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Department of Physics Review

Faculty of Natural Sciences 2012/13 Contents

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Head of Department’s Statement 3 Department Information 4 Astrophysics 7 Condensed Matter Theory 8 Experimental Solid State Physics 9 High Energy Physics 10 Institute of Shock Physics 11 Photonics 12 Plasma Physics 13 Quantum Optics & Laser Science Group 14 Space & Atmospheric Physics 15 Theoretical Physics 16 Undergraduate Studies 17 Outreach 18 Postgraduate Studies 20 PhDs awarded 22 Prizes and Awards 25 Grants Awarded 28 Technical Development, Intellectual Property & Commercial Interactions 33 Media, TV and Radio appearances 38 Staff Members 42

2 Head of Department’s statement

The Physics Department has continued the International Centre for Theoretical In 2011 we set up a Departmental to thrive during 2012-13 and inside you Physics Dirac Medal to Tom Kibble and Industry Club, and in 2012 and 2013 we will find an overview over the past two the Julius Springer Prize for Applied established two main events for club years across the considerable breadth Physics to John Pendry; John was also members to attend each year. The post of our activities. Having spent consider- honoured by being elected a Foreign graduate research symposium where all able time over this period collating infor- Associate of the US National Academy second year PhD students present mation for the HEFCE Research of Sciences and a member of the posters and all third year PhD students Excellence Framework I have become American Academy of Arts and give talks (in five or six parallel ses- more aware than ever quite what Sciences. Jim Virdee won both the sions), is a very busy interactive day. extraordinarily talented, innovative and Fundamental Physics Prize and the We also now hold an Autumn industry productive staff we have in the depart- EPS High Energy Physics Prize. club recruitment event and bespoke ment in delivering both research and evenings for individual club members. education. This very brief summary can- Royal Society awards were bestowed not do justice to all their achievements on Tom Kibble (Royal Medal), Roy The introduction of £9,000 per annum but just highlight a few of the activities. Taylor (Rumford Medal) and Jenny fees for home students does not appear Nelson (Armourers and Brasiers’ to have affected applications for UG Members of the department were at the Company Prize) while Institute of places with the number and quality of forefront of the discovery of the Higgs Physics prizes were won by John our UG applicants continuing to rise. In Boson at the Large Hadron Collider in Pendry (Isaac Newton Medal), Steve 2013 the first students graduated on our CERN, dramatically confirming the the- Cowley (Glazebrook Medal), Ed Hinds new BSc in Physics with Science oretical work by Tom Kibble of Imperial, (Faraday Medal) and Paul French Education, offered jointly with Peter Higgs and others from nearly 50 (Joule Medal). Canterbury Christ Church University, years ago. which awards an accredited Physics Michele Dougherty, Jo Haigh, Chris Hull degree as well as a formal teaching Other research highlights included a and Jim Virdee were elected Fellows of qualification. paper which showed mathematically the Royal Society and Tom Kibble an that the wavefunction of a quantum sys- Honorary Fellow of the Institute of We have initiated a new scheme where tem is not just a statistical tool, but Physics. each UG student belongs to a group of rather a real, objective state. This around 20. Each group has associated attracted considerable attention, as did All our prize-winners are recognised on with it two members of the academic one which suggested how theories of page 25. staff who remain as personal tutors of quantum gravity which indicate a modi- group members throughout their time at fication to the Uncertainty Principle Another measure of the vitality of our Imperial. The groups aim to make might be tested experimentally. research, and a source of pride, are the arrival at college into a cohort of around researchers who won (or renewed) per- 240 less intimidating. They also, by Also in quantum optics a new integrated sonal research fellowships. These meeting around 3 times per week, pro- magneto-optical trap has been devel- included Royal Society University vide students with greater staff contact oped which makes a key advance in the Research Fellowships to David time and improved quantity and turn- development of cold-atom technology Jennings, Stuart Mangles and round time of feedback on their work. for high-accuracy, portable measure- Francisco Suzuki Vidal, a Royal ment devices. Academy of Engineering Fellowship to The departmental outreach activities Ed Kelleher and an EPSRC Early have gone from strength to strength, A rich stream of science has emanated Career Fellowship to Rob Nyman. thanks to Schools Liaison Officer Mark from data gathered by the Planck satel- Imperial College Junior Research Richards as well as Simon Foster and lite. These have included new results on Fellowships were awarded to Avi Braun, Hannah Woods, our Outreach officer cosmological parameters, constraints Eoin Butler and Chris Chen while and coordinator. Roberto Trotta has on inflation and on primordial non- Leverhulme Research Fellowships been awarded an STFC Public Gaussianity. In space physics a study were awarded to Professors Andrew Engagement Fellowship. on magnetic field measurements from a Jaffe, Terry Rudolph and Steve Warren. solar sail platform has been recognised 2012 saw the renewal of our Athena sil- for its potential for space weather appli- Our graduate students are an amazing ver SWAN award. cations. bunch and in this review we include some case studies of recent PhD and During 2012-13 we welcomed eleven Considerable advances have been Masters projects on page 20. new members of staff. Florian Mintert made in the development of low-priced joined the Controlled Quantum plastic photovoltaics and on the visuali- Our three Centres for Doctoral Training, Dynamics Theory Group, Heather sation of charge separation in bulk het- which took their first cohorts in 2009, Graven joined Atmospheric Physics erojunction organic solar cells. are going from strength to strength, not (supported by the Grantham Institute) only in their stimulation of scientific and Piero Posocco joined the The quality of our work has been recog- research and interdepartmental collabo- Accelerator Group to work on particle nised by a significant number of awards ration but also in outreach activities. In beam therapy (joint with Dept of and prizes to staff and students at all 2013 all three CDTs were renewed by Surgery and Cancer, sponsored by the levels. International awards included EPSRC. Gunar Nilsson Trust). Three staff were

3 appointed through Faculty strategic ini- Quantum Information. Concept, from STFC to Tim Horbury for tiatives: James McGinty (Bioimaging), Solar Orbiter support, from MRC to Paul Daniel Mortlock (Astrostatistics, joint Peter Dornan, Geoff New, John Pendry, French for biomedical imaging, from with Maths Dept) and Apostolos Michael Rowan-Robinson and Robin STFC John Adams Institute to Zulf Voulgarakis (Earth Observation). Smith retired but we are fortunate that Najmudin for accelerator physics and Furthermore, five of our Advanced all of them maintain formal links with the from AWE to extend the Institute for Fellows moved on to lectureships: Will department and continue to contribute Shock Physics. Branford (Nanomagnetism), Jonathan to research and education in a variety of Eastwood (Space Physics), Stuart ways. All in all we can look back and celebrate Mangles (Laser-Plasma Accelerators), two successful years where the depart- Alex Tapper (Particle Physics) and We have continued to receive a signifi- ment and the people in it have yet again Morgan Wascko (Neutrino Physics). cant volume of research funding with excelled in spite of the National eco- projects worth £57.8M starting during nomic downturn. We look forward to Congratulations go to Dave Clements, the 2 year period. These included 2014, ready to meet the new education- Chris Dunsby, Robert Kingham, Subu European Research Council al and research challenges that it will Mohanty, Karl Sandeman, Roberto Fellowships to Thomas Anthopoulos, bring. Trotta and Yoshi Uchida who were pro- Ed Hinds and Arkady Tseytlin and signi- moted to Senior Lecturer, Henrique fant CEC funding to Myungshik Kim on Jo Haigh Araujo, Dave Colling, Tim Evans, Paul Quantum Technology and to Karl Stavrinou and Toby Wiseman to Reader Sandeman on Magnetic Materials. Our Jo Haigh and Thomas Anthpoulos, Carlo STFC Consolidated Grants in Contaldi, Ulrik Egede, Terry Rudolph Astronomy and Space Physics and Professor Jo Haigh FRS and Toby Wiseman to Professor. Particle Physics were successfully extended and the High Energy Group Academic staff who moved to pastures won additional significant funding new were Elizabeth Lucek, Rik Jesik, towards the upgrade of the Compact Stefan Scheel (to the University of Muon Solenoid at CERN. Other large Rostock) and Dave Wark (to the awards included an EPSRC University of Oxford). A tragic road acci- Programme Grant on String Theory to dent killed Sean Barrett who had only Chris Hull and grants from EPSRC to recently taken up a lectureship in Chris Phillips for his Quantum Ratchet

Department of Physics Staff

4 Department Information

Head of Department Associate Head of Department Operations Manager Professor Joanna Haigh Dr Kenny Weir Ms Linda Jones Tel: 020 7594 7500 Tel: 020 7594 7501 Tel: 020 7594 7502 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Executive Assistant to Head of Senior Administrator Department Mrs. Kalvinder Chana Miss Caroline Walker Tel: 020 7594 6113 Tel: 020 7594 7503 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Undergraduate Teaching

Director of Undergraduate Senior Tutor Admissions Tutor Examinations Co-ordinator Studies Professor Danny Segal (Undergraduate) Dr Julia Sedgbeer Professor Angus Mackinnon Tel: 020 7594 7779 Dr Bob Forsyth Tel: 020 7594 7811 Tel: 020 7594 7505 Email: Tel: 020 7594 7761 Email: Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Undergraduate Education Admissions and Disabilities Examinations and Information Manager Officer Officer Mr Derryck Stewart Ms Mery Fajardo Mr Edward Charnley Tel: 020 7594 7561 Tel: 020 7594 7513 Tel: 020 7594 7508 Email: Email: Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Undergraduate Administrator Undergraduate Administrator Ms Stephanie Smallwood Ms Geetika Tewari Tel: 020 7594 7511 Tel: 020 7594 7510 Email:[email protected] Email: [email protected]

Postgraduate Teaching

Director of Postgraduate Studies Postgraduate Development Postgraduate Administrator Professor Lesley Cohen Officer Mrs Loli Sanchez Tel: 020 7594 7598 Dr Andrew Williamson Tel: 020 7594 7512 Email: Tel: 020 7594 7631 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] [email protected]

5 Research Groups

Condensed Matter Theory Head of Group: Professor Matthew Foulkes Condensed Matter Theory Tel: 020 7594 7607 and Experimental Solid State Email: [email protected] Physics Cluster

Experimental Solid State Physics Senior Group Administrator: Carolyn Dale Head of Group: Professor Lesley Cohen Email: [email protected] Tel: 020 7594 7598 Tel: 020 7594 7579 Email: [email protected]

High Energy Physics Head of Group: Professor Jordan Nash Group Administrator: Paula Brown Tel: 020 7594 7808 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Tel: 020 7594 7823

Photonics Head of Group: Professor Paul French Tel: 020 7594 7706 Email: [email protected]

Optics Cluster Quantum Optics & Laser Science Head of Group: Professor Myungshik Kim Senior Group Administrator: Judith Baylis Tel: 020 7594 7754 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Tel: 0207 594 7713

Laser Consortium Head of Centre: Professor Jon Marangos Tel: 020 7594 7857 Email: [email protected]

Astrophysics Head of Group: Professor Stephen Warren Tel: 020 7594 7554 Email: [email protected]

Astrophysics, Plasma Plasma Physics and Space & Atmospheric Physics Head of Group: Professor Roland Smith Tel: 020 7594 7866. Cluster Email: [email protected] Senior Group Administrator: Louise Hayward Email: [email protected] Space and Atmospheric Physics Tel: 020 7594 7479 Head of Group: Professor Steve Schwartz Tel: 020 7594 7660 Email: [email protected]

Theoretical Physics Head of Group: Professor Jerome Gauntlett Group Administrator: Graziela De Nadai-Sowrey Tel: 020 7594 1275 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Tel: 020 7594 7843

6 Astrophysics http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/astrophysics

The Astrophysics group studies the Sun, the birth of stars in the Milky Way, the formation and evolution of galaxies over cosmic time, the cosmic microwave background, and the nature of dark matter. The sophisticated use of statistics in interpreting astronomical data is a common theme in the group’s activities.

SUN, STARS AND PLANETS Mohanty, Unruh

Unruh works on solar and stellar magnetic activity and the influence of magnetic activity on the (wavelength-dependent) radiation emitted by the star. This is relevant to the influence of the Sun on climate change on the Earth, and to the habitability of extrasolar planets. Thousands of planets have been discovered around other stars in recent years, and it now seems likely that every star has one or more planets around it. Mohanty's research focuses on understanding how these planets The all-sky map of the cosmic microwave background provided by the Planck satellite [Credit: ESA] are formed, out of the disks of gas and dust surrounding newborn stars; how electromagnetic spectrum to answer cosmic microwave background, weak this process is linked to the formation of these questions, using telescopes such gravitational lensing, large-scale structure the stars themselves; and how stellar as UKIRT, Herschel, JCMT, the SMA, and 21cm radiation, with scientific goals properties influence the characteristics and ALMA, with an emphasis on the which include neutrino masses, measure- - in particular, the habitability - of the highest redshifts observable z>6. ment of dark energy properties and testing orbiting planets. Pritchard is leading activities to predict of Einstein gravity. The group has the 21cm radio signature of neutral strong involvement in current and future GALAXY AND QUASAR FORMATION hydrogen from the first billion years to cosmology experiments including AND EVOLUTION study the nature and evolution of the Planck, PolarBear, Euclid and the Clements, Warren, Mortlock, Pritchard first stars and galaxies. Square Kilometer Array. How did the population of galaxies that we see around us, including spiral COSMOLOGY DARK MATTER galaxies, elliptical galaxies, quasars Heavens, Jaffe, Mortlock, Pritchard Trotta, Scott and galaxy clusters, come about? When did the first galaxies form, and We aim to develop and apply new, Decades of studies have led to the what processes dominated their formation principled statistical methods to the conclusion that 80% of the matter in the and led to the evolution of the universe inference of cosmological parameters Universe is made of a new type of we see today? We use data across the and model selection, focussing on the particle, and the experimental hunt for this dark matter is entering a crucial phase. The question of the nature of dark matter is one of the most important in all physics. Our work aims to put constraints on the physical parameters of theoretical models for dark matter (such as Supersymmetry) by combining four complementary probes: cosmology, direct detection, indirect detection and colliders. Our group has developed a world-leading Bayesian approach to the problem, allowing us to explore in a statistically convergent way theoretical parameter spaces previously inaccessible to detailed numerical study.

A schematic of the recently discovered planetary system Kepler-62, compared to our own Solar System. Kepler-62 hosts two super-Earths inside the habitable zone. [Credt: NASA]

7 Astrophysics Group Condensed Matter Theory http://www.3.imperial.ac.uk/condensedmattertheory

The Condensed Matter Theory group studies properties, processes and emergent behaviour in solids, liquids,nanomaterials, metamaterials, and less obvious aggregates such as ant colonies and heart muscles.Our research draws on many areas of physics including quantum and classical mechanics, electromagnetism, statistical mechanics, quantum optics, and thermodynamics.

MATERIALS PHYSICS Prof Mike Finnis, Prof Matthew Foulkes, Prof Peter Haynes, Dr Arash Mostofi, Prof Adrian Sutton, Dr Paul Tangney, Prof Dimitri Vvedensky

Materials have played a central role in the development of civilisation from the Bronze Age to the Semiconductor Age. We aim to understand and predict the properties of materials and the processes by which they grow or transform. We also provide guidance for experimental research, help to interpret observations, and seek ways to enhance materials’ KNbO3 is a ferroelectric. It is almost cubic, but it spontaneously polarizes by moving each Nb (yellow) properties. Our theoretical work is often slightly towards three of its six O neighbours (red). The electron density is shown as contours and iso- helped by simulations, which include surfaces. accurate quantum mechanical calculations, function. For example, simple models METAMATERIALS atomistic and more coarsely-grained can help explain how age-related Prof Sir John Pendry, Prof Ortwin Hess approaches, and continuum models. changes in a heart muscle’s underlying We specialise in spanning time and network causes atrial fibrillation. Metamaterials are artificial solids length scales by coupling methods to designed to guide electromagnetic achieve a consistent understanding all CORRELATED QUANTUM SYSTEMS fields or acoustic waves. The properties the way from electrons and atoms to the Dr Derek Lee, Prof Angus MacKinnon of conventional materials are deter- macroscopic continuum. Much of the mined by chemical composition and software that we use is developed in- Using theoretical techniques from quantum how the atoms are arranged. house and used by researchers around field theory and computer simulations, Metamaterials, on the other hand, con- the world we study the cooperative collective sist of arrays of specially-engineered behaviour of nanoscale quantum systems. units organised on much larger length COMPLEXITY AND NETWORKS Specific systems of interest include dis- scales. They can be designed to manip- Prof Kim Christensen sipationless phases of matter, which ulate photons and electrons in ways may be useful for quantum information that cannot be achieved with conven- Through data-driven research and processing, and the dynamics of tional materials. This has inspired scien- modelling, we investigate the properties nanoscale mechanical systems driven tists to conceive perfect lenses, new of systems whose complex behaviour far from equilibrium. Our work continu- lasers, 'invisibility cloaks’ and opened emerges from large numbers of inter- ally throws up fundamental questions the door to slow and stopped broad- acting components. For example, why relating to quantum mechanics and how band light. are ant societies, whose elaborate highly- thermodynamics may be adapted to organised macroscopic (colony-level) nanometer length scales. properties emerge from microscopic interactions between ants, so successful? Organs such as the brain and the heart function through the collective behaviour of complex networks. Understanding how their behaviour emerges can help us to identify and treat medical conditions that arise when these networks mal-

Caption required Metamaterials are lattices of metamolecules, such as “split-ring resonators” (left). A layered metamaterial can slow a light packet while spatially separating its colours to make a “trapped rainbow” (right).

8 Condensed Matter Theory Group Experimental Solid State Physics http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/experimentalsolidstate

EXSS is a large group comprising 19 members of staff, 40 research staff and over 50 PhD students. Research spans all areas of solid state physics and main themes are highlighted below. The group has strong links with other centres within Imperial College including the Energy Futures Lab and the Grantham Institute for Climate Change.

Plastic Electronics Nanoscience and Technology Mid-infrared Imaging for Cancer T.D. Anthopoulos, D.D.C Bradley, A.J. detection Campbell, J.S Kim, J. Nelson and P.N. Frustrated Magnetic Nanostructures C.C. Phillips Stavrinou W. R. Branford and L. F. Cohen Mid-IR radiation is absorbed by exciting Organic semiconductors (conjugated Arrays of magnetic nanostructured honey- localised vibrations in chemical bonds polymers and small molecules) are finding comb lattices impose frustration on the in a way that gives each bio-molecule increasing applications in light emission, magnetic order resulting in monopole an easily recognisable spectral “finger- displays, energy conversion, sensors defects according to “spin ice” rules. print”. If we image a slice of human tis- engineering and healthcare. Experimental sue at the right wavelengths, we can and theoretical programme “see” chemicals (e.g. the acids in DNA). Clinical trials are showing that this technique detects cancer earlier and with greater confidence.

Magnetic monopole defects

Plastic electronics on flexible substrates Nanostructured Narrow Gap Semiconductors Energy and efficient energy use L.F. Cohen and S.A. Solin

Solar Cell Research Narrow gap semiconductors such as Nanophotonics, Plasmonics and P. Barnes, K.W.J. Barnham, D.D.C. InAs exhibit high electron mobilities and Metamaterials Bradley, A.J. Chatten, N.J. Ekins- low surface depletion making them S. Maier, R. Oulton, L.F. Cohen, P.N. Daukes, J. Nelson and C.C.Phillips ideal candidates for high sensitivity, ultra Stavrinou, C.C. Phillips and D.D.C. high resolution, ballistic nanosensors. Bradley The two main drivers in solar cell research are the development of lower Quantum Dots Here we utilise metallic nanostructures in cost materials and improving efficiencies. R. Oulton, N.J. Ekins-Daukes and R. to break the diffraction limit of light. Organic photovoltaic materials such as Murray Examples include ultrafast nanoscale conjugated polymers, fullerenes and plasmon lasers, highly sensitive biodetec- nanoparticles can have efficiencies QDs have applications in lasers, optical tors, quantum plasmonics and optical around 10% - they are relatively cheap amplifiers, micro-lasers, qubits, single nanoantennas for use in nonlinear nano- and are readily processed from solution. photon sources for quantum cryptogra- optics. Nanophotonic structures are also Inorganic semiconductors can achieve phy and tunnel junctions for efficient fascinating materials for combination with efficiencies of 40%, particularly under tandem solar cells. graphene for novel optoelectronic devices. “many suns” illumination, and are well At mid-infrared frequencies, we have suited to satellite applications or terrestrial developed the concept of quantum meta- light concentrators. materials based on highly doped semiconductors for novel sub-resolution imaging Materials for Energy Efficient applications. Refrigeration K. Sandeman, L .F. Cohen and A. D. Caplin

Utilising magnetic magnetocaloric materials offers a route to efficient refrigeration which avoids the use of environmentally damaging chemicals.

Dotonic molecule

Bow-Tie Plasmonic antennae

9 Experimental Solid State Physics Group High Energy Physics http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/highenergyphysics

The High Energy Physics Group has activity across a broad front in exploiting particle physics experiments at existing facilities as well as designing detectors and accelerators for future experiments. These investigate the fundamental particles and the forces between them, with a primary aim to address basic questions such as the origin of mass and the charge-parity (CP) asymmetry between matter and antimatter. The group have also been exploring possible applications of accelerator technology in healthcare, working jointly with the Imperial College Medical Faculty.

