People

Meet the academic, teaching and professional services staff, and current PhD students within the School of Physics and Astronomy.

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Dr Lucy Hadfield

Director of Teaching

Senior Lecturer

Dr Robert Hunter

Associate Lecturer

Research Fellow

Prof Jonathan Keeling

Head of the School of Physics and Astronomy

Professor

Theoretical condensed matter. Open quantum systems.  Strong matter-light coupling. Microcavity polaritons.

Dr Alexander Scholz

Director of the University Observatory and Reader

Dr Graham Bruce

Senior Research Laboratory Manager

Dr Pia Cortes Zuleta

Research Fellow in Astrophysics (Extrasolar Planetary Science)

Dr George Dwapanyin

Research Fellow in Advanced Optical Imaging

Dr Junyi Gong

Dr Junyi Gong

Research Fellow

Dr Juntao Li

Research and Innovation Associate

Dr Vanya Metodieva

Dr Vanya Metodieva

Research Fellow

Dr Nima Naderi

Research and Innovation Associate

3D nanoscale metamaterials, Advanced materials characterisation, Integrated photonics, Optoelectronics, Nanofabrications, Optical materials.

Dr Luke Rhodes

Research Fellow in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics

Senior Research Fellow

Dr Mina Riahi

Dr Mina Riahi

Research Fellow

Dr Gesa-Roxanne Siemann

Leverhulme Early Career Fellow

Dr Luke Smith

Research Fellow in Theoretical Physics

FAP

Ferran Aliagas Puigdomenech

EA

Edward Appleton

FAE

Felipe Arevalo Escobar

IB

Innes Bakkali

AB

Archi Banerjee

ASB

Arjit Shankar Banerjee

SRB

Shikha Rani Barik

JB

Jess Barriball

SB

Siri Berge

AB

Aravind Binukumar

RB

Rebecca Bisset

MB

Meg Blackburn

VB

Valerie Bui

DC

Daniel Capela

GYC

Ga Yue Corey

RC

Ryan Corzo

LC

Luca Cousins

PC

Peter Cudmore

ZC

Zhiwei Cui

AD

Alexander Darbyshire

HD

Hugo Decitre

MD

Mengjin Dong

ZF

Zoe Faes

KF

Keer Feng

ZF

Zuzanna Filipiak

OF

Olga Filippova

MF

Madeleine Fisher

JF

John Flounders

FF

Femy Francis

AG

Akshaya G

EG

Evgenia Georgiadou

AGB

Aryaman Gogoi Baruah

RH

Rhona Hamilton

CH

Christian Hartogh

ZH

Zoe Harvey

BH

Ben Homewood

TH

Thomas Hunt

AJS

Aakanksha J Shetty

NJ

Nikko Juengsophonvitavas

MK

Masato Kato

AK

Ava Kelly

TMK

Teja Manidhar Kola

SK

Seohyun Kong

AK

Ane Kritzinger

NK

Naina Kumari

KL

Kaixin Lau

JL

Jaime Leon

ZL

Zi-Yi Li

HM

Hamish MacKinnon

JLMK

Jothi Letchumy Mahendra Kumar

JM

Julian Mayr

LM

Lara Mccallion-Gow

RM

Rebecca Meehan

UM

Uladzislau Mikhailau

CO

Caitlin O'Neil

TO

Thomas Osborne

CPB

Chico Paulics Bresler

RP

Richard Pitwon

SR

Sidharth R

CS

Cameron Sharp

JS

Jinzhi Shen

AS

Ali Soleimani

RS

Reuben Sorsbie

DT

David Taylor

PT

Parasar Thulasiram

ST

Saban Tosun

ST

Sarah-Jane Twigg

ZU

Zaka Ullah

SV

Sahil Verma

SV

Sten Vermeiren

MV

Maria Visscher

KW

Kaiyang Wei

SRW

Stefanus Renaldi Wijaya

JW

Joe Winter

YY

Yu-Chi Yao

YZ

Yuchen Zhang

Mr Graeme Beaton

Mr Graeme Beaton

Technical Specialist (Cleanroom and Cryogenics)

Mr Christopher Booth

Mr Christopher Booth

Senior Technical Specialist (Electronics)

Dr Andrew Bunting

Technical Operations Manager (Buildings, Safety and Core Technical Services)

Mrs Linda Cousins

Lead Teaching Administrator

Secretary (Teaching)

Mr Stephen Dickson

Mr Stephen Dickson

Technician (Cleanroom and Cryogenics)

Mr Andrew Docherty

Mr Andrew Docherty

Technical Specialist (Cleanroom and Cryogenics)

Mr Paul Donaldson

Mr Paul Donaldson

Senior Technical Specialist (Teaching Lab)

Mr David Gray

Mr David Gray

Technician (Teaching Lab)

Mr Callum King

Mr Callum King

Technical Specialist (Mechanical Workshop)

Miss Siqi Liu

Full Stack Software Developer

Mrs Poppy Mackie

Mrs Poppy Mackie

School Administrator (Stores)

Ms Iris Martyn

Ms Iris Martyn

Teaching Administrator

Mr Martin McLaren

Mr Martin McLaren

CDQM Technical Manager

Mr Mark Robertson

Mr Mark Robertson

Technical Manager (Mechanical Workshop)

Mr Mark Ross

Mr Mark Ross

Senior Technical Specialist (Electronics)

Mr Callum Smith

Mr Callum Smith

Technical Operations Manager (Scientific Equipment)

Miss Leah Stephen

Miss Leah Stephen

School Administrator

Mr Sam Stubbs

Mr Sam Stubbs

Technical Specialist (Mechanical Workshop)

Dr Dimali Vithanage

Dr Dimali Vithanage

Lead Research Administrator

Mr Christopher Watson

Mr Christopher Watson

Senior Technician (Buildings)

Mr Lealand Williams

Mr Lealand Williams

Modern Apprentice in Manufacturing Engineering

Mr Harry Wilson

Mr Harry Wilson

Modern Apprentice: Scientific Equipment Technician