Teaching
Thermal Physics
Different aspects of thermal physics are addressed: (i) classical thermodynamics which deals with macroscopic properties, such as pressure, volume and temperature - the underlying microscopic physics is not included; (ii) kinetic theory of gases describes the properties of gases in terms of probability distributions associated with the motions of individual molecules; and (iii) statistical mechanics which starts from a microscopic description and then employs statistical methods to derive macroscopic properties.
Year 3 laboratories
Laboratory demonstrating, particularly the Zeeman effect and scanning tunnelling microscopy experiments.
Final year MPhys and BSc project supervision
Supervision of projects on semiconductor research, including transparent conductors, solar cell materials and photoemission spectroscopy.
Modules for 2025-26
Introduction to Geophysics
Module code: PHYS175
Role: Teaching
Statistical Thermodynamics
Module code: PHYS393
Role: Module Co-ordinator
Thermal Physics and Properties of Matter
Module code: PHYS102
Role: Module Co-ordinator
Supervised Theses
- Band Alignments and Interfaces in Antimony Selenide Solar Cells
- Band Alignments and Interfaces in Kesterite Photovoltaics
- Electrical properties of Cadmium Telluride Thin Film Solar Cells Activated with Magnesium Chloride
- Evaluation of Thallium Bromide as a Room Temperature Gamma-ray Detector
- Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Correlated Electron Systems
- Inorganic lone pair materials for photovoltaic applications
- Novel Dopants in TCOs for Improved Infra-Red Transparency
- Optical properties of earth-abundant semiconductors for renewable energy
- Physics of Existing and Novel Transparent Conducting Oxide Semiconductors
- X-ray Photoemission Spectroscopy of the Mo, Re and W Dichalcogenides