HIGH ENERGY PARICLES SuperNEMO searchs for neutrinoless double-beta decay, a process that allows High Energy Particle Collider Studies access the fundamental nature of the O. Buchmueller, D. J. Colling, neutrino mass. We lead the software P. D. Dauncey, G. J. Davies, P. J. Dornan, development. U. Egede, A. Golutvin, G. Hall, J. A. Nash, M. Patel, A. Tapper, T. Virdee Intense beams of muons at high energy can give neutrino beams with a well- We have been heavily involved in the known composition and energy spectrum CMS detector at the LHC and in the dis- – the so called Neutrino Factory (NF). We covery of the Higgs since inception. The lead the MICE experiment to provide the LUX dark matter detector within its shielding trigger (a real-time background rejection) proof of principle for the technique. water tank, 1.5 km underground at the Sanford and the entire tracking detector and for- Underground Research Facility, South Dakota, ward calorimeters will be replaced within Many models for new physics predict lep- USA. Image credit: Matt Kapust, SURF. the next decade. We develop custom ton flavour violation, such as muon-to- readout electronics for the new tracker electron conversion. COMET/PRISM will experiment, LUX-ZEPLIN, which is enter- and trigger and we lead the design of a be sensitive to this process, with COMET ing its construction phase. novel high granularity calorimeter. Phase-I currently under construction as a flagship experiment at the J-PARC labora- Gravitational Wave Detection tory alongside T2K. H. Araujo, T. J. Sumner

Particle Phenomenology We have recently seen two major mile- O. Buchmuelle stones in the LISA low-frequency gravitational wave ‘telescope’ in space. We have The Standard Model leaves open signifi- delivered flight hardware for the ESA LISA cant questions in particle physics and cos- Pathfinder technology mission for launch mology that may be answered by new in mid-2015 and also ESA has earmarked physics at TeV masses. Our work through LISA for the 2034 L3 launch slot. the London Centre for TeraUniverse Studies is directly connected to our exper- MEDICAL APPLICATIONS imental activities and focuses on dark The custom readout board for the CMS trigger matter and new physics at the LHC. Accelerator Developments and Hadron upgrade Therapy The LHCb detector at the LHC is opti- K. Long, J. Pasternak, P. A. Posocco, mised for measuring b-quark hadrons. J. Pozimski Imperial's main contributions to the detector were the Ring Imaging Cherenkov We have established a comprehensive detector, and the High Level Trigger that programme on proton accelerators for sci- makes the current physics programme ence and medical applications. The group possible. We lead the search for CP viola- is leading the high-intensity proton beam tion and new physics. Front End Test Stand project to test technologies required for a Neutrino Factory, a We have also continued to jointly lead neutron spallation source, and LHC Higgs studies at DZero at the Tevatron, upgrades. The activities include the devel- culminating in further evidence for a Limits on masses of SuperSymmetric particles opment of a compact proton accelerator 125GeV Higgs boson in fermion decays, > from LHC data based on laser-plasma technology and along with a measurement of its spin DARK MATTER AND GRAVITATIONAL the design of innovative beam gantries state. WAVES using FFAG technology.

Neutrino and Charged Lepton Physics Direct Dark Matter Searches e-SCIENCE P. D. Dauncey, P. J. Dornan, K. Long, H. Araujo, T. J. Sumner D. J. Colling J. A. Nash, J. Pasternak,J. K.Sedgbeer, Y.Uchida, M. Wascko We are heavily involved in direct searches We have been one of the most active for the dark matter particles, which are groups within the GridPP distributed com- The Tokai-to-Kamioka (T2K) experiment in thought to account for most of the mass in puting project since its formation and pro- Japan is the flagship of the global neutrino the Universe. Currently, the LUX experi- vide regional coordination through our oscillation programme. In 2013 we pub- ment at the Sanford Lab in the US places leadership of LondonGrid. We also have lished the world’s first high-significance the most stringent limits on the interaction significant experiment-specific develop- measurement of electron neutrino of these particles with ordinary matter. In ment activities appearance and muon neutrino disap- parallel with this, we lead the UK pro- pearance. gramme towards the next-generation

10 High Energy Physics Group Insitute of Shock Physics http://www.imperial.ac.uk/shockphysics

Over the past few years the Institute of Shock Physics has established a diverse research profile probing the response of condensed matter under ultra-fast and extreme compression. These necessarily multi-scale, multi-disciplinary studies require both experimental and computational activities extending to MBar pressures, intermediate to very high strain rate regimes, and from kilometers to sub-micrometer length scales. Supported by a unique suite of state-of-the-art experimental facilities the institutes’ research activities understanding fundamental processes occurring in materials under extreme conditions, find relevance to a wide range of applications in both natural and man-made environments; from fusion technologies to astrophysical events such as interplanetary impact.

Time sequence of synchrotron X-ray images captured during the impact loading of a high-Z rapid prototyped lattice. Synchrotron X-ray Studies of Physics. The institute has designed and ing the cores of giant planets planetary Extreme Processes instrumented a range of loading devices cores. Dr Daniel Eakins, Dr David Chapman for the centre including shock tubes and Split Hopkinson Pressure Bars (SHPB). The new 2 Mega-Ampere current genera- We are developing a new capability for Our overall aim is to ensure that the load- tor, MACH, has recently begun opera- the X-ray imaging of extreme physical ing conditions on these complex materials tions, demonstrating methods of tailoring processes which leverages the brilliance are understood and are in the correct the pressure drive onto an target. of third generation light sources. pressure-time space for blast processes. Simultaneously the use of convergent tar- Classically our understanding of materials Two specific research projects highlight gets, to significantly increase the available under extreme conditions is determined the synergistic nature of the interaction. pressures, has been explored using the indirectly using non-penetrating diagnos- (a) examining the effect of representative world leading Gorgon MHD code. To tics (visible light); the use of X-rays pro- pressure pulse from the blast waves on directly probe the states produced in vides a unique opportunity to probe within STEM cells. The SHPB was used to pro- these experiments, a new, ns timescale, a material while it is dynamically loaded, vide the loading and a sample cell was multi-KeV X-ray source is being devel- to directly study its equation of state, developed which had to be fully calibrated oped with colleagues at CEA Gramat. strength and failure properties. mechanically, able to withstand the pres- Already this source has been used to sures imposed on it and also be biologi- demonstrate X-ray diffraction and future By integrating a purpose-built impact sys- cally inert. The results indicate that pres- experiments will explore its use in X-ray tem with the I12 high-energy beamline at sures as low as 100 atmospheres for 100 absorption spectrometry. the Diamond Light Source, we have per- microseconds can result in the destruction formed the first experiments involving of 10% of STEM cells. The debris from time-resolved synchrotron X-ray imaging these cells is biologically active and may of dynamic compression in high-Z materi- cause longer term pathologies als. This pioneering experimental work will (b) Modifying the output of the Shock enable more faithful macroscopic repre- Tube to produce the blast loading seen sentation of statistical microstates in het- from a range of explosive masses, over erogeneous systems, the study of shock distance through a variety of mitigation. energy localization during instability This required precise control of the shock growth, and direct density probing of tube operation. As a result of this we can material states under extreme conditions. produce blast loadings equivalent to 25 kg of TNT at 2 m distance or, at the other The team also collaborates internationally extreme, the loading produced inside a participating in dynamic X-ray experi- vehicle from a small external charge. ments in both Europe and the US. A recent highlight is the involvement in the Pulsed Power driven High Pressure Diffraction pattern produced using an X-pinch at first EXAFS experiment on Fe driven to Physics Experiments CEA Gramat. Mbar pressures using a high-power laser Dr Simon Bland, Dr Jeremy Chittenden at the ESRF. We are developing a series of new capa- Royal British Legion Centre for Blast bilities to drive matter into high pressure Injury Studies states without the use of shock waves. Dr William G Proud Such capabilities allow new areas of the CBIS conducts research into understand- equation of state to be explored, enabling Acknowledgements ; The Institute acknowl- ing the process of blast injury on people. It low temperature phase changes to be edges the support of Imperial College London has strong links to the Institute of Shock examined and provide the basis for study- and AWE, Aldermaston

11 Institute of Shock Physics Photonics http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/photonics/

The Photonics Group conducts fundamental research into optical science and develops and applies new technologies for the physical and life sciences, medicine and ICT. Our projects are mostly interdisciplinary and we work closely with industry and external agencies.

LASER TECHNOLOGY Prof R. Taylor, Prof M. Damzen, Dr S. Popov, Dr E. Kelleher, Dr G. Thomas

We conduct a world-leading research activity on fibre and all-solid-state lasers developed for many real-world applications from precision laser manufacturing, remote sensing through to medical imaging and therapeutics.

Fibre Lasers This activity is currently focused on a) fibre laser supercontinuum source; b) satellite-based remote sensing laser application development of compact and high power fibre laser sources, engineered content analysis and sensing and we use structured illumination to realise to create new wavelengths and ultra- manipulating pathogenic bacteria. We wide-field optical sectioning (with Mark short pulse formats including: super- have particular strengths in fluores- Neil’s spin-out company, Aurox Ltd) and continuum generation in photonic crystal cence lifetime imaging (FLIM) for quan- adaptive optics techniques to measure fibres; visible fibre sources by Raman or titative molecular contrast, including of and correct aberrated wavefronts, parametric conversion of IR fibre-lasers; protein-protein interactions, super- including for in vivo studies of the retina near and mid-infrared sources based on resolved microscopy (including STED, for ophthalmology. Non-imaging appli- novel Bismuth and Thulium-doped fibre PALM and STORM) for imaging below cations of programmable light include lasers; ultrashort pulse generation using the diffraction limit, and confocal precision opto-genetics and optical carbon nanotubes or graphene as Brillouin scattering microscopy to measure tweezers. ‘universal’ saturable absorbers that can the micromechanical properties of bio- operate across all wavelength regions. logical tissues. Our fluorescence imaging ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY & and measurement technology is being PHOTONIC STRUCTURES Diode-Pumped Solid-State Lasers applied in hospitals to clinical diagnostic Prof M. McCall, Prof P. Török, Dr K. Weir This activity develops all-solid-state challenges for cancer, osteoarthritis, lasers and nonlinear optical technolo- heart disease and ophthalmology and Rigorous electromagnetic theory and gies to provide efficient sources of high to preclinical tomographic imaging of experimental analysis is applied to photonic energy pulses including: diode-pumped disease models. and nanophotonic structures such as micro-slab lasers (commercialised by chiral media and metamaterials. The Mike Damzen’s spin-out company, Programmable light theoretical development of “space-time Midaz Lasers Ltd); world-leading diode- Building on our heritage of computer- cloaking” was founded in our group; pumped Alexandrite lasers, supported based optical design, we utilise adaptive ultrahigh-resolution micropolarimetry is by the European Space Agency (ESA) optics and structured illumination to being applied to plasmonics, metamaterials, for next-generation satellite-based manipulate optical wavefronts for micromagnetics and to optical data storage remote sensing and future femtosecond applications ranging from ophthalmology using polarisation to encode multiple laser applications; and resilient “self- to metrology of astronomical optics, bits into each pit of an optical disc. organising” lasers based on dynamic exploiting segmented mirror and spatial nonlinear optical holography that self- light modulator technologies. For imaging correct for thermally-induced aberra- tions in high power lasers.

BIOPHOTONICS Prof P. French, Prof M. Neil, Prof P. Török, Dr C. Paterson, Dr C. Dunsby, Dr J. McGinty

Our optical imaging and metrology encompasses technology development for biomedical applications in research, drug discovery and healthcare, including microscopy, endoscopy and tomography as well as automated imaging for high a) in vivo fluorescence lifetime imaging of human skin; b) adaptive optical imaging of human retina

12 Photonics Group Plasma Physics http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/plasmaphysics

We are one of the largest plasma physics groups in the world, and deal with plasmas ranging from the low densities and temperatures found in industrial processes to the extreme conditions at the centre of a laser driven capsule of fusion fuel or the core of a star. The group's research links experiments, many performed on in-house facilities to complex theory and numerical simulations using super computers. We also host the Centre for Inertial Fusion Studies which connects high energy density science to the search for fusion energy production, and the Institute of Shock Physics which creates and studies materials and systems under extremes of pressure. STRONGLY MAGNETISED PLASMAS S Lebedev, RA Smith, J Chittenden, S Bland, F Suzuki-Vidal.

We build and operate multi-terawatt (1012W) electrical machines and short- pulse lasers to create and study exotic plasma conditions. The group’s 1.4 million amp Z-pinch MAGPIE is the largest open-access machine of its kind in the world and linked to the UK's largest University based laser system Cerberus. MAGPIE allows us to creates plasmas from arrays of wires or foils and then accelerate or ‘pinches’ them Cylindrically converging supersonic plasma streams imaged inside a wire array z-pinch (left) and a 3D with strong magnetic fields. We use this simulation of a NIF laser fusion implosion (right). to launch high speed ~100 kms-1 plasma jets or shock waves which simulate INERTIAL FUSION The tools and concepts we develop for astrophysical processes such as star inertial fusion research also allow us to formation in the laboratory. S Rose, J. Chittenden, R Kingham, study in the laboratory scale models of Z Najmudin some of nature's most extreme phe- The group’s experimental work is sup- nomena. In "laboratory astrophysics" ported by complex computer simulations Compressing and heating a mix of experiments we probe the formation of using tools we develop such as the 3D hydrogen isotopes can lead to ther- accretion disks around black holes and Magneto-hydrodynamics computer code monuclear fusion and potentially a huge the dynamics of supernova explosions. GORGON. This is now used to simulate energy release that might one day plasma dynamics in experiments in lab- underpin a new generation of power oratories across the world including the stations. In fusion ignition experiments MAGNETIC CONFINEMENT FUSION 26 mega-amp Z facility in the US. the plasma density and temperatures M Coppins, S Cowley, M. Lilley Gorgon is also used to simulate complex created far exceed those at the centre laser based experiments such as the of the sun. Through experiment and We investigate magnetic confinement stability of NIF inertial fusion implosions. computer simulations we study both fusion using a doughnut shaped fundamental plasma processes at these Tokamak, in which a low density plasma HIGH ENERGY DENSITY PLASMAS conditions, and advanced fusion con- is held inside strong magnetic fields and Z Najmudin, S Mangles, RA Smith, R cepts such as "fast ignition" and "shock heated over multiple seconds with a Kingham ignition" that may allow us to reach combination of electric current, "breakeven", the point where more microwaves and particle beams. The The group creates and studies high energy is released from the plasma world’s largest and most successful energy density plasmas using powerful than required to heat and confine it. Tokamak JET is based at Culham, lasers, both at Imperial and major labo- along with a more compact machine, ratories worldwide. Lasers can accelerate MAST. particles to very high energies over remarkably short distances and we Tokamaks are affected by dust, small have produced GeV electron beams in grains of solid material that are carried just 1 cm of plasma. These beams can along with the plasma. Dusty plasmas be used to create ultra-bright x-ray occur naturally in space and are also sources and could one day replace low found in industry and affect the produc- energy synchrotrons. We have used tion of materials and components. We them to trial new applications including study them because of their potential to medical imaging and we are also trap radioactive tritium and disrupt exploring similar laser driven tech- future magnetic fusion test machines. niques for cancer therapy, where the short stopping distance of a proton beam may be used to target tumours with low collateral damage and high precision. A 3D tomogram of a ~2mm cube of human bone imaged using laser driven betatron radiation.

13 Plasma Physics Group Quantum Optics and Laser Science Group http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/quantumopticslaserscience/

The research mission of QOLS is to carry out basic science using lasers and to investigate, utilize and control photonic and material states and processes down to the quantum level.

LASER CONSORTIUM Jon Marangos, Vitali Averbukh, Leszek Frasinski, Peter Knight, John Tisch and Amelle Zair

This major grouping of experimental and theoretical physicists is concerned with the interaction of high-intensity and ultra-short laser pulses with matter.

Attosecond (As) Science We are pioneering new methods to measure electron motion in matter in real time. Through this we are learning how electrons move inside molecules and solids on a timescale of ~100 As vital for revealing the correlations in many electron quantum systems. Ultrafast science with X-ray free electron lasers Free electron lasers are opening new frontiers in the imaging of matter at the nanoscale with full time resolution. We are organic dye molecules at cryogenic condi- imaging of the ions. studying ways to make few-fs time resolved tion because they can serve as an efficient measurements using these instruments. source of indistinguishable single photons. CONTROLLED QUANTUM DYNAMICS Bose-Einstein condensation of photons At THEORY Development of ultrafast, high power, laser low temperature and high density, the prop- David Jennings, Myungshik Kim, Peter sources. The group has pioneered the erties of a fluid depend on the quantum Knight, Florian Mintert, Geoff New and Terry development of new sources including high nature of its constituents, whether they are Rudolph power fiber based systems. bosons or fermions. Bosons tend to bunch High energy density science with intense together, and in extreme cases form a giant The theoretical research interest of the lasers In collaboration with the Plasma wave called a Bose-Einstein Condensate group is the control and manipulation of Physics group this research uses various (BEC). We are making a room temperature physical systems to exhibit manifestly quan- high power laser facilities at CLF as well as BEC of photons. Our aim is to understand tum mechanical effects such as quantum our in-house Cerberus laser system. how photon BECs form, study their proper- correlations and quantum interference. The ties and their interactions. emphasis is on using these effects to per- CENTRE FOR COLD MATTER Ion traps Here we test the predictions of form novel protocols in e.g. quantum com- Ed Hinds, Jony Hudson, Rob Nyman, Ben Quantum Electrodynamics (QED) using puting in hybrid architectures, quantum com- Sauer, Danny Segal, Mike Tarbutt and highly-charged ions and also investigate the munication and quantum simulations or to Richard Thompson fascinating physics of "ion Coulomb crys- uncover the subtle role quantum mechanics tals", which can be used in applications such may play in natural phenomena. Our gener- Cold atoms and Molecules: We use the as quantum simulation and studies of quan- al approaches can also be used, for techniques of laser cooling and trapping to tum tunnelling. We carry out our experi- instance, to elucidate the role of fundamen- control and manipulate matter onto ments with a Penning trap, which uses stat- tal symmetries in nature, as well as metrolo- microchips (Atom chips) at temperatures a ic electric and magnetic fields to confine gy (precision measurement). Finally, the few billionths of a degree above absolute atomic ions. We use laser cooling to reduce study of controlled quantum dynamics may zero . With these devices, we aim to build the temperature of calcium ions to less than lead us to new insights in the foundations of ultra precision sensors and components for 1 kelvin and study the ions using precision quantum mechanics itself. quantum information processing. Ultracold laser spectroscopy and high resolution molecules offer new opportunities because of increased degrees of freedom and because they interact strongly with applied electric fields and with one another, allowing for the study of the physics of strongly-interacting many-body quantum systems.

Electron electric dipole moment We measure the shape of the electron – its electric dipole moment. This is a test of physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics and a test of time-reversal symmetry violation. Quantum nanophotonics Single photons are the essential building blocks for photonic information processing. We use single

14 Quantum Optics and Laser Science Group Space and Atmospheric Physics http://www.imperial.ac.uk/research/spat

The group studies interplanetary space and planetary environments, as well as the Earth's atmosphere and oceans. A major part of the group’s activity is the development and operation of numerical models and sensitive instrumentation for space science and Earth observation.

SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS Dr Jonathan Eastwood, Dr Bob Forsyth, Prof Tim Horbury, Prof Steve Schwartz Fundamental Plasma Processes: Magnetic reconnection, turbulence, and shock waves govern much of the dynamics of plasmas, giving rise to the transport of momentum and energy while accelerating charged particles to high energies in the process. Our internationally recognised leadership in understanding these fundamental plasma processes employs spacecraft data, theory and modeling. We lead the magnetic field instruments on important current spacecraft (ESA’s Cluster and Cassini missions) and future missions Ganymede, Callisto and Europa. using observations to improve model- (ESA’s Solar Orbiter and JUICE). ling capability. Satellite observations Applications of Space Plasma Physics: CLIMATE PHYSICS from instruments such as the Interplanetary space is pervaded by a Dr Helen Brindley, Dr Arnaud Czaja, Dr Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer supersonic solar wind emanating from Heather Graven, Prof Joanna Haigh (TES) and Infrared Atmospheric the Sun’s corona. Variability in that solar FRS, Dr Juliet Pickering, Prof Ralf Sounding Interferometer (IASI) play a wind, due to solar activity and eruptions Toumi, Dr Apostolos Voulgarakis vital role to better understand feed- from the solar surface, often termed backs operating in the Earth system. A “Solar Storms” leads to “Space Weather” Modelling: We study the physical new activity relates to the carbon cycle which can energise the Earth’s radiation processes and composition in the via measurements and modelling of belts and lead to spectacular aurorae. atmosphere and ocean using idealised, atmospheric CO2 and CO2 isotopes. Space Weather also has a huge impact regional and global models (e.g. on satellites and ground-based systems HadGEM, NASA GISS). Key expertise INSTRUMENTATION (e.g., electricity grids) representing risks lies in the impact of key physical Chris Carr, Dr Helen Brindley, Dr to vital services and expensive infra- processes on our climate system, such Heather Graven, Dr Juliet Pickering structure, and now forms a major ele- as solar variability, the coupling of tropi- ment in the national risk register. cal and extra-tropical storms with the Our research is underpinned by instru- ocean, the impact of changes in atmos- mentation projects for spaceflight, pheric composition on radiation and research aircraft, and in the laboratory. PLANETARY PHYSICS precipitation, and the role of fires in the Our magnetometers fly on the Cluster, Dr Marina Galand, Prof Michele Earth System. Cassini, Solar Orbiter and JUICE mis- Dougherty FRS, Dr Ingo Mueller- Earth Observation: Scientific lead for sions. the Plasma Consortium instru- Wodarg the Geostationary Earth Radiation mentation on the Rosetta mission, and Budget (GERB) project, the only instru- the GERB instruments for the Meteosat Planetary research is focused on the ment to observe the broadband energy 2nd Generation spacecraft. In the labo- Cassini mission to Saturn and its largest emitted and reflected by the Earth at ratory, our unique visible-vacuum ultra- moon Titan, which has a dense “Earth- high temporal resolution. GERB data violet Fourier Transform Spectrometer like” atmosphere. The group leads the are used to quantify, the diurnal variabil- studies atomic and molecular spectra of magnetometer team and investigates ity in Saharan dust net radiative forcing importance for interpretation of spectral Saturn’s magnetosphere, its plasma at the top of the atmosphere, the sur- measurements of planetary atmos- boundaries, as well as the internal mag- face, and within the atmosphere. Our pheres and astrophysical objects. netic field of the planet. We study plan- Tropospheric Airborne Fourier Measurements of atmospheric CO2 and etary ionospheres, some, such as Titan, Transform Spectrometer (TAFTS) par- its isotopic composition are being devel- hosting heavy organics, others, such as ticipates in national campaigns to oped to study anthropogenic emissions at Saturn, playing a key role in closing assess the radiative effect of cirrus and their impacts on the global carbon the global magnetospheric currents clouds across the electromagnetic cycle. which arise. We study the upper atmos- spectrum, again with the ultimate aim of phere of Saturn using our Saturn Thermosphere Ionosphere model. We lead the Venus Express Atmospheric drag experiment and use it to determine the polar thermosphere structure at Venus. We lead the operation of the Plasma Consortium suite of instruments on board ESA’s Rosetta mission to the comet 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko. We lead the magnetometer team on the JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) mission to Jupiter and its icy moons and are designing the instrument in order that it can resolve induced currents flowing in the liquid water oceans at

15 Space and Atmospheric Physics Group Theoretical Physics http://www.imperial.ac.uk/research/theoreticalphysics

The research of the Theoretical Physics Group covers a wide range of areas bound together by the theme of fundamental questions in cosmology, gravity, particle physics, and quantum theory.

OSTRING/M-THEORY AND QUAN- TUM FIELD THEORY

Duff, Gauntlett, Hanany, Hull, Stelle, Tseytlin, Waldram, Wiseman

Within this subtheme we work on the physical and mathematical structure of string/M-theory as a proposed framework for unifying the Standard Model of Particle Physics with General Relativity. In addition, string/M-theory provides deep insights into the non-perturbative structure of quantum field theory.

The AdS/CFT correspondence, which relates strongly coupled quantum field theory to weakly coupled gravitational descriptions in higher spacetime dimensions, is one of the most profound dis- coveries in string/M-theory and is a major focus of the group. Our activities Image © R. Dijkgraaf of the Group in this area are supported theories against hard astrophysical QUANTUM GRAVITY AND FOUNDA- by two ERC Advanced Grants. One is data. A particular strength of the Group TIONS OF QUANTUM MECHANICS focussed on exploring integrability is the leading expertise in both theoreti- Dowker, Halliwell. Emeritus: Isham structures present in particular sys- cal cosmological models and the tems. The second Is focussed on trying extraction of phenomenology from the The Group also works on other to apply the AdS/CFT correspondence data. approaches to quantum gravity includ- to poorly understood strongly coupled We have made significant contributions ing causal set theory, which posits that systems that arise in condensed matter to the inflationary theory of cosmologi- spacetime is fundamentally discrete. physics, such as the high temperature cal perurbations, using both analytical The foundations of quantum mechan- superconductors. The properties of and lattice techniques. One focus is on ics, including the emergence of classi- black holes play a central role in this the physics arising at the end of infla- cality, are investigated both in connec- work, as they do in other areas of tion, particularly in relation to defect pro- tion to low energy phenomenology and research in this subtheme. duction. Alternatives to inflation are also to provide insights into the structure of The Group also actively investigates investigated including cyclic universe quantum gravity. the very rich mathematical structure of models and varying speed of light theo- string/M-theory. This line of research ries. Modified theories of gravity obviat- COMPLEXITY AND NETWORKS could lead to a precise mathematical ing the need for dark matter are anoth- Evans Emeritus: Rivers definition of what string/M-theory is. It is er focus. The cosmology group has also important in connecting string the- been pioneering the extraction of phe- The group also has a keen interest in ory with particle phenomenology and in nomenology from quantum gravity in statistical physics arising in classical obtaining exact non-perturbative results several guises and testing it against systems. This ranges from applications in quantum field theory. This area is data. On the more observational side, of graph theory, to discrete space times, supported by an EPSRC Programme we continue to work on the develop- to citation networks and to studies of Grant. ment and application of methods of how spatial constraints alter the struc- CMB data analysis, including involve- ture of networks, both in theoretical COSMOLOGY AND QUANTUM FIELD ment in a number of experimental models and in data from actual social THEORY efforts such as Planck and Spider. systems Contaldi, Dowker, Magueijo, Rajantie, Wiseman. Emeritus: Jones, Kibble and Rivers

The principal objective in this subtheme is to discover ways of testing innovative particle physics and quantum gravity

16 Theoretical Physics Group Undergraduate Teaching http://www.imperial.ac.uk/physics/studentinfo

Director of Undergraduate Studies: two years of advanced options in selected Professor A. MacKinnon areas of physics. Senior Tutor: All students, including those on theoretical physics degrees, do about 6 hours/ Professor D. Segal week of laboratory work during the first Admissions Tutor: 2 years. Dr R. Forsyth In October 2012 we welcomed 238 new All programmes include a research project. students, making the total number of Many students find that the project is undergraduates 890, one of the largest the most enjoyable part of their degree Physics departments in the country. as they are then able to get to grips with This was the first cohort in which home a topic that may be at the frontier of Stephen Stopyra receiving the Governors’ students were paying fees of £9000 per research. prize from Prof Joanna Haigh. annum. Students are enrolled onto one of six programmes leading to an MSci or In the third year students can choose The Commemoration Day Reception BSc degree. Transfers are easy between from a wide range of physics options late in October each year is the setting most of the programmes in the early years. and can also take a Humanities or for our departmental prizegiving where Business School course. Students on 27 students were awarded prizes in All three of our MSci degrees are four- the MSci degrees take advanced 2013. year programmes. The MSci in Physics physics options in their final year, along- is by far the most popular, while Physics side their major research project. Many of our graduates continue their with a Year in Europe and Physics with Changes to our lecture courses are studies within the physics area either by Theoretical Physics supply more specialist made regularly to ensure that they direct entry into a PhD research pro- needs. remain topical, but from October 2012 gramme, or a specialist MSc degree we have been rolling out a revised pro- such as those discussed in the following We offer three-year BSc programmes in gramme. section. Physics and in Physics with Theoretical Physics. The four-year BSc in Physics We understand that arriving in a class of Other graduating students use their and Music Performance, offered jointly 250 students can be daunting and physics skills in areas such as the financial with the Royal College of Music, is impersonal, so alongside the lectures services industry or information technology. unique, and attracts small numbers of we have activities where students meet Since a physics degree develops skills exceptional candidates. In 2013 the in smaller groups and are able to get to such as problem solving and communi- first students graduated on our new BSc know each other better. Each student is cation as well as technical skills, our in Physics with Science Education, a member of a group of about 20, who graduates are in heavy demand from a offered jointly with Canterbury Christ meet regularly for tutorials as well as wide range of employers. Church University, which gives students laboratory and professional skills ses- a Physics degree as well as a teaching sions. Two members of the academic qualification in 3 years. From 2015 we staff are associated with each group will also offer a 4 year MSci version of and act as personal tutors, remaining this programme. with the group throughout their time at Imperial. On each course in years 1 Typically 12% of new students register and 2 students have a tutorial each for BSc degrees and the remainder for week in addition to lectures. Tutors MSci. Just over 20% of our students encourage discussion about other top- are women, well short of where we ics within physics to help students see would like it to be. the wider relevance of their studies. We have exchange agreements with 14 Support staff award winners with the The basic structure of the degree pro- universities in western Europe. In 2013, President & Rector, Vice-Provost grammes is two years of core physics 24 students went abroad and we wel- (Education), Dean of Natural Sciences and and mathematics, followed by one or comed 34 visiting students to the Faculty Director of Education. department.

The high standard of our lecturing is regularly recognised in the College’s Teaching Awards. Nominations for these awards come from the students themselves. In 2013, Prof Martin McCall, Dr Mike Tarbutt, Dr Vijay Tymms and Prof Tim Horbury received awards along with several support staff, Pichaya Pattanasattayavong, Michael Buck, Hannes Guhl, Adam Dobbs, Ben Project Display – Open Day 2013 Chapman, Mery Fajardo.

17 Undergraduate Teaching OUTREACH - Interaction with Schools

The department has a dedicated Outreach scheme obtain a glimpse into research as office, managed by a Senior Teaching well as experiencing the life of an under- Fellow, Mark Richards and employing full- graduate. Following the 2012 Insights time two other members of staff (Hannah scheme and based on a cohort of 20, the Woods and Simon Foster). , Funding in sup- department received 9 direct UCAS applica- port of these activities has been awarded by tions from the attendees, plus a further 26 the Ogden Trust and the RCUK School from other students at the schools - clearly University Partnership Initiative. Simon demonstrating the impact of the scheme trains and supports staff and students to beyond the attendees, as they share (posi- participate in outreach and public engage- tive) experiences with their peers. We ment, as well as undertaking his own received over 260 applications for the 2013 bespoke Outreach activities associated with insights scheme, and recruited a cohort of the three EPSRC funded Centres for 40 students. The Royal Meteorological Society LGFL has Doctoral Training. set up the densest real time urban network Open Days: The Department Open Days of weather stations in the world. These In 2012-13 the department has undertaken continue to be a great success, showcasing resources are openly available to the public numerous activities such as talks, work- recent research, providing an insight into and to schools (http://weather.lgfl.org.uk/). shops and interactive demonstrations with physics courses and examples of careers The Open Air Laboratory project, supported schools, local societies, teacher groups, and that can result from a physics degree. We by The Big Lottery Fund, has established other likeminded institutions (such as the welcomed approximately 900 school stu- across the capital a network of air pollution Institute of Physics). We have attended HE dents in 2012 and over 1500 students in monitors which are monitored by school stu- fairs, science careers events and national 2013. dents. The project is co-managed by SPAT science events (including the Expo Science and exploits expertise in detector technology Fair, the Cheltenham science festival, the Special Events: To help engage school stu- acquired from our atmospheric physics Big Bang fair, Science Uncovered and the dents with the excitement of science and research. Royal Society Summer Exhibition). inspire the next generation of STEM Teachers thinkers, the outreach team has forged links In 2012 Physics staff members presented with NASA and the American Consulate. over 56 outreach and public understanding In 2012, Charles Bolden Jnr, former astro- Communicating Physics: Undergraduate talks and in 2013 the number rose to over naut and the Administrator of NASA, pre- students can nominate Communicating 88. These activities are listed at sented at Imperial to over 300 pupils from Physics, as one of their accredited option http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/physics/about/ou around 30 schools across the UK. courses in either their second or third year. treach In 2013 Nagin Cox from NASA’s Jet Students are placed in a London school for Propulsion Laboratory presented at ? day per week over a period of 10 weeks. Engaging Young People Imperial, at an event entitled ‘Women in The course is expanding year-on-year, and Space’, to an audience of 220, predominant- the number of participating schools has Engaging Young People ly female, students. Places for these events reached 20 (in 2013/2014). Insights Work Experience Programme: In were booked out within days of being adver- BSc Physics with Science Education: With 2012, the department set up its flagship tised. the aim of helping to provide quality, special- Insights work experience scheme designed ist physics teachers who can inspire the next for year 12 students in schools with little pre- The Open Air Laboratory project: The generation, in 2012 the department vious connection to the College. This offers London Grid for Learning Trust (LGFL) is a launched the three year BSc Physics with an opportunity for able students who attend consortium of the 33 London local authori- Science Education degree, the first of its schools with little or no previous history of ties and 2,500 schools working together to kind in England and Wales. Students must applying to Imperial; with the aim of widen- provide extensive and cost effective ICT have completed Communicating Physics in ing access to such schools. Students on the services. Using expertise from SPAT and their second year, and then spend their third year carrying out a mixture of teaching prac- tices and core physics. Students graduate with a physics degree that is fully accredited by the Institute of Physics and with Qualified Teacher Status. Teachers Workshops: In 2011 we set up a fully-funded Teachers’ Workshop aimed at helping non-specialist science teachers, who are required to teach physics but may not have a degree in the subject. This event is designed to help improve the teachers’ understanding of the subject, boosts their confidence and gives them resources to take back into the classroom, including material on current physics research. All this is aimed at making physics a more engaging subject for teacher and student alike. Over 50 (mainly state schools) teachers attended in 2012 and 2013, potentially impacting on thousands of schoolchildren. INSPIRE: Simon Foster is the physics tutor for the College’s teacher training programme called INSPIRE. This is a scheme run in conjunction with Canterbury Christy church (http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/inspire) 18 OUTREACH - Interaction with Schools giving hands on practical advice on how to teach the various modules of the physics syllabus/curriculum.

Public Debates and Lectures ASTR has an established popular series of public debates, the first series in 2012 entitled “The Big Questions” followed by “The Sensual Universe” in 2013.

ASTR has run small sci-fi workshops for writers yearly since 2010 – Science for Fiction. Approximately 30 people have attended each year.

HEPP participates in the annual National Particle Physics Master Class.

QOLS PG students present an annual Quantum Show (running since 2009) with talks and demonstrations on recent developments in quantum physics for a diverse public audience numbering around 350. Based on the success of the shows the students have produced a series of workshops for Earth... with lasers!" at the Science Museum teachers and have repeated the show at a Late event. variety of schools within the London area, along with a number of music festivals. The Professor Alan Heavens from Imperial students have also undertaken a women in College London gave the John Braithwaite science lecture series at four or five London Memorial Lecture at Clydesdale schools in the 2012-13 period. Astronomical Society on June 10th 2013.

Some highlights from the list of lectures to Dr David Clements from the Physics the public in 2012-13 include Department at Imperial College London pre- Professor Terry Rudolph from Imperial sented at Nine Worlds GeekFest. College London, gave a public lecture at the Institute of Physics entitled ‘Are Quantum Dr Simon Foster gave the 2013 Imperial states the real thing. College Children’s Christmas lecturer in the Great Hall on the 17th December to around Dr Alconcel, from Imperial College London, 600-700 young people ages from 3-18! has recently presented ‘Robots in Space’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k08LHd preceding a screening of ‘WALL-E’ at cine- zv38U mas in London. Martin Archer and Dr Simon Foster wrote Dr Leah-Nani Alconcel from Imperial College and appeared in a BBC documentary ‘How London, presented at the Wrexham Science to put a Human on Mars’, along with helping Festival. to put together the website http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environ- Dr Simon Foster, Outreach officer for the ment-23349496 . This was rated by the BBC Physics department at Imperial College as one of the ‘science highlights of 2013’ London, undertook a series of space based http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environ- talks and activities with 'Guerilla science' at ment-24169859 the Shambala music festival (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pjm- Artist In Residence B0gBBQ) The department supports (aided by funding from the Leverhulme Trust and EPSRC Dr David Clements from Imperial College Pathways to Impact) Geraldine Cox, our London presented at the World Science Artist in Residence, whose activities are Fiction Convention in Chicago. centred around the research conducted in the department. She recently worked with Dr Daniel Mortlock from Imperial College the outreach team to run interactive demon- London presented to Crayford Manor strations to over 600 members of the public, Astronomical Society in London following the annual Schrödinger lecture. Another activity showcased the Schrödinger Chris Carr from Imperial College London equations on billboards in Fulham and presented to members of the Stratford upon Ladbroke grove (www.madecurious.com). Avon Astronomical Society

Dr Simon Foster from Imperial College London presented at the Science live centre in Harlow.

