Undergraduate Records Coordinator

Dr Yue (Christina) Wang
Royal Academy of Engineering Fellow, Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
Nanotechnology, 2D materials, Photonics.

Professor Dan Watts
Professor
Research interests:
Hadron and nuclear physics with intense electromagnetic beams (Jefferson Laboratory, USA). Medical physics (new methods and instrumentation for PET imaging and protontherapy).

Dr Laurence Wilson
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
Biological physics, holographic microscopy, physics of cell motility.

Professor Alan Winfield
Honorary Professor

Professor Nigel Woolsey
Professor
- nigel.woolsey@york.ac.uk
- +44 (0)1904 322205
- GN/109, YPI
Research interests:
Matter at extreme conditions of density, temperature and irradiance including laboratory astrophysics and fusion plasmas.

Dr Jing Wu
Senior Lecturer
Research interests:
Ultrafast magnetism: experimental exploration of ultimate speed of magnetic data process and storage by time-resolved techniques.

Professor Yongbing Xu
Emeritus Professor
Research interests:
Nanotechnology; spintronics; magnetic nanomaterials; nanodevice and nanofabrication.

Dr Jiannan Yang
Lecturer in Digital Engineering for Future Technologies
- Jiannan.yang@york.ac.uk
- P/K/101

Professor Jun Yuan
Professor
Research interests:
Nanophysics and advanced materials; electron vortex beams and novel electron microscopy techniques.

Dr Nick Zachariou
Ernest Rutherford Research Fellow
Research interests:
Hadronic physics, Hyperons and spectroscopy of Hadrons with intense electromagnetic beams.

Dr Yuriy Zakharov
Reader
Research interests:
Signal processing, communications, underwater acoustics, underwater navigation, sonar.

Dr Chun Zhao
Lecturer in Microengineering
- chun.zhao@york.ac.uk
- 01904 32 1865
- P/Z/010A
Research interests:
Micro-/nano-technology; intelligent sensors; 2D materials; resonators; energy harvesters; nonlinear dynamics for sensing and computation.
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Dr Xing Zhao
Lecturer
Research interests:
Electric Vehicles; Electrical Machines; Wireless Charging; Artificial Intelligence.

Dr Jihong Zhu
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Robotics
- jihong.zhu@york.ac.uk
- Research laboratory P/DF/004
Research interests:
Robotics, Imitation Learning/Learning from Demonstrations, Vision-based Contro.