Department of Physics academic staff
We oversee and deliver the Department’s teaching and research activities.
Our duties include:
- teaching on our undergraduate courses
- research expertise across our portfolio
- supervision of postgraduate students
- visiting academics are listed at the end of the page
Head of Department
- Professor Ventsislav Valev, Head of Department
- Dr Frances Laughton, Deputy Head of Department
Academic and teaching staff
- Dr Euan Allen, RAEng Research Fellow
- Dr Steve Andrews, Senior Lecturer; UG Director of Studies (Years 1 & 2 Physics)
- Professor Kamal Asadi, Professor
- Professor Simon Bending, PGR Recruitment Co-ordinator; Director of Research
- Professor Tim Birks, Professor
- Dr Philippe Blondel, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Yarden Brody, Lecturer; UG Director of Studies (Years 3 - 5 Physics)
- Dr Soraya Carlos Caixeiro, Prize Fellow
- Dr Simon Crampin, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Enrico Da Como, Reader; Nanoscience Group Leader
- Dr Sara Dale, Royal Society Research Fellow
- Dr Steven Davies, Senior Lecturer; Placements Tutor
- Dr Alex Davis, EPSRC Quantum Technology Career Development Fellowship
- Dr Hendrik van Eerten, Reader
- Dr Andriy Gorbach, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Adelina Ilie, Reader
- Dr Richard James, Senior Lecturer
- Professor Jonathan Knight, Vice-President (Enterprise); Photonics Group Leader
- Dr Gary Mathlin, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Peter Mosley, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Marcin Mucha-Kruczynski, Senior Lecturer; Theory and Comp Physics Group Leader
- Dr Alessandro Narduzzo, Lecturer; UG Director of Studies (Maths & Physics)
- Professor Alain Nogaret, Professor
- Dr Josh Nunn, Reader
- Dr Habib Rostami, Lecturer
- Dr Kristina Rusimova, Lecturer
- Professor Philip Salmon, Professor
- Dr Patricia Schady, Senior Lecturer; UG Admissions Tutor
- Dr Victoria Scowcroft, Senior Lecturer; Senior Tutor
- Professor Dmitry Skryabin, Professor
- Dr Peter Sloan, Senior Lecturer; Natural Sciences convenor
- Dr Paul Snow, Director of Teaching
- Dr James Stone, Royal Society Research Fellow & Reader
- Dr Anton Souslov, Reader
- Dr Kei Takashina, Senior Lecturer
- Dr David Tsang, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Carolin Villforth, Senior Lecturer; PGR Director of Studies
- Professor William Wadsworth, Professor
- Professor Alison Walker, Professor
- Professor Daniel Wolverson, Professor
- Professor Stijn Wuyts, Astrophysics Group Leader
- Dr Anita Zeidler, Lecturer; Director of Studies for Nat Sci years 1 & 2
Honorary, Emeritus and Visiting academics
- Professor David Bird, Emeritus Professor
- Professor Paul Coleman, Emeritus Professor
- Professor John Davies, Emeritus Professor
- Dr Sergey Gordeev, Honorary Senior Lecturer
- Dr Sarah Cade, Visiting Lecturer, Royal United Hospital
- Dr Darren Hart Visiting Lecturer, Royal United Hospital
- Mr Laurence King Visiting Lecturer, Royal United Hospital
- Dr Jacqueline Shipley, Visiting Lecturer, Royal United Hospital
- Mr Timothy Taylor, Visiting Lecturer, Royal United Hospital
Honorary and Emeritus Staff
Visiting Lecturers from the Royal United Hospital