Dr Arthur Turrell from Imperial College London presented "Building a star on

19 OUTREACH - Interaction with Schools Postgraduate Studies http://www.imperial.ac.uk/physics/admissions/pg

Guy’s PhD work has generated significant Director of Postgraduate Studies: Case Studies international interest in the fields of magnet- Professor L.Cohen ized liner inertial fusion and laboratory plas- Research The Department of Physics at Imperial ma astrophysics through talks at many international conferences and the publication of College is one of the largest Physics Patrick Owen 3 papers in leading Plasma Physics jour- – High Energy Physics departments in the UK. The Department’s nals. In recognition of his work, he was Supervisor: research covers a comprehensive range recently invited to speak at the IOP Plasma Prof Ulrik Egede of topics in theoretical and experimental Physics Conference. His thesis was award- fields and has a flourishing postgraduate ed the 2014 IOP Culham Thesis Prize and Patrick’s Ph.D focused the Springer Thesis Prize. research and taught MSc community. on analysing proton- Guy commenced a postdoc position at proton collision data Imperial at the end of 2012 We offer seven Master’s level taught produced at the world’s postgraduate courses, as well as the largest particle accelerator, the Large William Okell extended Masters in Physics which is a Hadron Collider (LHC). Specifically, he stud- – Quantum Optics & Laser ied rare decays of the particle known as the two year full time course. Three of our Science ‘beauty meson’. These decays have the masters courses associated with Supervisors: potential to shed light on the most important EPSRC Centres for Doctoral Training Prof John Tisch physics questions, such ‘what is dark mat- (CDTs), the areas of which are & Prof Jon Marangos ter?’, which makes up 20% of universe and Controlled Quantum Dynamics, Plastic ‘why did matter triumph over anti-matter in Electronics and Theory and Simulation William’s PhD research the Big Bang?’. -18 of Materials. The CDT courses can lead was in attosecond (1 as=10 s) nanoplasmonics. When light interacts with nanoscale directly to PhD studies. As part of his Ph.D, Patrick spent two years objects, it can excite collective oscillations of at the accelerator near Geneva in order to the conduction band electrons. These “plas- collaborate with experts and develop an PhD research fields extend from astrono- monic” excitations underpin a number of analysis designed to pick out the interesting my, space and plasma physics to high existing, and emerging, technologies such collisions from the huge amount of data that energy, theoretical and atomic physics, as bio-sensing, metamaterials and ultrafast the LHC produces. Beauty mesons are only and condensed matter theory. Solid optical data processing. The electron dynam- produced in one in every 200 proton-proton ics mediating plasmons are, however, not state physics, plastic electronics, laser collisions on average, and the rare decays fully understood. This is because they involve physics, applied optics and photonics, Patrick analysed occur less than once in a interactions on timescales of a few hundred and quantum information are all areas million. The phrase ‘looking for a needle in a attoseconds, which is around the fundamental where there are close collaborations haystack’ does not do it justice! correlation time of electrons. William devel- with industry, as well as providing oped an apparatus for attosecond-resolved Patrick’s was the lead author for four high- opportunities to study fundamental measurements of plasmon dynamics, and impact publications, which included a sur- underlying principles. used the setup to fully characterise light prising difference in the decay rate between There are many examples of interna- fields at metal surfaces with attosecond pre- the neutral and charged versions of these tional and industrial collaboration involv- cision. He recently presented this work at inter- rare beauty decays. Patrick was invited to national conferences in Paris and Berlin. ing our research groups and we are publicly present his work in Florida, Italy and During his PhD, William published more also very strongly involved in interdisci- at the LHC laboratory, CERN. plinary research centres around the than ten papers in scientific journals, and also completed an internship on the subject College. We are directly linked to the In April 2014 he started as a postdoc at of ultrafast plasmonic technology at KAIST Thomas Young Centre (TYC), the Imperial. in South Korea. William was awarded an Shock Institute, the Centre for Plastic EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship to continue Guy Burdiak Electronics (CPE), the Institute of his attosecond nanoplasmonics work as a – Plasma Physics Chemical Biology, the Centre for post-doctoral researcher at Imperial College. Supervisor: Plasmonics and Metamaterials and the Prof Sergey Lebedev Grantham Institute for Climate change – Christiana Pantelidou – Theoretical Physics all of which are centres of interdiscipli- Guy’s PhD research Supervisor: nary research within the Imperial focused on the develop- Prof Jerome Gauntlett College campus. Many groups are ment of an entirely new involved in research using large scale experimental platform for Christiana’s thesis generating and studying converging radia- facilities. The Department has extensive focussed on studying tive shock waves. Multiple, sequential, cylin- internal facilities and a tremendous strongly coupled con- drically convergent strong shocks were driven range of research topics available to densed matter systems within the frame- by applying a fast rising Mega-Ampere level postgraduate research students. work of the gauge-gravity correspondence. current pulse to thin-walled metal cylinders Arising within string theory, this remarkable (‘liners’) filled with gas. duality provides a precise description of He used the shock waves as a diagnostic such systems in terms of weakly interacting tool to study the interaction of high-energy- gravitational systems in one higher space- density material with radiation and magnetic time dimension, typically involving black fields, and also the response of liners to holes, and enables an exploration of their large pulsed currents. He also observed that universal properties. Motivated by high-tem- the magnetically driven shocks have inter- perature superconductors and other exotic esting properties, being strong enough to materials, she studied phase transitions generate an upstream radiative precursor involving superconducting and/or spatially and downstream radiative cooling instabilities. 20 Postgraduate Studies modulated phases, with special attention the proton-to-electron mass ratio. The MRes in Controlled Quantum Dynamics devoted to the thermodynamic competition results of his PhD thesis were published in – Isabel Rabey between different phases as well as the five papers in international journals. My project was broadly identification of the zero temperature ground Furthermore, the importance of his work has based on improving the states. She has published four papers in been recognized by the Rao Prize of the sensitivity of the elec- leading international journals and in International Symposium of Molecular tron’s electric dipole September 2014 she will start a post-doctor- Spectroscopy, the Physics Department moment measurement. al position at the Physics Department of the Industry prize and multiple awards for the This fundamental proper- University of Barcelona, one of the leading uni- best poster presentation at large international ty of the electron is versities in her field. conferences. He also won an EPSRC extremely useful for bounding theoretical Doctoral Prize Fellowship and is currently a extensions of the standard model, such as Tom Swinburne research associate in the quantum optics super symmetry, but is incredibly difficult to – Theory & Simulation and laser science group. measure. Specifically, this project involved of Materials CDT developing a new, more efficient molecular Supervisor: MASTERS pumping scheme using microwave fields to Prof Adrian Sutton improve upon the current sensitivity. The MSc in Theory and Simulation of Materials project involved modelling and characteris- Tom’s research in the – Andrea Greco ing the electric field from both a microwave Centre for Doctoral Andrea Greco’s project horn and microwave waveguide, including Training on Theory and Simulation of involved carrying out how population transfer within the molecules Materials has focused on models to describe first-principles quantum- behave in each field. linear defects, called dislocations, in crystalline mechanical calculations materials. Crystals deform irreversibly of the structure and through the motion of dislocations. The ease properties of barium MSc in Quantum Fields and Fundamental with which the dislocations move determines titanate (BaTiO3) - a proto- Forces the softness/hardness of the material and type of the perovskite – Lisa Glaser whether it is ductile or brittle. Tom models oxides, a class of materials characterised by Lisa Glaser came to the the dislocation as a linear chain of nodes, a wealth of interesting and intriguing proper- Quantum Fields and connected by harmonic springs and interact- ties from both the theoretical and technological Fundamental Forces ing with a sinusoidal potential resembling a perspectives, e.g., colossal magnetoresis- MSc as an ERASMUS corrugated roof to represent the interaction tance, multiferroicity (the coupling of electri- student while in effect with the crystal in which the dislocation is cal polarisation and magnetism), supercon- still an undergraduate. embedded. Each mass is also subjected to ductivity and the emergence of a high mobil- While at Imperial, she a random force to represent buffeting by ity 2D electron gas at certain interfaces. took, however, a full thermal excitations. He has shown how this Missing oxygen atoms (vacancies) are gamut of our MSc courses and did work that model captures the full range of experimental- believed to have an important role in com- led to a paper co-authored together with ly observed dislocation motion. He has also plex perovskite oxides, as the distortions Professor Fay Dowker, “Causal set explored the temperature dependence of the they induce in the electronic and crystal d'Alembertians for various dimensions” friction suffered by the dislocation as it structures may be significant for the proper- (Class.Quant.Grav. 30 (2013) 195016). This moves through the lattice, overturning 60 ties of real materials and impact their trans- work proposed a discrete Lorentz invariant years of previous theoretical research. lation into technological applications. operator on scalar fields that approximates Moreover while they are difficult to study the Minkowski spacetime scalar To investigate the drift velocity of kinks on a experimentally, they are amenable to simu- d'Alembertian. The resulting estimator for dislocation under an applied force, or their lation and Andrea successfully calculated their scalar curvature gave rise to a proposal for a diffusivity in the absence of an applied force, formation energies and the structural distor- causal set action as the origin of discretised Tom extended the methods of multi-scale tions they induce. This p roject was funded by spactime. Subsequently, Lisa has gone on analysis first used by Hilbert to investigate the EPSRC and Argonne National Laboratory to do a PhD at the Neils Bohr Institute in hydrodynamic limits of microscopic collision in the US as part of a four year programme Copenhagen, working with Professor Jan equations, to produce mathematical bounds leading to the PhD in the CDT in TSM. Ambjorn. on these transport quantities for the chain model. MSc in Shock Physics MSc in Physics – Theresa Davey – Adinda de Wit Tom’s papers have attracted a great deal of Theresa Davey com- Adinda de Wit obtained interest internationally, and in early 2014 he pleted an MSci in her BSc. in Physics and gave an invited talk at the TMS meeting in Physics with Theoretical Mathematics from San Diego. When he finishes his PhD later Physics at Imperial Utrecht University, the this year he will take up a Culham Fusion College London before Netherlands, before Research Fellowship. beginning the MSc in starting the MSc in Shock Physics. Her Physics. She chose an Stefan Truppe project involved using MSc project in High – Quantum Optics and a shock tube in the Royal British Legion's Energy Physics, working with the CMS Laser Science Centre for Blast Injury Studies to examine experiment (one of the large experiments at Supervisors: the interaction between shock waves and the LHC at CERN). During this project she Prof Ed Hinds granular beds. The attenuation of the shock investigated the use of Fourier transforms & Dr Mike Tarbutt wave and the percolation of gas within the as part of the CMS trigger system, a system Stefan’s thesis focused granular bed was examined, and the changes that is used to select relevant particle colli- on probing new physics to various features of the shock wave were sions for analysis. On completion of the with cold molecules. He developed a new correlated with the properties of the granular MSc, Adinda stayed with the High Energy spectroscopic method to measure certain bed. Empirical relations were drawn and Physics group to undertake PhD research, transition frequencies in the CH molecule examined beyond previously published still with the CMS experiment but now work- with unprecedented accuracy. This allowed ranges. Theresa is now undertaking a PhD ing on a topic in Higgs physics. using the CH molecule as a new means to in the Department of Materials, investigating search for variations in fundamental con- the behaviour of ceramics under extreme stants such as the fine structure constant or conditions.

21 Postgraduate Studies PhDs awarded 2012 - 13

Astrophysics W. Elder “Semi-empirical modelling of SiGe High Energy Physics hetero-structures” W. Ball “Observations and Modelling of Supervisor: Prof J Zhang A. Alekou “Ionisation Cooling Lattices for Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance” the Neutrino Factory” M. Faist “Spectroscopy of the charge transfer Supervisor: Dr Y Unruh Supervisor: Dr J Pasternak state and device studies of polymer: M. March “Advanced Statistical Methods fullerene photovoltaic blends” G. Ball “Cross section studies of the Z and for Astrophysical Probes of Cosmology” Supervisors: Prof J Nelson & Prof J De neutral supersymmetric Higgs bosons Supervisors: Prof A Jaffe & Dr R Trotta Mello decaying to tau leptons at CMS” Supervisor: Dr DJ Colling H. Patel “The Nature and Evolution of Far- R. Fernandez Garcia “Simulation and IR Luminous Galaxies” characterization of optical nanoantennas for C. Blanks “V production ratios at LHCb Supervisor: Dr D Clements field enhancement and waveguide coupling” and the alignment of its RICH detectors” Supervisor: Prof S Maier Supervisor: Prof U Egede Condensed Matter Theory S. Foster “On the influence of physical and A. Currie “Direct searches for WIMP dark chemical structure on charge transport in matter with ZEPLIN-III” P.W. Avraam “Linear-Scaling First-Principles disordered organic semiconducting materials Supervisor: Dr HdOP Araujo Calculations of Entire Semiconductor and devices” Nanorods” M. Cutajar “Search for supersymmetric Supervisor: Prof J Nelson Supervisor: Prof P Haynes neutral Higgs bosons decaying to ¿ pairs in J. Frost “Computational Modelling and the e+¿-jet final state with calibration using E. Barkhudarov “Renormalization Group Design of Conjugated Molecular Electronic Z¿¿¿ events at CMS” Analysis of Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium Materials” Supervisor: Dr DJ Colling Charged Systems” Supervisor: Prof J Nelson Supervisor: Prof D Vvdensky J. Dobson “Neutrino Induced Charged D. James “Developing Structural Probes Current ¿+ Production at the T2K Near P. Expert “An Odyssey with complexity and for Designed Molecular Architectures” Detector” network science: From the brain to social Supervisor: Dr J-S Kim Supervisors: Dr Y Uchida & Dr C systems” Andreopoulos Supervisors: Prof K Christensen & Prof H L. Hirst “A spectroscopic study of strain- Jensen balanced InGaAs/GaAsP quantum well M.J. Easton “RFQ Design for Pamela structures as absorber materials for hot Injector” J. S. Gill “Morphology and vascular transport carrier solar cells” Supervisor: Dr J Pozimski in the human placenta” Supervisor: Dr N Ekins-Daukes Supervisor: Prof D Vvedensky A.E. Guneratne Bryer “A Search for J. McGurk “Analysing Gain for Organic Supersymmetry with Same-Sign Tau and Y. Luo “Transformation optics applied to Laser Applications” Lepton Final States at the CMS plasmonics” Supervisors: Dr P Stavrinou & Prof DDC Experiment” Supervisor: Prof Sir J Pendry Bradley Supervisor: Prof O Buchmueller A. Pusch “Self-induced transparency soli- R. Stanley “A structural and spectroscopic P. Guzowski “Reconstruction of neutrino tons in nanophotonic waveguides” investigation of polyfluorene copolymers in induced neutral current neutral pion events Supervisor: Prof O Hess solution and the solid-state” with the T2K ND280 Tracker and ECAL” S. Wuestner “Gain and Plasmon Dynamics Supervisor: Dr A Campbell Supervisor: Dr M Wascko in Active Nanoplasmonic Metamaterials” M. Taylor “Resolving spin physics in self- Z. P. Hatherell “Searching for SUSY in Supervisor: Prof O Hess assembled InAs/GaAs quantum dots” events with Jets and Missing Transverse Supervisor: Prof R Murray Energy using \alpha_{T} with the CMS Controlled Quantum Dynamics CDT Detector at the LHC” I. Usman “Investigating Inhomogeneous Supervisor: Prof J Nash S. Jevtic “Large Consequences of FM at SC/FM Interfaces Using Point- Quantum Coherence in small systems” Contact Andreev Spectroscopy” S. Ives “Study of the kaon contribution to Supervisor: Prof T Rudolph Supervisor: Prof L Cohen the T2K neutrino beam using neutrino interactions in the Near Detector” M. Pusey “Is quantum steering spooky?” R. Ward “Modelling of Silicon-Germanium Supervisor: Dr Y Uchida Supervisor: Prof T Rudolph Alloy Heterostructures using Double Group Formulation of k.p Theory” M. Jarvis “Measurement of the electron M.P. Woods “Orthogonal Polynomials and Supervisors: Dr P Stavrinou & Prof J Zhang charge asymmetry in inclusive W produc- Open Quantum Systems” tion in pp collisions at ¿s = 7 TeV in the Supervisors: Prof M Plenio & Prof M Kim H. Yoon “Highly localised surface plasmon CMS experiment” polaritons in active metallo-organic multilay- Supervisor: Prof T Virdee Experimental Solid State Physics er structures” Supervisors: Dr P Stavrinou & Prof S Maier P. Masliah “Study of muon neutrino disap- N. Chan “Solar Electricity from concentrator & Prof DDC Bradley pearance in the T2K experiment” photovoltaic systems” Supervisor: Dr M Wascko Grantham Institute Supervisors: Dr N Ekins-Daukes & Dr H E. Mitchell “Development of a miniaturised Brindley & Dr B Chaudhuri particle radiation monitor for Earth orbit” E.L. Thompson “Modelling North Atlantic F. Colleaux “Novel Solution-Processable Supervisor: Dr HdOP Araujo Storms in a Changing Climate” Dielectrics for Organic and Graphene Supervisors: Prof W Distaso & Prof B R.J. Nandi “A Search for Supersymmetry in Transistors” Hoskins Events with Photons and Jets from Proton- Supervisors: Prof DDC Bradley & Prof T Proton Collisions at \sqrt{s} = 7 TeV with Anthopoulos the CMS Detector” Supervisors: Dr J Hays & Dr C Seez

22 C. Parkinson “The angular analysis of the R.J. Squibb “Probing molecular structure B0 to K*0¿+¿- decay at LHCb” Optics - Quantum Optics and Laser and dynamics with coherent extreme ultra- Supervisors: Dr U Egede & Dr M Patel Science - MPHIL violet and X-ray pulses” Supervisor: Prof L Frasinski S Rogerson “A search for supersymmetry S. Begley “ Toward implementing condition- using the ¿T variable with the CMS detec- S. Truppe “New physics with cold mole- al quantum logic on-chip using the Kerr tor and the impact of experimental search- cules: precise microwave spectroscopy of nonlinearity” es for supersymmetry on supersymmetric CH and the development of a microwave Supervisor: Prof E Hinds parameter space” trap” Supervisors: Dr D Collin & Prof O Buchmueller Supervisor: Dr MR Tarbutt Optics - Quantum Optics and Laser P.N. Schaack “Measurement of the decay Science Plasma Physics BS¿¿¿¿ at LHCb” Supervisor: Prof A Golutvin M. Ahmadi “Resource theory of asymmetry J. Bissell “Magnetised Transport and and some of its applications” Instability in Laser Produced Plasmas” M. Scott “Measuring Charged Current Supervisor: Prof T Rudolph Neutrino Interactions in the Electromagnetic Supervisor: Dr RJ Kingham Calorimeters of the ND280 Detector” N. Bulleid “Slow, cold beams of polar mol- C. R. D Brown “Spectroscopic Studies on Supervisor: Dr Y Uchida ecules for precision measurements” Warm and Hot Dense Matter” Supervisors: Dr MR Tarbutt & Dr B Sauer A. Shires “Exploring b to s electroweak Supervisor: Prof S Rose penguin decays at LHCb” J. Cerrillo Moreno “Laser Cooling of G.C. Burdiak “An investigation of cylindri- Supervisor: Prof U Egede Quantum Systems” cal liner z-pinches as drivers for converging Supervisor: Prof M Plenio S. Short “Study of neutrino-induced neutral strong shock experiments” current neutral pion production in the T2K S. Donnellan “Towards Sideband Cooling Supervisor: Prof S Lebedev near detector” of a Single 40Ca+ Ion in a Penning Trap” N. Dover “Exploring novel regimes for ion Supervisors: Dr M Wascko & Prof J Nash Supervisors: Prof RC Thompson & Prof D acceleration driven by intense laser radiation” Segal A. Sparrow “Measurement of the Supervisors: Dr S Mangles & Prof Z Polarisation of the W Boson and H. W. Doyle “Creating and Probing Warm Najmudin Application to Supersymmetry Searches at Dense Matter and High Energy Density E. Khoory “Experimental Study of Plasma the Large Hadron Collider” Blast Waves” Implosion Dynamics in a Two-Stage Wire Supervisors: Dr A Tapper & Prof T Virdee Supervisor: Prof R Smith Array Z-Pinch Configuration” P. Stejskal “Radiation Effects in Optical D. Herrera-Marti “Implementation of Fault- Supervisor: Prof S Lebedev Link Components for Future Particle Tolerant Quantum Devices” H.T. Kim “Physics and Computational Physics Detectors” Supervisors: Dr S Barrett & Prof T Rudolph Simulations of Plasma Burn-through for Supervisor: Prof G Hall I. R. Hill “Development of an Apparatus for Tokamak Start-up” N. Wardle “Observation of a new particle in a Strontium Optical Lattice Frequency Supervisors: Prof W Fundamensky & Prof the search for the Standard Model Higgs Standard” S Rose boson at the CMS detector” Supervisors: Dr E Curtis & Dr BE Sauer R.D. Lloyd “Collisional Particle In Cell Supervisors: Prof G Davies & Dr J Hays C. Hutchison “High-order harmonic gener- Modelling Of The Propagation Of Fast T. Whyntie “Constraining the supersym- ation in laser ablation plumes” Electrons In Solid Density Plasma” metric parameter space with early data Supervisors: Prof L Frazinski & Prof J Supervisors: Prof R Evans & Dr R Kingham from the Compact Muon Solenoid experi- Marangos D. J. Moulton “Numerical Modelling of H- ment” M Kohnen “Detecting Atoms with mode Plasmas on JET” Supervisor: Prof G Hall Integrated Optics and Frequency- Supervisors: Prof W Fundamenski & Prof S Synthesised Light” Rose Optics - Photonics Supervisor: Prof EA Hinds N-P. Niasse “Development of a Pseudo A. Favaro “Recent Advances in Classical G. Lepert “Integrated optics for coupled- Non-LTE model for Z-pinch simulations” Electromagnetic Theory” cavity quantum electrodynamics” Supervisor: Prof JP Chittenden Supervisors: Prof M McCall Supervisor: Prof EA Hinds C. Palmer “Approaching the radiation pres- E. Kelleher “Advancements in mode- S. Mavadia “Motional Sideband Spectra sure regime of proton acceleration with locked fibre lasers and fibre supercontinua” and Coulomb Crystals in a Penning Trap” high intensity lasers” Supervisor: Prof JR Taylor Supervisors: Prof RC Thompson & Prof D Supervisors: Prof R Evans & Prof Z Segal Najmudin I. E. Kepiro “High-resolution retinal imaging with a compact adaptive optics ophthalmo- S.I. Olsson Robbie “High Energy Density L. Pickworth “Experimental investigation of scope” Physics In Cluster Media” supersonic plasma jets colliding with thin Supervisor: Dr C Paterson Supervisor: Prof R Smith metallic foils” Supervisors: Dr S Bland & Prof S Lebedev P. Ramirez Hernandez “Extended Depth of M. Oppermann “Resolving Strong Field Field” Dynamics in Cation States of CO2 via A. Rehman “Optical Probing of high-inten- Supervisor: Prof P Török Optimised Molecular Alignment” sity laser propagation through plasmas” Supervisor: Prof J Marangos Supervisors: Dr B Dangor & Prof Z A. Thompson “Developing endoscopic Najmudin instrumentation and techniques for in vivo M. Siano “Measuring Ultrafast Chemical fluorescence lifetime imaging and spec- Dynamics with New Light Sources” G. Swadling “An experimental investigation troscopy” Supervisors: Prof J Tisch & Prof J of the azimuthal structures formed during Supervisors: Prof M Neil & Dr C Dunsby & Marangos the ablation phase of wire array z-pinches” Prof PW French & Dr D Elson Supervisors: Prof SV Lebedev I. Smallman “A New Measurement of the G. Thomas “High power modelocking Electron Electric Dipole Moment Using C. Willis “Dust in Stationary and Flowing using a nonlinear mirror” Ytterbium Fluoride” Plasmas” Supervisor: Prof M Damzen Supervisors: Dr B Sauer & Dr J Hudson Supervisor: Dr M Coppins

23 J.W. Skidmore “Experimental study of pulsed power driven radiative shockwaves Theoretical Physics in noble gases” Supervisors: & Prof S Lebedev & Dr S Bland D. Benincasa “The Action of a Causal Set” Supervisor: Prof F Dowker A. E. Turrell “Processes driving non- Maxwellian distributions in high energy C. Clark “Data Analysis And Modelling For density plasmas” Observations Of Polarisation Of The Supervisors: Dr M Sherlock & Prof S Rose Microwave Sky” Supervisor: Dr C Contaldi S. Vickers “Particle in Cell and Hybrid Simulations of the Z Double-Post-Hole C. Coimbra “Generalised Geometries for Convolute Cathode Plasma Evolution and Type II and M Theory” Dynamics” Supervisor: Prof D Waldram Supervisors: Prof J Chittenden B. Hoare “The S-matrix of the Pohlmeyer- B. Williams “Theory and modelling of fast reduced AdS5 x S5 superstring” electron transport in laser-plasma interactions” Supervisor: Prof A TSeytlin Supervisor: Dr R Kingham Y. Iwashita “Quantum aspects of Pohlmeyer-reduced AdS5xS5 superstring” Plasma - Institute of Shock Physics Supervisor: Prof A TSeytlin

