1st March 2010
After a very successful tenure, Dr Mark Baxendale has stepped down as the Head of Condensed Matter Physics, due to too many other commitments. Dr William Gillin has now taken this on.
24th February 2010
Maureen Willis, one of CMP's latest PhD students researching electron spin dynamics in organic semiconductors, won second prize in a departmental poster competion with a title "MUSR Technique". She won £100 and is pictured below with Sir Nick Montague, the judge of the competition.
14th January 2010
The CMP group welcomes Dr. Kostya Trachenko, SEPnet lecturer in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics. Kostya is closely associated with the Thomas Young Centre, the London Centre for Theory and Simulation of Materials. Further details of his research will appear in due course.
8th October 2010
Dr. Alan Drew has received £267,447 in EPSRC research funding with a title "Investigation of intrinsic charge and spin transport mechanisms in organic molecules". A summary can be found on the EPSRC website.
5th June 2009
Prof. David Dunstan has received £656,429 EPSRC in research funding, with Dr. A. Bushby from Materials in Queen Mary, to investigate "Deformation of Nanostructures and Small Volumes". A summary can be found on the EPSRC website.