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People
We are a friendly group of students and staff, led by five academics, and working on both pure and applied soft matter physics.
Staff and students
Head of the group
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Dr Richard Sear
Soft Matter Group Leader
Academic staff
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Dr Wooli Bae
Lecturer in Experimental Soft Matter Physics
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Professor David Faux
Professor of Physics
Dr Isabella Guido
Senior Lecturer in Experimental Biological Physics
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Dr Izabela Jurewicz
Lecturer in Soft Matter
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Professor Joseph Keddie
Professor of Soft Matter Physics
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Professor Peter McDonald
Emeritus Professor of Physics
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Dr Silvia Pani
Senior Lecturer in Applied Radiation Physics
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Professor Paul Sellin
Professor of Physics
Research staff
Technical support staff
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Agata Gajewicz-Jaromin
Research (Soft Matter) and Teaching Laboratory Technician
Postgraduate research students
Name | Research area |
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Arifah Rahaman | Soft Matter (EU ITN RAMP) |
Miryea Borg | Soft Matter (EU ITN RAMP) |
Megan Eaton | Soft Matter |
Katrin Elidottir | Soft Matter |
Ors Istok | Soft Matter (EU ITN ERICA) |
Joe Hall | Soft Matter (EngD) |
Sam Henderson | Soft Matter (EngD) |
Zhiwei Huang | Soft Matter |
Magdalena Janota | Soft Matter (EU ITN ERICA) |
Toby Palmer | Soft Matter |
Thomas Waters | Soft Matter |
Zak Marshall | Soft Matter |
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Soft matter students working in our labs