W. Neal “The Role of Particle Size in the J. J. Noller “Disformal Gravity” Shock Compaction of Brittle Granular Supervisor: Prof J Magueijo Materials” S. Orani “Cosmological Perturbations from Supervisor: Dr B Proud Hilltop Potentials” Supervisor: Dr A Rajantie Space and Atmospheric Physics T. Pugh “Chiral Supergravities” C. Ansell “Evaluating mineral dust aerosol Supervisor: Prof K Stelle retrieval and its direct radiative effect with a W. Rubens “On The Black Hole / Qubit view towards improving forecasts in the UK Correspondence” Met Office NWP model” Supervisor: Prof MJ Duff Supervisors: Prof R Toumi & Dr H Brindley R-K Seong “Brane Tilings and Quiver R. Beeby “Validation of the far-infrared for- Gauge Theories” eign-broadened water vapour continuum Supervisor: Prof A Hanany from airborne field campaign measurements” Supervisor: Dr J Pickering C. Strickland-Constable “Generalised Geometry of Supergravity” K.P. Chan “Analysis of Outgoing Longwave Supervisor: Prof DJ Waldram Radiation (OLR) in different timescales over Africa and Atlantic Ocean” D. Thomas “A Change is as Good as a Supervisor: Prof J Harries Test: Observational Tests of Extensions to the Concordance Cosmological Model” J. Cheung “A Study of Stratosphere- Supervisor: Dr C Contaldi Troposphere Coupling with an Aquaplanet Model” G. Torri “Counting gauge invariant opera- Supervisors: Dr A Czaja & Prof JD Haigh tors in supersymmetric theories using Hilbert series” C. Dancel “An analysis of the hydrological Supervisor: Prof A Hanany cycle and poleward heat transports simulat- ed by two climate models” Supervisor: Dr AC Czaja Theoretical Physics MPHil J. Farley Nicholls “Modelling of the M Szmigiel “MASSLESS PREHEATING Caspian Sea” WITH FULL EINSTEIN GRAVITY” Supervisor: Prof R Toumi Supervisor: Dr A Rajantie A. Flint “Model Sensitivities and Stratosphere - Troposphere Interactions” Supervisor: Prof JD Haigh E-M. Giannakopoulou “Land - Boundary Layer - Sea Interactions in the Middle East” Supervisor: Prof R Toumi U. Hausmann “The signature of mesoscale eddies on sea surface temperature and its associated heat transport” Supervisor: Dr A Czaja N. Sparks “Measurement and analysis of local urban CO2 emissions” Supervisor: Prof R Toumi R. White “New Bias Correction Methods for Simulating Precipitation and Runoff in the Weather Research and Forecasting Model” Supervisor: Prof R Toumi

24 Prizes and Awards

Prof Sir John Pendry - Awarded the E- Dr Adam Dobbs - Awarded a FoNS Admin MRS Quinquennial Anniversary Award - 2013 Award for Support of Excellence in Ms Mery Fajardo - Awarded a FoNS Teaching - 2013 Prof Sir John Pendry - Awarded the Julius Award for Support of Excellence in Springer Prize for Applied Physics - 2013 Dr Ulrik Egede - Received a Senior Teaching - 2013 Experimental Fellowship - IPPP - 2013 Prof Adrian Sutton - Rectors Medal - 2012 Mr Andrew Gilbert - PGR Symposium Astrophysics Prof Adrian Sutton - Awarded a Rector's Runner up winner – Talk - 2013 Award for Outstanding Innovation in Prof Andrew Jaffe - Awarded a Teaching - 2013 Ms Zoe Hatherell - FONS Award for Leverhulme Research Fellowship - 2013 Support of Excellence in Teaching - 2012 Dr Sebastian Wuestner - Awarded the Dr Kaisey Mandel - 1st place winner - QEP Group Thesis Prize from IoP - 2013 Dr Daniel Hollington - Awarded Best Savage Award - 2012 Thesis Prize from Astropartical Physics Ms Marisa March - PhD Thesis selected CQD Group of the IOP - 2012 by Springer for Publication - 2012 Mr Matthew Kenzie - PGR Symposium Ms Aisah Kaushik - PGR Symposium Ms Charlotte Strege - Won Santander Runner up winner – Talk - 2013 winner - Talk -2013 Mobility Award - 2012 Prof Lyndon Rees Evans - Awarded The Ms Charlotte Strege - Selected by Experimental Solid State Glazebrook Medal and Prize - IoP - 2013 Science Board of the Centre for CCAPP for Mr Peter Sinclair - PGR Symposium winner the Dr. Pliny A. and Margaret H. Pice Prize Prof Donal Bradley CBE FRS - Awarded - Talk - 2013 in Cosmology and Astro-Partical Physics - the Founders Prize of Polymer Physics 2012 Group - 2013 Dr Yoshi Uchida - Awarded Le Prix La Recherche prize from French Science Ms Charlotte Strege - Awarded the Prof Donal Bradley CBE FRS - Elected Magazine La Recherche for their part in the Stefano Franscini Centre Prize for the best Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and ground-breaking research in neutrino talk by a young researcher under the age Technology (FIET), formerly the Institution physics on the T2K International of 33 at the conference DarkAttach - 2012 of Electrical Engineers - 2013 Collaboration - 2013 Dr Roberto Trotta - Awarded a STFC Dr Avi Braun - Awarded a Imperial Junior Prof Tejinder Virdee - Awarded FRS Public Engagement Fellowship - 2013 Research Fellowship - 2013 (Fellow of the Royal Society) - 2012 Prof Stephen Warren - Awarded a Prof Lesley Cohen - Awarded the Julia Prof Tejinder Virdee - Awarded the Leverhulme Research Fellowship - 2013 Higgins Medal - 2013 Fundamental Physics Prize - 2012 Ms Giuliana Di Martino - PGR Prof Jim Virdee - European Physical Condensed Matter Theory Symposium winner - Talk - 2013 Society (EPS) High Energy Physics Prize - Prof Kim Christensen - Rectors award Mr Simon Hunter - Won the Highly 2013 and FONS Award for Excellence in Commended Public Engagement Prize at Prof David Wark - Awarded Le Prix La Teaching - 2012 the Graduate School Summer Research Recherche prize from French Science Symposium - 2013 Mr Joseph Fallon - PGR Symposium win- Magazine La Recherche for their part in the ner - Talk - 2013 Mr David Thomas James - Won the Solid ground-breaking research in neutrino State Physics Thesis Prize - 2012 physics on the T2K International Dr Hannes Guhl - Awarded a FoNS Collaboration - 2013 Award for Support of Excellence in Dr Stephane Kena-Cohen - FONS Award Teaching - 2013 for Support of Excellence in Teaching - Dr Morgan Wascko - Awarded Le Prix La 2012 Recherche prize from French Science Mr Yu Luo - Awarded a Chinese Magazine La Recherche for their part in the Government Award for Outstanding Self- Mr Yen-Hung Lin - PGR Symposium winner groundbreaking research in neutrino Financed Chinese students studying - Talk - 2013 physics on the T2K International abroad - 2012 Prof Jenny Nelson - Armourers and Collaboration - 2013 Mr Yu Luo - Won the Blackett Laboratory - Brasiers' Company Prize - Royal Society - Industry Club Thesis Prize - 2012 2012 MSc Students Mr Pichaya Pattanasattayavong - Prof Sir John Pendry - Elected as Awarded a FoNS Award for Support of Dr Peter Wass - Awarded the International Member of the American Academy of Arts Excellence in Teaching - 2013 Zeldovich Medal - 2012 & Science - 2012 Mr Alex Perevedentsev - PGR Mr Rory Fenton - Received the Prof Sir John Pendry - Rectors Medal for Symposium winner - Talk - 2013 Outstanding Student Achievement Award - Excellence in Research Supervision - 2012 2013 Dr Katharina Zeissler - Received a Prof Sir John Pendry - Awarded 2013 EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship - 2013 Mr John Lingi - Awarded Daiwa Anglo- James C McGroddy Prize for New Japanese Foundation Scholarship - 2013 Materials -2012 High Energy Physics Prof Sir John Pendry - Awarded the Isaac Photonics Newton Medal of the Institute of Physics - Dr Oliver Buchmueller - Received a 2013 Mr Ben Chapman - Awarded the Worshipful Senior Experimental Fellowship – IPPP - Company of Scientific Instrument Makers' Prof Sir John Pendry - Awarded a 2013 Postgraduate Award - 2013 Rector's Medal for Excellence in Research Dr Michel Della Negra- European Physical Supervision - 2013 Mr Ben Chapman - Awarded a FoNS Society (EPS) High Energy Physics Prize - Award for Support of Excellence in 2013 Teaching - 2013

25 Mr Ben Chapman - PGR Symposium Prof Sir Peter Knight - Received Imperial Prof David Southwood - Elected President Runner up winner - Talk - 2013 College Medal - 2013 of The Royal Astronomical Society - 2012 Ms Lingling Chen - Won 1st Prize in PhD D r William Okell - Received a EPSRC Prof David Southwood - Awarded Degree Student Awards - 2012 Doctoral Prize Fellowship - 2013 of Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Bern Switzerland at their annual Dies Dr Sergio Coda - Awarded the 2012 ASGE Dr Terry Rudolph - Leverhulme Research Academicus (Academic Day) - 2013 Cook Medical Marsha Dreyer Award - 2012 Fellowship - 2012 Dr Sergio Coda - Received a EPSRC Dr Vijay Singh - Received a Royal Society Teaching Doctoral Prize Fellowship - 2012 Newton Fellowship - 2013 Miss Stephanie Smallwood - FONS Mr Lionel Fafchamps - PGR Symposium D r Mike Tarbutt - Awarded FoNS Award Award for Support of Excellence in winner - Talk - 2013 for Excellence in Teaching - 2013 Teaching - 2012 Mr Matt Foreman - PhD Thesis selected Dr Stefan Truppe - Received a EPSRC Dr Vijay Tymms - Awarded FoNS Award by Springer for Publication - 2012 Doctoral Prize Fellowship - 2013 for Excellence in Teaching - 2013 Prof Paul French - Awarded the Joule Medal and Prize - IoP - 2013 Space and Atmospheric Physics Theoretical Physics M r Martin Archer - Won an Outstanding Dr Ed Kelleher - Awarded a Royal Mr Anthony Ashmore - Awarded a Student Paper Award given by the Academy of Engineering Fellowship - 2013 EPSRC Prize Studentship - 2012 American Geophysical Union - 2013 Prof Martin McCall - Awarded FoNS Mr Michel Buck - Awarded a FoNS Award Dr Richard Bantges - Awarded a NASA Award for Excellence in Teaching - 2013 for Support of Excellence in Teaching -2013 Group Achievement Award for work on the Prof Roy Taylor - Rumford Medal - 2012 CLARREO (Climate Absolute Radiance Mr Michel Buck - PGR Symposium winner Mr Alex Thompson - Postgraduate Award and Refractivity Observatory) Project - - Poster - 2013 2013 - Worshipful Company of Scientific Prof Jerome Gauntlett - Awarded a ERC Instrument Makers' - 2012 Dr Helen Brindley - Awarded a NASA Advanced Grant - 2013 Group Achievement Award for work on the Mr Leo Hughes - PGR Symposium winner Plasma Physics CLARREO (Climate Absolute Radiance - Talk - 2013 and Refractivity Observatory) Project - Dr Michael Coppins - Rectors award and 2013 Mr Leo Hughes - Won the Best Poster at FONS Award for Excellence in Teaching - the Graduate School Summer Research Mr Joshua Chadney - PGR Symposium 2012 Symposium - 2013 winner - Talk - 2013 Prof Steve Cowley - Glazebrook Medal - Prof Chris Hull - Awarded FRS (Fellow of Dr Chris Chen - Awarded a Imperial Junior IoP - 2012 the Royal Society) - 2012 Research Fellowship - 2013 Mr Philip de Grouchy - FONS Award for Emeritus Prof Tom Kibble FRS -Royal Dr Arnaud Czaja - Received a Bjerknes Support of Excellence in Teaching - 2012 Medal - 2012 Visiting Fellow Award for a two week visit at Emeritus Prof Malcolm Haines - the University of Bergen, and received a Prof Thomas Kibble -Awarded Honorary Certificate awarded to mark 50 years' asso- fellowship from the Japan Society for the Fellow status - IoP - 2013 ciation with the UK Atomic Energy Authority Promotion of Science (JSPS) for a one- Prof Thomas Kibble -Awarded Dirac - 2012 month visit to Hokkaido University - 2013 Medal by ICTP - 2013 Dr Stuart Mangles - Royal Society URF Prof Michele Dougherty - Awarded FRS Mr James McCormac -Awarded Daiwa Renewed for another 3 years - 2012 (Fellow of the Royal Society) - 2012 Anglo-Japanese Foundation Scholarship - 2013 Mr William Neal - Won Anne Thorne Dr Jonathan Eastwood - Awarded this Thesis Prize - 2012 Biennial Year's Zeldovich Medal - 2012 Mr Johannes Noller - Jointly won the Winton PhD Prize - 2012 Dr Charlotte Palmer - Awarded the 2013 Dr Jonathan Eastwood - Awarded a 3 Culham Thesis Prize - 2013 month study project from the UK Space Mr Rak-Kyeong Seong - Jointly won the Agency - 2012 Winton PhD Prize - 2012 Dr Francisco Suzuki Vidal - Awarded a Royal Society URF - 2013 Dr Jonathan Eastwood - FONS Award for Dr Toby Wiseman - Rectors award and Support of Excellence in Teaching - 2012 FONS Award for Excellence in Teaching -2012 Mr Arthur Turrell - The Rutherford Prize - 2012 Prof Joanna Haigh - Elected President of TSM CDT The Royal Meteorological Society - 2012 Dr Arthur Turrell - Received a EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship - 2013 Prof Joanna Haigh CBE - Awarded CBE - Mr David Beesley - Won EPSRC ICT 2013 Pioneers competition - 2012 Mr Jonathan Wood - Awarded a EPSRC Prize Studentship 2012 - 2012 Prof Joanna Haigh - Awarded FRS - 2013 Mr Anthony Lim - PGR Symposium winner - Talk - 2013 Prof John Harries - Awarded a NASA Quantum Optics and Laser Science Group Achievement Award for work on the Ms Jassel Majevadia - Received the CLARREO (Climate Absolute Radiance and Outstanding Student Achievement Award - Ms Zara Abdelrahman - PGR Refractivity Observatory) Project - 2013 2013 Symposium winner - Talk - 2013 Prof Tim Horbury - Awarded FoNS Award Mr Aeneas Wiener - Received the Prof Ed Hinds - Awarded the Faraday for Excellence in Teaching - 2013 Outstanding Student Achievement Award - Medal and Prize - IoP - 2013 2013 Mr Gabrielle Messori - PGR Symposium Mr Simon Hutchinson - FONS Award for Runner up winner - Talk - 2013 UG Student Support of Excellence in Teaching - 2012 Prof Steve Schwartz - Rectors Award - Dr David Jennings - Awarded a Royal 2012 Miss Francesca Boughey - Awarded the Society URF - 2013 RCSA Prize - 2013

26 PGT Physics Project list 2012-13

MSc in Physics Dilshad Shawki probed by a spin Andrea Agazzi Mid-latitude storms and climate change Supervisor: Myungshik Kim The spectrum and the Chern numbers for Supervisor: Apostolos Voulgarakis Hofstadter models Jianeng Xu Supervisor: Dimitri Vvedensky Gediminas Sumskis Metal nanowire electrode for OLED 3-D Laser Scanning and Material Supervisor: Ajay Peumal Yann Bouffanais Processing Constraints on dark energy using Bayesian Supervisor: Mike Damzen Mengyang Yang statistics for supernovae data Zoom lens design by Zemax Supervisor: Alan Heavens Alejandro Torrado Pacheco Supervisor: Peter Török Analysis of overlapping cortical sub-net- Jonathan Bryant works J in Yao 3-D laser scanning and material processing Supervisor: Tim Evans Zoom lens design for structured illumination Supervisor: Mike Damzen microscopy Mahesh Vidhyadharan Supervisor: Peter Török Clinton Cahall Analysis of neutrino interaction data Spectrometer design and characterization Supervisor: Morgan Wascko Wen Ying of Distributed Bragg Reflector for micro- Printed organic field effect transistor and cavity single photon source Wilhelm von Rosenberg circuits Supervisor: Jaesuk Hwang Investigation of scale-free brain dynamics Supervisor: Alasdair Campbell under different behaviour conditions Adinda Maite de Wit Supervisor: Carsten Mehring Hamish Donald Young Fourier transforms as possible tools in the Plenoptic cameras CMS Trigger Hugo Weissbart Supervisor: Mark Neil Supervisor: Alexander Tapper Complex networks: new tool for studying the brain Alexander Hild Supervisor: Tim Evans Comparison of model dependent and independent analyses in neutrino cross section Michelle Whitehead calculations Constraining the growth of structure using Supervisor: Morgan Wascko 21cm intensity mapping Supervisor: Jonathan Pritchard Konstantin Holzner Active stabilisation for attosecond pump MSc in Optics and Photonics probe spectroscopy Supervisor: Jon Marangos Maxence Borot Bragg sensors and the monitoring of a needle John Lingi Supervisor: Kenny Weir Simulations of non-equilibrium dynamics in 3D artificial spin ice Bárbara Buades Sabater Supervisor: Will Branford Determining changes in localized surface plasmon resonances due to sputter Maximilian Lock Cleaning Generalized maximum entropy principles in Supervisor:John Tisch thermodynamics Supervisor: David Jennings Fung Choi Dynamic light shaping for optogenetic neu- Kyriacos Mavrommatis roscience applications The Chan-Hillard Equation Supervisor: Mark Neil Supervisor: Dimitri Vvedensky Jonathan Dumazert Matthias Mergenthaler Spatio-temporal metrology of high-power Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics: femtosecond laser beams. Towards co-operativity measurements and Supervisor: Rupert Oulton superscans of a microcavity. Supervisor: Ed Hinds Paloma Matía Hernando Generation and characterisation of James Morris stable few-cycle laser pulses in the mid-IR Organic Solar Cells: Optimising solution Supervisor: Jon Marangos processable devices and characterisation of interfacial layers Rudrakant Sollapur Supervisor: Thomas Anthopoulos 1.16µm Raman Soliton fiber amplifier Supervisor: Roy Taylor Samuel Quiret The Herschel SPIRE FTS line deblending Marieke Anne van der Putten Supervisor: Dave Clements Optical projection tomography Supervisor: Paul French Federico Leo Redi Measurement of the production asymmetry Chuanqi Wan of neutral D0 mesons at the LHC Matter wave interferometry of a levitated Supervisor: Ulrike Egede thermal Nano-Oscillator induced and 27 Grants Awarded 2012-13

Engineering & Physical Science Astrophysics Condensed Matter Theory Research Council (EPSRC). Prof P. D. Haynes. MASER. Science and Technology Facilities Office of Naval Research Global. £15,974 Council (STFC). Prof W. M. C. Foulkes. Fe-base superalloys. Sub project of MMRE_P42394 – total budget Dr D. L. Clements. Herschel Mission £18,857 of £1,200,284. Support. £204,438 Engineering & Physical Science Imperial College Trust. Science and Technology Facilities Research Council (EPSRC). Prof P. D. Haynes. ONETEP software Council (STFC). Prof P. D. Haynes. ONETEP SOFTWARE development1. Dr D. L. Clements. STFC Studentship SUBPRO. £10,000 Patel. £19,530 £234,843 Subproject of PHHE_P41368 – total budget Sub project of MMRE_P39345, total budget Engineering & Physical Science of £168,000 of £1,112,764. Research Council (EPSRC). Prof P. D. Haynes. EPSRC Institutional Science and Technology Facilities Engineering & Physical Science Sponsorship - CDT - FoNS. Council (STFC). Research Council (EPSRC). £25,000 Prof A. F. Heavens. Transfer A Heavens Prof P. D. Haynes. EPSRC Institutional Sub project of RSRO_P42131 – total budget Edinburgh. £17,103 Sponsorship - EEES CAMB-IMPERIAL2. £41,103 of £2,093,168. Imperial College Trust. Sub project of RSRO_P42131, total budget Baker Hughes Limited. Prof A. F. Heavens. CosmoClassic. of £2,093,168. Dr A. A. Mostofi. PhD: Mohammed £16,200 Defence Science and Technology Khawaja 2. Science and Technology Facilities Laboratory (DSTL). £10,000 Council (STFC). Prof O. Hess. Active Optical Metamaterials. Sub project of MMRE_P47764 – total Prof A. H. Jaffe. Consolidated Grant £152,720 budge amount £60,800 2012-2014. £195,444 Baker Hughes Limited. Science and Technology Facilities Engineering & Physical Science Dr A. A. Mostofi. PhD: Nicola Molinari 2. Council (STFC). Research Council (EPSRC). £33,050 Prof A. H. Jaffe. LPAC Support. Prof O. Hess. EPSRC Doctoral Prize for Sub project of MMRE_P47766 – total £362,437 Sebastian Wuestner. budget of £78,100. £48,578 Commission of the European Communities. Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Dr J. R. Pritchard. 21Alpha. Argonne National Laboratory. Prof Sir J. B. Pendry. Imaging of living £76,923 Dr A. A. Mostofi. Single Complex cells -Year2. £114,272 Schweizerisches Forschungsinstitut Interfaces. Sub project of PHCM_P42927 – total budget Fuer Hochgebirg. £10,818 £237,417. Dr Y. C. Unruh. SOLID. Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. £102,189 Prof Sir J. B. Pendry. Imaging of living cells. Imperial College Impact Acceleration Account. Science and Technology Facilities £123,145 Prof A. P. Sutton. IAA PtI Sutton. Council (STFC). £31,494 Dr D. L. Clements. Herschel Post Royal Commission for the Exhibition of Sub project of RSRO_P43480 – total budget Operations. 1851. of £5,859,782. £149,070 Prof Sir J. B. Pendry. Quantum Friction. £100,500 The Leverhulme Trust. Science and Technology Facilities Prof A. P. Sutton. Artist in Residency - MG. Council (STFC). BP International Limited. £15,000 Dr D. L. Clements. PATT Travel. Prof A. P. Sutton. BP ICAM. £28,341 £142,692 Sub project of CERSE_P45002 – total Experimental Solid State Physics The Leverhulme Trust. budget of £2,553,970 Commission of the European Prof A. H. Jaffe. Research Fellowship: Engineering & Physical Science Communities. The Shape of the Universe. Prof T. D. Anthopoulos. AMPRO. £44,982 Research Council (EPSRC). Prof D. Vvedensky. EPSRC Institutional £1,152,152 Imperial College Impact Acceleration Support - Supporting Diversity. Commission of the European Account. £24,305 Communities. Dr R. Trotta. IAA PtI. Sub project of RSRO_P42131 – total budget Prof T. D. Anthopoulos. POCAONTAS. £14,280 of £2,093,168 £218,772 Sub project of RSRO_P43480 – total budget of £5,859,782. Engineering & Physical Science Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC). Research Council (EPSRC). Science and Technology Facilities Prof M. W. Finnis. Ultra High Temp Prof T. D. Anthopoulos. Liquid hybrid Council (STFC). Material1 dielectrics. Dr R. Trotta. STFC Public Engagement £85,462 £361,179 Fellowship. Sub project of MMRE_P40080 – total budget £85,172 of £2,248,327. Solvay Sa. Prof T. D. Anthopoulos. High performance The Leverhulme Trust. Engineering & Physical Science organic. Prof S. J. Warren. Research Council (EPSRC). £40,000 Research Fellowship: Exploring the epoch Prof W. M. C. Foulkes. Quantum Monte Sub project of CHEDG_P43471 – total of cosmological reionisation. Carlo made easy. budget of £273,108. £44,876 £212,518

28 Unilever UK Central Resources Ltd. Engineering & Physical Science Engineering & Physical Science Prof D. D. C. Bradley. Plastic Electronics. Research Council (EPSRC). Research Council (EPSRC). £452,765 Dr P. N. Stavrinou. EPSRC Institutional Prof J. Nelson. Mechanisms in solar cells. Total project budget is £509,904 shared Sponsorship - IRC. £375,529 with Chemistry & Materials. £20,000 Imperial College Impact Acceleration Sub project of RSRO_P42131, total budget Engineering & Physical Science Account. of £2,093,168. Research Council (EPSRC). Prof J. Nelson. I AA PtI Nelson. Prof D. D. C. Bradley. KTS for Miguel Engineering & Physical Science £56,111 Ramon. Research Council (EPSRC). Sub project of RSRO_P43480 – total budget £30,554 Dr P. N. Stavrinou. EPSRC Institutional of £5,859,782. Sub project of PHQL_P31439 – total budget Sponsorship - CDT - FoNS . Engineering & Physical Science of £1,964,928. £25,500 Research Council (EPSRC). Sub project of RSRO_P42131, total budget Engineering & Physical Science Prof J. Nelson. Subproject on P42678. of £2,093,168. Research Council (EPSRC). £164,482 Prof D. D. C. Bradley. EPSRC Institutional Engineering & Physical Science Sub project of CHEDG_P42678 – total Support - Supporting Diversity. Research Council (EPSRC). budget of £324,076. £20,000 Prof J. Zhang. EPSRC Institutional Engineering & Physical Science Sponsorship - Si-based group IV semicon- The Leverhulme Trust. Research Council (EPSRC). ductor. Dr W. R. Branford. Imaging low tempera- Prof C. C. Phillips. Quantum Ratchet £35,605 ture phases. Concept. Sub project of RSRO_P42131, total budget £223,471 £1,314,145 of £2,093,168. Engineering & Physical Science Imperial College Impact Acceleration Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC). Account. Research Council (EPSRC). Prof L. Cohen. Solid Oxide Fuel Cells. Prof C. C. Phillips. IAA PtI. Prof D. D. C. Bradley. CLIMAE. £267,725 £133,272 £559,469 Sub project of MMRE_P31320 – total budget Sub project of RSRO_P43480 – total budget of £815,211. The Leverhulme Trust. of £5,859,782 Dr W. R. Branford. Engineering & Physical Science Commission of the European Imaging low temperature phases. Research Council (EPSRC). Communities. £223,471 Prof L. Cohen. High-resolution sensors. Dr K. G. Sandeman. DRREAM. £493,257 Engineering & Physical Science £2,746,032 Research Council (EPSRC). Engineering & Physical Science Stichting Dutch Polymer Institute. Prof L. Cohen. Integrated Graphene 2. Research Council (EPSRC). Dr P. N. Stavrinou. UV visible regime. £347,932 Prof L. Cohen. EPSRC Institutional £136,500 Sub project of MMRE_P43412 – total budget Sponsorship - Equipment Sharing. of £1,370,064. Engineering & Physical Science £20,627 Research Council (EPSRC). Sub project of RSRO_P42131, total budget Commission of the European Miss K. Zeissler. Doctoral Prize of £2,093,168. Communities. Fellowship K Zeisser. Dr N. J. Ekins-Daukes. PHOTOQWELL. Engineering & Physical Science £49,724 £154,132 Research Council (EPSRC). Dr J. Kim. EPSRC Institutional Engineering & Physical Science High Energy Physics Sponsorship. IRC. Research Council (EPSRC). Science and Technology Facilities £20,000 Prof M. W. Finnis. Support for the UKCP. Council (STFC). Sub project of RSRO_P42131, total budget £7,017 Dr H. Araujo. LUX350/LUX-ZEPLIN R&D. of £2,093,168. Sub project of MMRE_P42511 – total budget £39,300 of £25,264. European Office of Aerospace Research Science and Technology Facilities & Development. Engineering & Physical Sciences Council (STFC). Prof S. A. Maier. Quantum Plasmonics - Research Council (EPSRC). Dr D. J. Colling. GridPP networking EOARD. Prof M. W. Finnis. HeEmS Programme Infrastructure DRI. £109,786 Grant 2. £380,748 £34,316 Daphne Jackson Trust. Sub project of MMRE_P48442 – total budg- Science and Technology Facilities Prof J. Nelson. The Daphne Jackson et of £342,265. Council (STFC). Fellowship. Prof K. R. Long. Muon Ionization Cooling £45,298 Engineering & Physical Science Experiment. Research Council (EPSRC). Engineering & Physical Science £1,007,371 Dr JS. Kim. Microstructure of Organic. Research Council (EPSRC). £528,981 Science and Technology Facilities Prof J. Nelson. EPSRC Institutional Council (STFC). Sponsorship - Photovoltaic technologies. Imperial College Trust. Prof J. Nash. Study elementary particles. £19,538 Prof S. A. Maier. Ne-FIB Nanofabrication £7,377,633 Sub project of RSRO_P42131, total budget sub 2. of £2,093,168. £6,667 Science and Technology Facilities Sub project of CHIS_P47776 – total budget Council (STFC). Imperial College Trust. of £20,000 Prof J. Nash. Additional Funding for the Dr K. G. Sandeman. Magnetocalorics for power. consolidated grant. £20,000 Engineering & Physical Science £43,150 Research Council (EPSRC). The Leverhulme Trust. Prof R. Murray. Long wavelength photon Science and Technology Facilities Dr P. N. Stavrinou. Visiting Professorship sources. Council (STFC). for Prof Carlos Silva. £556,702 Dr J. K. Pozimski. FETS Continuation. £25,720 £726,166 29 Science and Technology Facilities AWE PLC. Council (STFC) Plasma Dr W. G. Proud. Anisotropy across strain Prof T. J. Sumner. Additional Support for AWE Plc. rates. LISA. Dr S. N. Bland. Dense Plasma Focus £144,383 £211,176 Project. Thales Missile Electronics Ltd. Science and Technology Facilities £97,154 Dr W. G. Proud. Characterisation of Council (STFC). AWE PLC. epoxy. Dr Y. Uchida. STFC Studentship Dr S. N. Bland. PhD Studentship WIN- £42,752 enchancement - Subproject James TERS, J. The Royal British Legion. Dobson. £144,383 Dr W. G. Proud. CBIS - Shock – Proud. £18,818 £234,738 Sub project of PHHE_P41368 – Total budget AWE Plc. Sub project of BMPF_P39794 – total budget of £168,000. Dr S. N. Bland. Neutron Detectors. £18,120 of £4,903,830. Science and Technology Facilities The Royal British Legion. Council (STFC). U.S Department of Energy. Dr W. G. Proud. CBIS – Cambridge. Dr H. Araujo. UK involvement Dark Dr S. N. Bland. Pulsed Power High £311,807 Matter. Energy. Sub project of BMPF_P39794 – total budget £179,034 £73,098 of £4,903,830. Science and Technology Facilities AWE Plc. AWE Plc. Council (STFC). Prof J. P. Chittenden. Active detection Prof S. J. Rose. ORION opacity experi- Dr D. J. Colling. GridPP4 Tranche-II using DPFs. ments. £350,000 Imperial. £82,525 £681,224 U.S Department of Energy. Imperial College Trust. Prof R. A. Smith. HUXLEY 147 TARGET Science and Technology Facilities Prof J. P. Chittenden. Hot spots in Z- CHAMBER. Council (STFC). pinches £19,617 Dr D. J. Colling. GridPP4 Tranche - 2. £19,147 £182,500 Engineering & Physical Science Sandia National Laboratories. Prof J. P. Chittenden. Z-pinches at SNL. Science and Technology Facilities Research Council (EPSRC). £17,090 Council (STFC). Dr M. Coppins. KTS for Minas Bacharis. Prof G. Hall. Upgrades of CMS experiment. £23,125 Engineering & Physical Science £4,426,269 Sub project of PHQL_P31439 – Total budget Research Council (EPSRC). £1,964,928 Prof J. P. Chittenden. Inertial Confinement Science and Technology Facilities Fusion2. Council (STFC). The Royal Society. £838,016 Dr J. Pasternak. PASI. Dr G. Hall. 2012 R1 – Hall. £141,864 £14,405 AWE Plc. Prof J. P. Chittenden. CIFS renewal. Science and Technology Facilities Engineering & Physical Science £499,254 Council (STFC). Research Council (EPSRC). Dr J. K. Sedgbeer. SuperNEMO Dr G. Hall. EPSRC - Small Equipment. Internal Scheme. Demonstration. £7,928 Dr M. Coppins. IAA KTS Bacharis. £180,732 Sub project of RSRO_P44661 – total budget £49,369 of £431,837. Sub project of RSRO_P43480 – total budget Science and Technology Facilities of £5,859,782. Council (STFC). University of Rochester. Prof T. J. Sumner. LISA Pathfinder Post Prof S. V. Lebedev. Resolving the Issue. AWE Plc. Launch. £137,536 Dr D. Eakins. AWE- Kick start funding 4. £190,167 Sub project of PHPL_P30584 – total budget £20,000 of £852,584. Sub project of MMRE_P47498 – Total The Royal Society. budget of £80,000 Dr S. P. D. Mangles. URF Renewal SM. Engineering & Physical Science £281,021 Research Council (EPSRC). Engineering & Physical Science Dr D. Eakins. Silicon doped boron carbide 2. Research Council (EPSRC). £234,395 Dr S. P. D. Mangles. EPSRC Small Sub project of MMRE_P43498 – total budget Equipment- Mangles. of £661,578 £7,928 University of Rochester. Sub project of RSRO_P44661 – total budget Prof S. V. Lebedev. Resolving the Issue of £431,867. Year 5 & 6. Science and Technology Facilities £256,070 Council (STFC). Sub project of PHPL_P30584 – total Prof Z. Najmudin. The John Adams amount of £852,584 Institute. The Royal Society. £1,058,238 Prof S. V. Lebedev. URF for Francisco Science and Technology Facilities Suzuki Vidal. Council (STFC). £467,441 Prof Z. Najmudin. Plasma wakefield Engineering & Physical Science acceleration. Research Council (EPSRC). £115,705 Prof Z. Najmudin. Laser ion acceleration. £798,127

30 AWE PLC. £49,242 of £5,859,782. Dr W. G. Proud. Pressed Powder EoS. Sub project of PHES_P39649 – total budget Engineering & Physical Science £29,601 of £535,803. Research Council (EPSRC). Imperial College Trust. Engineering & Physical Science Prof J. R. Taylor. Wavelength tuntable Dr W. G. Proud. Phase 2 of the ISP. Research Council (EPSRC). Infra-red. £20,000 Prof M. W. McCall. GTM. £111,539 £339,631 QinetiQ Limited. Dr W. G. Proud. E xpert Advice on Shock Engineering & Physical Science Physics. Research Council (EPSRC). £19,710 Dr J. A. McGinty. EPSRC Small Quantum Optics and Laser Science Equipment. Engineering & Physical Science £7,939 Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC). Sub project of RSRO_P44661 – total budget Research Council (EPSRC). Dr W. G. Proud. Heterogeneous of £431,837. Mr J. F. Goodwin. EPSRC Small Mechanics (Phys). Equipment- Goodwin. £503,999 Engineering & Physical Science £7,680 Sub project of MMRE_P42778 – total budg- Research Council (EPSRC). Sub project of RSRO_P44661 – total budget et of £4,979,741 Prof J. R. Taylor. IRC – Taylor. of £431,837. £9,500 AWE PLC. Sub project of RSRO_P42131 – total budget Engineering & Physical Science Prof S. Rose. Governing the Enhancement of £2,093,168. Research Council (EPSRC). of AWEs Hydrodynamic Science Capabilit. Prof E. A. Hinds. eEDM3. £2,282,488 Imperial College Trust. £913,894 Sub project of PHPL_P43651 – total budget Prof P. Torok. Live imaging bacteria in of £2,918,597 food. Science and Technology Facilities £9,000 Council (STFC). Imperial College Impact Acceleration Sub project of LCCM_P46596 – total budget Prof E. A. Hinds. Study of Elementary Account. of £18,000. Particals. Prof R. A. Smith. IAA KTS Patankar. £66,922 £46,386 Engineering & Physical Science Sub project of PHHE_P44088 – total budget Sub project of RSRO_P43480 – total budget Research Council (EPSRC). of £7,444,555. of £5,859,782. Prof M. J. Damzen. DPF - Gabrielle Thomas. Engineering & Physical Science AWE Plc. £48,007 Research Council (EPSRC). Prof R. A. Smith. AWE- Kick start funding 3. Dr D. Kara. KTS Dhiren Kara. £20,000 The Royal Society. £33,023 Sub project of MMRE_P47498 – total budget Prof M. J. Damzen. Paul Instrument Fund. Sub project of PHQL_P31439 – total budget of £80,000 £72,868 of £1,964,928. Engineering & Physical Science Imperial College Impact Acceleration Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC). Account. Research Council (EPSRC). Prof R. A. Smith. Inertial Fusion Energy Prof M. J. Damzen. IAA PtI. Prof M. Kim. Quantum Control at Network. £55,310 Nanoscale. £321,702 Sub project of RSRO_P43480 – total budget £179,662 of £5,859,782. Engineering & Physical Science Qatar Foundation. Research Council (EPSRC). Engineering & Physical Science Prof M. Kim. Quantum state engineering. Mr A. E. Turrell. Doctoral Prize Fellowship Research Council (EPSRC). £70,555 Dr Turrell. Prof C. W. Dunsby. Novel multiphoton £45,558 microscopy. Engineering & Physical Science £769,272 Research Council (EPSRC). Prof M. Kim. CDT - FoNS Kim. Wellcome Trust. Photonics £25,000 Prof P. M. W. French. Fellowship for Sub project of RSRO_P42131 – total budget European Space Agency / Estec. Robert Mahen. of £2,093,168. Prof M. J. Damzen. Alexandrite laser £250,000 development. European Commission. Medical Research Council (MRC). £275,093 Prof J. P. Marangos. ASTEX. Prof P. M. W. French. Subproject for £1,803,377 Engineering & Physical Science P43051. Research Council (EPSRC). £1,122,050 Engineering & Physical Science Prof P. M. M. W. French. High Throughput Sub project of WCMA_P43051 – total Research Council (EPSRC). FLIM FRET. budget of £1,973,292 Dr R. A. Nyman. B-E Condensation of £54,000 Photons. Medical Research Council (MRC). Sub project of RSRO_P42131 – total budget £617,936 Prof P. M. W. French. MICA:3-D Imaging. of £2,093,168. £592,795 Engineering & Physical Science European Foundation for the Study of Research Council (EPSRC). Medical Research Council (MRC). Diabetes. Dr R. A. Nyman. EPSRC Small Dr J. A. McGinty. CRACK IT Challenge 8; Prof P. M. M. W. French. Comparative Equipment – Nyman. ProBE IT. study of L cells. £5,520 £18,768 £23,118 Sub project of RSRO_P44661 – total budget Sub project of WMDI_P41949 – total budget Imperial College Impact Acceleration of £431,837. of £83,738. Account. Engineering & Physical Science Prof J. R. Taylor. IAA PtI Taylor. Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC). £49,551 Research Council (EPSRC). Prof T. G. Rudolph. ECF – Brandao. Sub project of RSRO_P43480 – total budget Dr E. Kelleher. Doctoral Prize. £975,170

31 The Leverhulme Trust. Space and Atmospheric Physics Prof T. G. Rudolph. LRF 2011. Science and Technology Facilities £44,948 European Space Agency / Estec. Council (STFC). Mr C. M. Carr. ESTEC/ITT AO/1- Prof S. J. Schwartz. Astronomy Engineering & Physical Science 6847/11/NL/AT - Service Oriented Consolidated Grant - Astro/SPAT 2013- Research Council (EPSRC). Spacecraft Magnetometer Set. 2016. Prof T. G. Rudolph. Painting Physics. £37,038 £4,079,334 £24,658 Sub project of RSRO_P42131 – total budget Lockheed Martin Corporation. Imperial College Trust. of £2,093,168. Mr C. M. Carr. EPCs. Prof S. J. Schwartz. FSF - P41144. £32,596 £20,000 Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC). Science and Technology Facilities Kaust. Dr A. Zair. EPSRC Small Equipment – Council (STFC). Pr of R. Toumi. Dust aerosol over the Zair. Mr. C. M. Carr. Rosetta support 12-16. Arabia. £7,989 £469,961 £387,161 Sub project of RSRO_P44661 – total budget Natural Environment Research Council of £431,837. (NERC). Theoretical Physics Commission of the European Dr. A. Czaja. Mesoscale air sea interactions. Communities. £281,224 John Templeton Foundation. Prof E. A. Hinds. EDM - ERC. Science and Technology Facilities Prof H. Dowker. Causality & Reality in Q M. £1,853,561 Council (STFC). £133,053 Imperial College Impact Acceleration Prof M. K. Dougherty. Cassini. Engineering & Physical Science Account. £540,874 Research Council (EPSRC). Prof E. A. Hinds. IAA PtI Hinds. Science and Technology Facilities Prof J. J. Halliwell. Quantum Theory – £65,125 Council (STFC). Classicality. Sub project of RSRO_P43480 – total budget Dr J. Eastwood. CENTINEL. £221,603 of £5,859,782. £8,576 Engineering & Physical Science Ministry Of Defence. UK Space Agency. Research Council (EPSRC). Prof E. A. Hinds. ATOM CHIP TECH- Dr J. Eastwood. Developing Magetometer. Prof A. Hanany. IRC – Hanany. NOLOGY. £200,000 £91,830 £10,000 European Space Agency / Estec. Sub project of RSRO_P42131 – total budget Engineering & Physical Science Prof T. S. Horbury. Spacecraft of £2,093,168. Research Council (EPSRC). Magnetometer Set. Prof M. Kim. Building large quantum £75,994 Science and Technology Facilities states. Council (STFC). Science and Technology Facilities £630,024 Prof K. S. Stelle. STFC Studentship Pugh. Council (STFC). £19,530 Commission of the European Prof T. S. Horbury. Solar Orbiter extended Sub project of PHHE_P41368 – total budget Communities. support. of £168,000. Prof M. Kim. FQT. £2,888,158 £2,726,208 Science and Technology Facilities Commission of the European Engineering & Physical Science Council (STFC). Communities. Research Council (EPSRC). Mr C. M. Carr. Cluster FGM (2013). Prof A. Tseytlin. GAUGE-STRING. Prof T. G. Rudolph. ECF - Brandao. £154,360 £1,291,988 £975,170 Science and Technology Facilities Engineering & Physical Science The Royal Society. Council (STFC). Research Council (EPSRC). Prof T. G. Rudolph. URF - David Prof M. K. Dougherty. Cassini (2013). Prof C. M. Hull. Programme Grant: String Jennings. £261,437 £467,512 Theory. Engineering & Physical Science Science and Technology Facilities £1,582,439 Research Council (EPSRC). Council (STFC). Dr M. R. Tarbutt. Stefan Truppe - Doctoral Prof M. K. Dougherty. JUICE: Prize Fellowship. Development Phase 13-15. £44,444 £458,632 Imperial College Impact Acceleration Science and Technology Facilities Account. Council (STFC). Prof R. C. Thompson. IAA KTS Prof T. S. Horbury. Harness provision. Donnellan 2013-14. £53,741 £72,798 Natural Environment Research Council Sub project of RSRO_P43480 – total budget (NERC). of £5,859,782. Dr J. C. Pickering. CIRCCREX. £561,663 Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). Prof S. J. Schwartz. Cluster CSC (2013). £102,238

32 Technical Development, Intellectual Property and Commercial Interactions, the Blackett Laboratory Industry Club Research in the Physics Department at Imperial College is a mix of fundamental and end-user-inspired interdisciplinary science. This profile promotes the primary role of physics in advancing elemental knowledge and also highlights its crucial role in stimulating economic growth, and in tackling key global issues. We engage with over 60 external companies through collaborative research, consultancy, knowledge transfer and patenting/licencing of our intellectual property. We also contribute to economic growth through setting up commercially successful spinout companies. We collaborate with the commercial sector at all levels and of course PhD students within the Department benefit from direct industrial sponsorship and EPSRC CASE awards. The Department set up an industry club in 2010 in order to interact on a more regular basis with companies who are interest- ed to recruit our students and postdocs and engage with the department on collaborative research projects. The technology developments and commercial activities within our research groups include the following:

Astrophysics The Group enjoys close working relation- protecting intellectual property and Both the Herschel and Planck teams con- ships with Accelrys, Astron, Antenova, exploiting it through spinout companies tinue the development of data reduction Argonne National Laboratory, Baker such as QuantaSol and Molecular and analysis software for these two mis- Hughes, BP, BAE, Element Six, Vision. Materials Design, Placental Analytics, sions. For Planck our work is aimed at High Energy Physics the determination of beam shapes and Pilkington, Rolls-Royce, the UK Atomic focal plane geometry from actual survey Energy Authority, the UK Defence The dark matter experimental part of data using either scans across individ- Science and Technology Laboratory, the High Energy Physics group is dedi- ual bright sources or through combina- the US Air Force Office of Scientific cated to the development of advanced tion of data on large numbers of fainter Research. We hold several patents. particle detectors for 1- 100 keV energies and associated technology (high preci- sources. This work is crucial to the sci- Experimental Solid State Physics ence goals of the Planck mission. For sion ultra-high vacuum technology in Herschel we are coordinating the devel- The experimental Solid State Physics copper, partper-billion level gas purifica- opment of data reduction and analysis Group develops technologies across a tion, charge/light readout technologies, software for the whole of the SPIRE broad range of areas that have impact cryogenics). A joint development pro- instrument and have special responsi- on the displays and lighting sector, the gramme has being undertaken with UK- bility for mapmaking codes through a information and communication tech- based ET Enterprises Ltd (formerly contract from the European Space nologies sector, the solar energy sector, Electron Tubes Ltd) to develop a photo- Agency which will be used for both the and the health care and security sec- multiplier tube with ultra-low radioactive SPIRE and PACS instruments. tors. Our innovations derive largely from background. This work is in its final expertise in molecular electronic materi- stages and promises to deliver the Condensed Matter Theory als and devices, inorganic semiconduc- world’s most radio-pure phototube, The group has a wide-ranging computa- tors and devices, nanomagnetism and which will find world-wide application in tional and theoretical research portfolio transition metal oxides and devices. large experiments for neutrino detec- with a strategic focus on materials for Programmes span materials design, syn- tion, dark matter searches, and neutrino- structural, electronic and photonic appli- thesis and processing, device fabrica- less double-beta decay. The under- cations, providing theoretical and com- tion and optimization and applications ground laboratory at Boulby represents putational expertise. Many projects assessment. Well-developed skills in a symbiotic relationship between indus- have direct relevance to the next gener- optical and electrical materials and try (CPL mine) and university research. ation of technologies. Our work on device characterization and modelling The gravitational-wave project drives metamaterials has shown how to create underpin this activity. Much of the work charge control systems and associated perfect lenses that beat the diffraction in the group proceeds through collabo- technology (UV light sources, particle limit, how to harvest light efficiently, and rative research programmes frequently guns, satellite instrumentation). For this how to make objects invisible. Our work involving industrial partners. Leading work the group collaborates with EADS on functional and structural materials international companies that have sup- (Astrium UK, Astrium Germany), Carlo includes studies of radiation damage in ported our work include BP Solar, Gavazzi Space (Italy), ETL, the fusion and fission reactors, surfaces and Merck, DuPont Teijin Films, Sumitomo European Space Agency, SciSys and grain boundaries in perovskites for func- Chemical Co., Philips Research Labs., SEA. tional applications, the high-temperature Solvay, Unilever, CDT, Toshiba, BASF, Photonics corrosion of Ni- and Fe-base structural LG, Solenne B.V., Toyota, and Oxford alloys, thermoelectrics for power gener- Instruments. The group also benefits In the Photonics group, most of our proj- ation, capacitors for energy storage, from collaborations with the NPL at ects are interdisciplinary and we work and plasticity under shock loading. Teddington. closely with industry. Direct support for research into high throughput and multi- The group also has a strong record of dimensional fluorescence imaging, par-

33 ticularly fluorescence lifetime imaging understanding of which is important in Laser Consortium (FLIM) has come from Perkin Elmer Life integrated circuit manufacture and for Our technology is associated with and Analytical Sciences (UK) Ltd and future fusion power plant designs. developing high intensity and ultra short GE Healthcare. ‘In kind’ support has We collaborate with many companies laser pulses. Theoretical descriptions of come from AstraZeneca UK Ltd, and organisations that provide support the effect of these intense fields have GlaxoSmithKline R&D, Kentech for our activities. These include UKAEA led to technology that can be used to Instruments Ltd, Leica Microsystems Culham, the Rutherford Appleton produce microscopic optical structures (UK) Ltd, Olympus Optical Co UK Ltd. Laboratory, AWE Aldermaston plc, by laser induced modification (through We also have a founding interest in Sandia National Laboratory, the multiphoton ionisation) of media. The Aurox Ltd, a spin-out from Oxford Laboratory for Laser Energetics attosecond basic technology pro- University, manufacturing optical (University of Rochester), the Institute gramme promises to open up new fields microscopy equipment. Our fibre laser of Laser Engineering (University of of ultra high time resolution measure- programme addresses wavelength and Osaka), the US Naval Research ment in surface science etc. pulse length versatile, all-fibre configu- Laboratory and the Lawrence Livermore Technology recently developed as part rations primarily deploying MOPFA National Laboratory. We also host the of this project has been spun out and a (Master Oscillator Power Fibre Institute of Shock Physics which has second custom system for hollow fibre Amplifier) technology including develop- substantial links with commercial and pulse compression to generate 10 fs ment of versatile compact seed industrial organisations, include pulses has been delivered to RAL under sources, to generate high average QinetiQ, THALES and BAE as well as contract. A broadband phase shaper for power, spectrally bright single mode its major sponsor, AWE. These involve high intensity laser pulses is also in the sources. The fibre laser work has long- investigations of high-speed impacts process of being patented. Plasmas standing collaboration and support from e.g. on electronic components, high produced by interaction of short pulse the IPG Group of Companies. Direct strain-rate loading of engineering and lasers with sub wavelength clusters and support in the area of high power diode- biological materials and the develop- micronscale objects are a promising pumped solid-state lasers and nonlinear ment of robust predictive capabilities for source for x-ray generation at litho- optics has come from the Electro- systems under extremes of strain and graphically important wave-lengths. Magnetic Remote Sensing (EMRS) pressure. They also produce high energy density Defence Technology Centre, estab- Quantum Optics & Laser Science plasmas of interest for the testing of lished by the UK Ministry of Defence numerical codes. Blast waves in and run by an industrial consortium of The Group applies cutting edge laser extended cluster media can be used to SELEX Sensors and Airborne technology and detailed numerical mod- model astrophysical and other strongly Systems, Thales Defence, Roke eling to a broad range of measurement driven systems and produce high quali- and control problems in basic physics ty data useful in the benchmarking of Manor Research and Filtronic. This research. The Centre for Cold Matter complex radiation hydrocodes. We involves novel adaptive sensors and has an ongoing collaboration with the K. have an active collaboration with AWE laser sources for enhancing signal and J. Lesker company investigating trans- including funding, personnel exchange information retrieval in complex remote parent conductive films for polymers. and equipment loan. sensing scenarios. Pilkington Optronics There are also links with PG Technology (now Thales) have supported CASE (Precision machining company) on Space and Atmospheric Physics awards and ‘in kind’ support has come design of molecular decelerators, and The group has a long history of leading from Shell Research Labs, Spectra- with Shimadzu Research Laboratories magnetometer instruments for space Physics and Spectron Laser Systems. (Europe) on the development of novel research. Our continued collaboration The European Space Agency is spon- THz detectors which has recently with Ultra Electronics Ltd has resulted in soring the development of new high resulted in a joint patent. a new fluxgate design which at 100g is efficiency tunable lasers for next gener- There are ongoing collaborations with half the mass of any sensor we have ation satellite-based remote sensing for the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) previously flow in space. We completed atmospheric and earth science on ion trapping and the development of a collaboration with EADS Astrium, addressing climate change, weather ultra-stable lasers. This includes super- MSSL (UCL) and SciSys Ltd to validate prediction and monitoring the health of vision of students funded by the NPL new data-handling architectures for the Earth’s bio-system. who carry out most of their experimen- future small satellites where processing tal work there, but who are registered as power and resources will need to be A spin-out company, Midaz Lasers Ltd., students at Imperial College. The shared amongst many users. We have formed in 2006 based on breakthrough Quantum Information Theory sub group also completed a first stage of testing laser technology was sold to Coherent in has close links with a number of compa- new, commercially available, solid state 2012. nies including HP. All optical quantum magnetoresistive sensors, with promis- Plasma Physics information protocols have been devel- ing results. oped and work is on-going with the The Group is engaged in work involving UltraFast Group at the Clarendon in As part of an EU Marie Curie Research the development and exploitation of Oxford on the realization of demonstra- Training Network GLADNET we are high-voltage pulsed power and high- tors of these protocols. also studying the characteristics of power lasers. Our work using lasers has Glow Discharges, used as an analytical led to developments in the field of 'com- method in industrial applications for pact' plasma-based particle accelera- example in quality testing of thin coat- tors with many potential applications ings. ranging from advanced light sources to medical imaging and hadron therapy. We also investigate dusty plasmas, an

34 Theoretical Physics Micro-Slab Laser disruptive technological breakthrough in the laser manufacturing sector.” Technology The dominant part of the Group's activities lie in constructing theories of the fun- Midaz Lasers Ltd Midaz laser technology has: damental nature of the universe. However, subsidiary activities of the Midaz Lasers Ltd, is one of the depart- - unparalleled gain (~105), making it the group may lead to novel applications of ment’s commercial success stories of world’s highest gain diode-pumped superconducting devices (through the 2012. Midaz is a Spin-Out laser compa- solid-state laser technology; continuation of work begun under the ny formed by the academic Founders, ESF COSLAB Programme) or have Prof Damzen (Director and Chief - much higher efficiency (reducing costs implications for the modelling of innova- Technology Officer, CTO) and Dr and minimising heating problem); tion and industrial activity (through work Minassian (Chief Scientific Officer, begun under the EU ISCOM Network). CSO) in 2006 as the vehicle for com- - order-of-magnitude higher pulse repe- In a different context students in the mercial exploitation of patented laser tition rates (providing high processing group have developed various data- technology [4]. speed); base algorithms and have formed a company to exploit these ideas, aided - high peak-power capability (outper- latterly by a staff member. forming fibre lasers);

BLACKETT LABORATORY - compact size (for ease of integration); INDUSTRY CLUB and In 2011 the department set up the Industry Club, with the aim to enhance - simplicity of diode pump delivery (for the good working relationships that lower costs). exist between the Imperial College About his experience of inventing a new Physics Department and a number of technology, setting up a company and companies and to develop such rela- then selling it on, Mike Damzen says “It tionships with new partners. The depart- has been an incredible journey taking a ment set about creating two departmen- technology from our research lab into tal wide events per year inviting all The original and pioneering research for the commercial world. I had to develop Industry club members. The PGR this laser technology was undertaken in new skills to address some exciting Research Symposium event which is Professor Damzen’s group at Imperial real-world engineering and business held in June each year, is a show cas- over the period 1999 – 2006, prior to challenges. I get a real buzz from ing event where all second year PhD company formation. Three pioneering knowing that some of my research work students present posters and all third papers [1-3] and a core patent [4] were will be embodied in industrial system year PhD students give talks. Industry key to the technology, alongside a total and making a practical difference in the club members are involved in choosing of a further 30 journal papers and 4 real world. I feel I come away as a better poster prize winners. The second major patents filed by Prof Damzen on various scientist with my new found experi- event of the year is the industry club implementations of this technology, ences”. recruitment event, which is a more tradi- prior to company formation in 2006. tional career fair. Both events are well References attended. Midaz designed and assembled multi- [1] *M.J. Damzen, M. Trew, E. Rosas, G.J. Crofts, ple engineered laser and amplifier prod- “Continuous-wave Nd:YVO4 grazing-incidence laser with 22.5 W output power and 64% conver- In 2013, the industry club members ucts, incorporating this patented tech- sion efficiency”, Opt. Comm. 196, 237 (2000). sponsored a new undergraduate sum- nology. It went on to sell units to mer research exchange programme at Industrial customers in Europe, N. [2] A. Minassian, B. Thompson, M.J. Damzen, America and Asia since 2010, including “Ultrahigh-efficiency TEM00 diode-side-pumped Massachusetts Institute of Technology Nd:YVO4 laser”, App. Phys B. 76, 341 (2003). creating the opportunity for two of our the world’s highest gain solid-state laser Physics undergraduates to enjoy an amplifier. In July 2012, Midaz was suc- [3] A. Minassian, B. Thompson, M.J. Damzen, MIT research experience. cessfully sold to world-leading laser “High-power TEM00 grazing-incidence Nd:YVO4 company, Coherent Lasers Ltd. oscillators in single and multiple bounce configu- rations”, Opt. Comm., 245, 395 (2005). The industry club also sponsors a PhD thesis prize and two of our club members As Mike Damzen says “ the unique fea- [4] *PATENT, “Optical Amplifying Device”, AWE and Winton Capital also sponsor tures of this technology provide exten- Publication number: WO/2004/006395 A1, sive performance improvement com- Application number: PCT/GB2003/002956, their own named post graduate thesis Inventor: M.J. Damzen, Applicant: M.J. Damzen, prize. pared to existing lasers. With suitable Imperial College Innovations Ltd, Publication commercial deployment this leads to a Date: 15 Jan 2005 Industry Club members include: A WE,BP, National Physical Laboratory, Oxford Instruments, IPG Photonics, Qioptiq, RBS, Renishaw, TTP, Winton Capital

35 Appointments to Advisory Groups and Major Roles 2012-13

Staff regularly provided direct advice to gov- Diversity Network (EDAN). 2013 ernment. For example by giving oral evidence Prof Sir Peter Knight – Elected to member- to the Secretary of State at DIUS on the ozone ship of the Leopoldina (German Academy of Prof Adrian Sutton FRS – Become a mem- layer, to the Parliamentary Committee on Sciences), and Elected a Fellow of the ber of the Royal Society’s Public Science and Technology on blue skies Singapore Institute of Physics. Engagement Committee – 1.1.13-31.12.14. research, to the Parliamentary Environmental Audit Committee on communicating scientific Prof Stefan Maier – Appointed to the evalu- Prof Richard Thompson – appointed to the uncertainty and to DECC on solar energy. A ation board of the Central European Institute CERN SPS and PS experiments Committee more detailed list of appointments to advisory of Technology (CEITEC). Dr Morgan Wascko – Appointed to the groups is given below. Prof Steven Rose – Appointed the Chair of ICFA Neutrino Panel (ICFA is the 2012 the IoP Panel that will draft a national code International Committee for Future of conduct on nuclear security in collabora- Accelerators, and is sponsored by IUPAP, Prof Michael Duff – Appointed Institute of tion with the Foreign and Commonwealth the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics Advisor to EPSRC on Mathematical Office. Physics.) Physics. Prof David Southwood – Elected President Dr Marina Galand – Elected as Vice- Prof Joanna Haigh – Appointed to the of the Royal Astronomical Society President of International Scientific commit- Atmospheric Physics Panel of ESA’s tee for the Laboratoire d’Excellence International Space Station Global Climate Prof Paul Dauncey – Appointed as Director (LabEx). Change Programme. of the STFC HEP Summer School Programme for the next three years. Prof Tim Sumner – Appointed as an Dr Sugata Kaviraj – Member of the Hubble External Examiner by University of Leicester Space Telescope Time Allocation Dr Bob Forsyth – invited to serve on for their UG BSC/MSci degree courses. Committee in Cycle 20. STFC’s Solar System Advisory Panel. Prof Tim Sumner - Appointed by the French Prof Adrian Sutton – Chairing a cross-col- Prof Jonathan Marangos – Appointed to space agency, CNES (Centre National lege steering group to implement a pilot the Physical Sciences and Engineering d’Etudes Spatiales) as a member of the study for Imperial Horizons. Advisory Panel of STFC. July 2012 – June Science Working Group for the space mis- 2015. Prof Andrew Jaffe - appointed as a non- sion ‘MICROSCOPE’ which will launch in core member of the STFC Science Board. Prof Tim Sumner – Elected Chair of the 2016 and carry out the world’s most sensi- International Committee on Space Research tive measurement of Einstein’s ‘Equivalence Prof Paul French – appointed to the (COSPAR) Commission H (Fundamental Principle’. BBSRC Enabling New Ways of Working Physics in Space). Strategy Panel. Prof Tejinder Virdee FRS – Joined the Prof Sir John Pendry FRS – Received an Research Council's Individual Merit Dr Marina Galand – appointed as a mem- Honorary Professorship at Nanjing Promotion (IMP) Scheme Panel ber of the Scientific Committee, Laboratoire University, China. d’Excellence (LabEx) ‘Plas@Par’ (Plasmas Prof Joanna Haigh – Appointed to US in Paris). Dr John Hassard – Appointed to Senior National Research Council Committee on Advisor of the Qatar Cardiovascular Solar Irradiance Measurements from Space. Prof Donal Bradley – Appointed Chief Research Centre, led by Sir Magdi yacoub International Academic Advisor to the Prof Chris Hull – Appointed on the EPSRC and appointed Head of Research at the Faculty of Science at Harbin Institute of Panel (to decide on funding for the Newton largest private hospital in Qatar. Technology, China. Institute), on the joint EPSRC/STFC panel Prof Kenneth Long – Appointed to STFC (to discuss theoretical physics and the Mr Paul Brown – Elected as Non-Academic Science Board; Chair Technology Subgroup. boundaries between EPSRC & STFC), and member of Imperial College Court. as a reviewer for the international review of Dr Piero Posocco – Appointed Honorary Prof Michele Dougherty – Elected as the School of Mathematics, Trinity College Fellow at Particle Therapy Cancer Research Fellow of the Royal Society Dublin. Institute (PTCRi) in Oxford. Prof Chris Hull – Elected as Fellow of the Prof Tom Kibble – Elected member of the Prof David Southwood – Appointed to be Royal Society European Academy of Sciences (EURASC). Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Prof Andrey Golutvin – Appointed as London Institute of Space Policy and Law - Prof Adrian Sutton – appointed to the Member of the Frascati Laboratory (INFN) starts 1 October 2012 International Advisory Board of the Max Scientific Committee. Planck Institute for Steel Research in Dr Bill Proud – Appointed and founded the Duesseldorf for six years from 1 January Prof Sir John Pendry – Elected a member newly formed group IOP Sub-Group, Shock 2013. of the American Academy of Arts and Waves and Extreme Conditions. Science. Dr Yoshi Uchida – Elected Chair of the Dr Karl Sandeman – Elected onto the new Collaboration Board for the 12-nation, 27- Prof Jim Virdee – Elected as Fellow of the advisory board of the International Institute institute COMET Collaboration. UK Institute of Physics & Fellow of the Royal of Refrigeration’s Biennial ‘Thermag’ confer- Society Prof Donal Bradley – Appointed as a ences on magnetic cooling at room temper- Trustee and Chair of the Rank Prize Funds, Prof Matthew Foulkes – Appointed as ature Optoelectronics Committee. external examiner for the Undergraduate HEPP has provided the official spokesper- Physics Courses at the University of York. Prof Michele Dougherty – Appointed as sons for the Large Hadron Collider at CERN Chair of the Space Advisory Committee Prof Joanna Haigh – Elected President of and the T2K experiment in Japan. It also (SPAC), UK Space Agency. the Royal Meteorological Society. participates in the annual National Particle Physics Master Class. Prof Kenneth Long – Appointed as Chair to Prof Edward Hinds – re-appointed as Chair the Neutrino Panel for the International of the Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Committee for Future Accelerators. Research Fellowships Panel, and appointed as Chair of the Royal Society’s Equality and Tim Sumner – Appointed as External

36 Member of the Faculty Appointments Panel Prof Arttu Rajantie – Appointed as External at University of Sussex. Examiner for the Physics Undergraduate and MSc Courses at the University of Professor Steve Rose – Appointed to the Sussex Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility Management Dr Henrique Araujo – reappointed to the Advisory Committee. It’s the senior commit- STFC Projects Review Panel (PPRP) tee that oversees the US National Ignition Prof Sir Peter Knight - Appointed to the Facility and reports to the Laboratory new "Steering Group for the Future of the Director. Professor Rose is the only non-US National Physical Laboratory" advising the person on the committee. Science Minister on next steps for the new Professor Elliot Leader – Appointed to the ownership of NPL following our earlier peer US Department of Energy Nuclear Physics review of the "compliant bids" from Comparative Research Review Board. Universities in early October 2013; Chairing the Review Panel for the International Professor John Harries – Wrote a new Council for Science (ICSU, the "parliament" Science strategy for Wales, and developed of international science unions and national a £50M programme for research investment science academies) during 2013-2014 with in Wales under the title "Ser Cymru". effect from October 2013; Joined the Audit Professor Tim Horbury – May 2013: Committee of the Royal Institution as a Member, NASA Science Mission Directorate Trustee for 2013-2014 with effect from mid- Heliophysics Senior Review. This is the October 2013; Appointed as a member of review of all NASA’S currently operating the Royal Society's Research Professorship heliophysics missions, to decide funding pri- selection panel for 2013-2014; Re-appoint- orities for the next 3 years. ed as member of the Winton Programme on Sustainability Advisory Board at Cambridge Dr Amelle Zair – Editor on a EPJD special University, October 2013 for a further 3 issue on X-rays generation. years.; Appointed as an independent mem- Prof Michael Duff – Appointed as REF ber of Council at Sussex University from External Assessor – Kings College London – October 2013 for three years. 21 May 2013 Prof Kenneth Long – Elected to the posi- Prof Sir John Pendry – Elected to the US tion of International Spokesman of the MICE National Academy of Sciences as a Foreign Collaboration. Associate. Prof David Southwood – Re-elected as a Prof Donal Bradley – Appointed Honorary Trustee of the National Space Centre Professor at Nanyang Technological (Leicester) and appointed Honorary University in China. Professor at the University of Lancaster http://en.njut.edu.cn/list.asp?class=21 Prof Sir Peter Knight – Awarded DSc Honoris Causa from Royal Holloway, University of London; appointed Chair of the Review of School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Queensland (Sep 13); appointed Chair of the Review of ICSU (International Council of Science) (Jul 13); reappointed as Independent Member of the Futures Group advising the Minister on the future of the National Physical Laboratory (from Jul13-Mar 14); member of the Audit Committee of the Royal Institution (Jul13- Jul14); member of the Advisory Board for the Winton Programme on Sustainability, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University (Jul13-Jul15); re-appointed to the Governing Body of the Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies School of Theoretical Physics (to end 2014); appointed member of Council of Sussex University (Sep13) Prof Jim Virdee – Selected as Chairperson of Panel on Evaluation of a Proposal by Dutch LHC Groups submitted to FOM, the Dutch Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter. Prof Dimitri Vvedensky – Nominated as an external examiner in Physics at UCL.

Prof Ed Hinds – Visited the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics in Colorado under their ‘Distinguished Visitor’ Programme and received Visiting Professor Status with Open University.

37 Media, TV and Radio Appearances 2012-13

Prof Martin McCall – 5 January 2012 – Ms Aki Matsushima - 17 January 2012 – thermodynamic’. ‘Now you see it, now you don’t: Time cloak BBC1 – Starring in Masterchef http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/48 created’. The Wall Street Journal : 721 http://online.wsj.com/article/APc0a5d11adb Dr Will Branford – 13 January 2012 – 0342ba9f769e90f80ad018.html, Fox News: BBC News – ‘IBM researchers make 12- Prof Lesley Cohen & Prof Jenny Nelson http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/01/04 atom magnetic memory bit’. – 23 February 2012 - BBC Radio 4 – ‘In /now-see-it-now-dont-time-cloak-created/, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology- Our time: Conductors and Semiconductors’. CNN:http://lightyears.blogs.cnn.com/2012/0 16543497 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01c7sml 1/04/hole-in-space-created-by-scientists/, Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sci- Prof John Pendry - 13 January 2012 – Mr Tom Whyntie - 15 February 2012 – encetech/article-2082266/Lets-time-warp- Physics World – ‘Invisibility cloak gives New Scientist – ‘Heart struck by CERN pro- Scientists-create-cloaking-device-hide- sound performance’. ton beams for valentine’s day’. events.html , Washington Post: http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/48 http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/short- http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sci- 287 sharpscience/2012/02/proton-beam-shot- entists-create-a-version-of-harry-potters- through-the-h.html invisibility-cloak-_-but-with-a-wrinkle-in- Prof Edward Hinds - 12 January 2012 – time/2012/01/04/gIQAPxjoaP_story.html New Scientist (P30) – ‘The world of super- Prof Jenny Nelson – 29 May 2012 – The stuff’. http://www.newscientist.com/arti- Guardian – ‘Are solar, wind and marine Prof Fay Dowker – 1 January 2012 – The cle/mg21328476.700-superstuff-when- power too intermittent to be useful?’. Guardian – ‘Stephen Hawking at 70: still quantum-goes-big.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/environ- the brightest star in the scientific universe’. ment/2012/may/29/intermittant-solar-wind- http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jan/ Prof Ivanov, Dr Rajantie & Prof energy?newsfeed=true 01/stephen-hawking-at-70 Vvedensky – announced as ‘Outstanding Referees’ for the American Physical Prof Ortwin Hess – 25 May 2012 – BBC Dr Sugata Kaviraj – 7 February 2012 – Society. News – ‘Cloaking’ idea traps a rainbow’. Forbes Magazine – ‘A Black Hole brings http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsande- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environ- new stars to life’. ventspggrp/imperialcollege/natu- ment-18181201 http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexk- ralsciences/physics/newssummary/news_6- napp/2012/02/07/a-black-hole-brings-new- 3-2012-14-52-28 Prof Sir John Pendry – 22 May 2012 – stars-to-life/ New Scientist – ‘Impossible’ material would Dr Ulrik Egede – 14 March 2012 – The stretch when compressed’. Dr Rim Turkmani – 1 February 2012 – Al Economist – ‘Into unknown territory’. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2183 Jazeera English – ‘Russia raises Western http://www.economist.com/blogs/bab- 9-impossible-material-would-stretch-when- ire in support of Syria’. bage/2012/03/matter-antimatter-and-stan- compressed.html?DCMP=OTC- http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/201 dard-model rss&nsref=online-news 2/01/201213095553113836.html Dr Jonathan Eastwood – 9 March 2012 – Prof Tom Kibble CBE FRS – 10 Dr Will Branford – 28 January 2012 – The Guardian – ‘More solar storms on the September 2012 – The Telegraph paper– BBC News – ‘ReRAM competes to be way, warn scientists: Solar activity Exotic hunt getting bigger. tech’s next memory chip standard’. approaching peak of 11-year cycle http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology- Electrical systems could face severe dis- Dr Oliver Buchmueller – 10 August 2012 16725529 ruption’. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sci- – Reuters News – Beyond Higgs, CERN ence/2012/mar/08/solar-storms-continuing- searches for unseen particle world. Prof Andrei Golutvin - 27 January 2012 – to-hit-earth www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48576087/ns/tech- Nature – ‘Russian physicists protest gov- nology_and_science-science/ ernment consolidation’. Prof David Southwood – 9 March 2012 – http://www.nature.com/news/russian-physi- The Daily Telegraph – ‘The Sun is sending Prof Sir John Pendry – 8 August 2012 – cists-protest-government-consolidation- us a little reminder of its power and glory; Light squashing physics is turning up new 1.9921 We'll have to learn to live with stellar solutions to old problems. tantrums and the problems they cause’. http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsande- Prof Ortwin Hess – 26 January 2012 – http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/9 ventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/n BBC News - ‘Cloaking a 3D object from all 118814/The-solar-flare-heading-towards- ews_8-8-2012-15-53-15 angles demonstrated’. Earth-is-just-the-Sun-sending-us-a- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environ- reminder-of-its-power-and-glory.html Dr Daniel Mortlock – 31 July 2012 – The ment-16726609 Guardian – Olympics 2012: the alternative Prof Tom Kibble – 8 March 2012 – The medals table. Prof Stefan Maier – 20 January 2012 – Economist – ‘House of dreams’ http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/data- The Engineer – ‘Radiation method could http://www.economist.com/node/21548911 blog/2012/jul/30/olympics-2012-alternative- lead to Star Trek-style tricorders’. medal-table http://www.theengineer.co.uk/sectors/med- Prof Jerome Gauntlett – 5 March 2012 – ical-and-healthcare/news/radiation-method- BBC Radio 4 – ‘Hippies' is not a term that Prof Michele Dougherty FRS – 29 July could-lead-to-star-trek-style-tri- normally springs to mind when you think 2012 – The Observer – Enceladus: home corders/1011466.article about the hard, number-crunching work of of alien lifeforms? theoretical physicists, such as those who http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jul/ Dr Daniel Mortlock - 19 January 2012 – built the Large Hadron Collider’. 29/alien-life-enceladus-saturn-moon?news- Physicsworld.com – ‘Early supermassive http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid feed=true black holes could grow it alone’. _9702000/9702339.stm http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/48 Dr Matthew Pusey, Prof Terry Rudolph – 364 Prof John Pendry – 24 February 2012 - 26 July 2012 – New Scientist, Ghosts in the Physics World – ‘Invisibility cloaking goes atom: Unmasking the quantum phantom.

38 http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg2152 Prof Michael Duff FRS – 4 October 2012 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science- 8752.000-ghosts-in-the-atom-unmasking- – Interviewed for upcoming film on the life news/9824846/British-non-melting-hob- the-quantum-phantom.html of Abdus Salam. nobs-and-invisibility-cloaks-lead-science- world.html Dr Amelle Zair – 10 July 2012 – Invited Prof Sir John Pendry FRS & Prof Chris and attended a reception as a Outstanding Phillips – 12 November 2012 – BBC News Prof Stefan Maier – Centre for Plasmonics French young scientist from London in hon- – ‘Invisibility cloaks: Will we ever really & Metamaterials featured in Reporter 24 our of President of France Mr Francois have them?’. January 2013, Page 10 ‘Light Reading’. Hollande. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environ- https://workspace.imperial.ac.uk/reporter/pu ment-19661503 & blic/Reporter256web.pdf Prof John Harries – 6 July 2012 – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environ- Successful launch for MSG-3 satellite car- ment-20265623 & Prof Joanna Haigh – 23 January 2013 – rying GERB-3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environ- Daily Telegraph – ‘SIR – As a professor of http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsande- ment-20258176 atmospheric physics, at Imperial College ventspggrp/imperialcollege/natu- London, I’m delighted that Boris Johnson ralsciences/physics/newssummary/news_6- Prof Terry Rudolph & Geraldine Cox – maintains his interest in weather and cli- 7-2012-12-43-41 29 October 2012 – Madecurious.com and mate (“It’s snowing, and it really feels like Times Higher Education Supplement (8 the start of a mini ice age’ (Comment, Prof Steve Schwartz – 3-5 July 2012- November, p15) – ‘Cultural Icon from January 21): Attended Reception to meet UK Space Science on the Streets of London’. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/let- Delegation at the British Ambassador http://www.madecurious.com/ and ters/9819242/Closing-schools-because-of- Residence, Israel. http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsande- light-snow-sets-a-bad-example-to- ventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/n pupils.html Prof Adrian Sutton – 21 June 2012 – ews_29-10-2012-12-49-39 Guest speaker at the Graduation Evening Dr Roberto Trotta – and Astrophysics – at Phoenix High School, Shepherd’s Bush. Dr Jonathan Pritchard – 26 October 2012 involved in the production of a short spon- Chaired a ‘task and finish group’ in the – New Scientist – ‘The Universe: the full sored movie about Cosmology and love Royal Society to define the 5 year strategy story’. http://www.newscientist.com/arti- which has attracted almost 200,000 hits on for the Royal Society’s outreach pro- cle/mg21628881.900-the-universe-the-full- YouTube Since December 2012 gramme. Prof Sutton will also be visiting story.html?page=1 –www.youtube.com/theoryofeverything Rolls-Royce in Derby for a whole day once a week (for 10 weeks) through the autumn Prof Mike Duff FRS – 4 January 2013 – Prof Amihay Hanany – His Blackboard to find out in detail their needs for theory Physics hits the West End. discussion with a former student has been and simulation of materials. http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsande- photographed and displayed by Alejandro ventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/n Guijarro, this will soon be exhibited in Prof Michael Rowan-Robinson – 25 June ews_4-1-2013-10-6-20 Saatchi Gallary, London. 2012 – The Guardian – Letter: Admiration http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/ale- for the fathers of computing. Dr Simon Foster – 4 January 2013 – Daily jandro_guijarro.htm?section_name=future_ http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jun/ Telegraph – Quadrantid meteor shower exhibitions ; 24/admiration-for-fathers-of- 2013: Your guide to when and where to see http://www.alejandroguijarro.com/ongoing/bl computing?INTCMP=SRCH the shooting stars. ackboards/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/9 Prof Zulfikar Najmudin – 31 August 2012 779135/Quadrantid-meteor-shower-2013- Dr David Clements & Prof Andrew Jaffe - John Adams Institute for Accelerator Your-guide-to-when-and-where-to-see-the- – Royal Society Summer Exhibition – Science (JAI) is expanding – Imperial shooting-stars.html Proposal accepted: Mapping the Big Bang College are joining two existing Centres at with the Planck Mission. Royal Holloway, University of London and Ms Aki Matsushima – 30 December 2012 the University of Oxford. http://www3.impe- – The Guardian – Why don’t more girls Prof Paul Dauncey & High Energy rial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcol- study physics? Physics– Royal Society Summer Exhibition lege/newssummary/news_31-8-2012-17- http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/d – Proposal accepted: Higgs Theory & 52-44 ec/30/why-dont-girls-study-physics Discovery

Prof Sir Peter Knight FRS – Recorded Prof Joanna Haigh CBE – 14 December Dr Simon Foster – 27 February 2013 – and gave many interviews on this year’s 2012 – New Scientist - Leaked IPCC report Daily telegraph – ‘Mars astronauts will need Physics Nobel Prize, given to two col- reaffirms dangerous climate change. ‘incredible mental toughness’. leagues in Quantum Optics and recorded a http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2300 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/9 piece on them for the BBC Radio 4 5-leaked-ipcc-report-reaffirms-dangerous- 898468/Mars-astronauts-will-need-incredi- Programme ‘The Material World’. climate-change.html ble-mental-toughness.html

Prof Tom Kibble FRS – 8 October 2012 – Prof Timothy Horbury - 6 December 2012 Prof Chris Isham - 27 February 2013 – The Independent – Grandfather behind the – New Scientist – Magnetic highway’ found New Scientist – ‘Physics crunch: God particle is Nobel contender. at solar system’s edge. http://www.newsci- Desperately seeking everything’. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/scientist.com/article/dn22573-magnetic-high- http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg2172 ence/grandfather-behind-the-god-particle- way-found-at-solar-systems-edge.html 9062.700-physics-crunch-desperately-seek- is-nobel-contender-8191515.html ing-everything.html Dr Marina Galand and Dr Ingo Mueller- Prof Chris Phillips – 8 October 2012 – Wodarg together with colleagues have had Prof Michele Dougherty – 22 February The Hindu – NIT Warangal hosts two proposals accepted by the Royal 2013 – Imperial team to study Jupiter’s Technozion 2012. Society for exhibits at its Summer moon in first outer-planetary European http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp- Exhibition. Mission. features/tp-educationplus/nit-hosts-tech- http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsande- nozion2012/article3952802.ece?css=print Prof Sir John Pendry FRS – 25 January ventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/n 2013 – Daily Telegraph – ‘How Britian leads ews_22-2-2013-18-15-51 world in non-melting chocolate’.

39 Prof Michael Duff – 15 February 2013 – Prof Martin McCall – 6 June 2013 – NBC live, LBC (Iain Dale Live Drive 7pm). Print: Science Magazine – ‘Constellations Play to News – ‘New invisibility cloak creates holes Daily Mail New York’. in time’. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV15r1zg http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06 2410490/Skyscraper-On-reflection-like-37- MCI /05/18779260-new-invisibility-cloak-creates- storey-barbecue-HARRY-MOUNT-braves- holes-in-time?lite death-rays-City-tower-melt-cars.html. La Prof Geoff Hall – 22 March 2013 – The Vanguardia (Spanish Daily) Independent (P19) – ‘Keep the faith, this Emeritus Prof Tom Kibble – 5 June 2013 http://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/2013090 (almost) proves we have the God particle’. – Reuters News – ‘Nobel contender sees 5/54380007925/rascacielos-walkie-talkie- http://www.independent.co.uk/news/sci- multiple cosmic mysteries’. londres.html . National Geographic: ence/have-they-found-the-higgs-boson-at- http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/06/04/sci- http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2 last-cern-physicists-say-theyre-confident-of- ence-boson-idUKL5N0EG3MM20130604 013/09/130904-walkie-talkie-building-lon- breakthrough- don-melts-sunlight-physics-science/ 8534012.html?origin=internalSearch Prof Terry Rudolph – 31 May 2013 – New Scientist (P13) – ‘Smile, hydrogen atom, Dr Dave Clements – The Planck Simulator Prof Andrew Jaffe – 22 March 2013 – you’re on quantum camera’. made for the RS Exhibition is featured in BBC News – ‘The first fractions of a second http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg2182 Septembers Focus Magazine (page 22): after the Big Bang’. 9194.900-smile-hydrogen-atom-youre-on- http://planck.cf.ac.uk/cmb-sim and http://sci- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environ- quantum-camera.html encefocus.com ment-21828202 & 21 March 2013 – Channel 4 News – ‘World 80 million years Miss Jassel Majevadia – 30 May 2013 – Prof Joanna Haigh – 27 August 2013 – older than we thought’. http://www.chan- The Western Mail – ‘Women bringing sci- BBC Radio 4 – ‘Life Scientific’. nel4.com/news/world-80-million-years- ence to the public’. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b038xrj5 older-than-we-thought . Planck has also produced 28 papers, had press confer- Prof Jenny Nelson – 30 May 2013 – Prof Jim Virdee – 26 August 2013 – BBC ences, had media interest from newspa- Press Association – ‘Fighting volcanoes Discovery Programme – ‘CERN and the pers and appeared on ITV as well as the light years off’. Science in Africa’. above. http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/dis- Prof Michele Dougherty & Prof Sir John covery and http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaac- Prof Sir John Pendry – 22 March 2013 – Pendry – 22 May 2013 – Evening tion/ The Daily Telegraph – ‘Best of British: our Standard – ‘Our city’s brilliant boffins’. 100 greatest inventions; From penicillin to Dr Subhanjoy Mohanty – 23 August 2013 nuclear power via the jet engine and the Prof Ed Hinds – 10 May 2013 – BBC – New Scientist (p37) – ‘Meet the cosmic internet, Harriet Dennys on the poll to find Radio 4 Material World – ‘EU Science object going from zero to astronomical the past century’s best innovations’. Funding’. http://www.bbc.co.uk/pro- hero’. grammes/b01s8qxw http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg2192 Dr David Clements – 11 March 2013 – 9311.300-brown-dwarfs-from-zeroes-to- BBC Radio 4 – ‘Deer,l Herschel, facial, Dr Jonathan Eastwood – 3 May 2013 – astronomical-heroes.html#.UhcPMRtNGSo contrast, potatoes’. Sydney MX – ‘Setting sail for the sun space http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01r11wh mission’. Mr Martin Archer - 13 August 2013 – BBC News – ‘Elon Musk to outline ‘Hyperloop’ Prof Joanna Haigh & Prof Lesley Cohen Prof Sir John Pendry – 2 May 2013 – idea’. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us- – 8 March 2013 – Evening Standard – Physics World – ‘Introducing the magnetic canada-23677205 ‘Universities create formula to boost hose’. women in physics’. http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/20 Prof Tom Kibble – 11 August 2013 – The http://www.standard.co.uk/news/education/u 13/may/01/introducing-the-magnetic-hose Observer (P20) – ‘Rational Heroes no. 9 niversities-create-formula-to-boost-women- Tom Kibble: ‘it didn’t seem all that special in-physics-8526962.html Dr Simon Foster – 5 September 2013 – at the time’’. Several pieces of news with regards to the http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/a Emeritus Prof Tom Kibble – 21 April 2013 Skyscraper which blasts rays of sun on the ug/11/rational-heroes-tom-kibble-higgs- – Sunday Times – ‘Rename Higgs particle pavement melting things in its path. boson so the others get credit, scientists say’. Television: Sky News: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/science/arti- http://news.sky.com/story/1136782/walkie- Dr Jonathan Eastwood - 9 August 2013 – cle3745437.ece talkie-skyscraper-shield-to-stop-rays. BBC Wired – ‘Sun’s magnetic field about to flip, News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-eng- shake solar skirt’. Prof Michele Dougherty – 17 April 2013 – land-london-23948811 and http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013- The Daily Telegraph – ‘Aliens most likely to http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23945767. 08/06/solar-magnetic-field-flip be found on icy moons of Jupiter and ITV News: Saturn, UK Scientist suggest’. http://www.itv.com/news/story/2013-09- Prof Terry Rudolph – 5 August 2013 – http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/9 03/skyscraper-glare-melts-jaguar/. CBC New Scientist (P32) – ‘Reality Check’. 997404/Aliens-most-likely-to-be-found-on- (Canadian Broadcast Corporation): http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg2192 icy-moons-of-Jupiter-and-Saturn-UK-scien- http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/09 9282.100-quantum-weirdness-the-battle- tists-suggest.html /03/london-skyscraper-car-melt.html. for-the-basis-of-reality.html#.UftZ45K1FxU Channel News Asia: http://www.channel- Dr Brian May – 17 April 2013 – The newsasia.com/news/lifestyle/glare-from-lon- Dr Jonathan Pritchard – 1 August 2013 – Express – ‘Brian May angry over college don/800678.html. CBS good Morning BBC Two – ‘Dara O Brian’s Science Club – lab scandal’. America: Adventures in Time’. http://www.express.co.uk/news/show- http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5 http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b037y biz/392422/Brian-May-angry-over-college- 0154285n. Global TV (Canadian y59/Dara_O_Briains_Science_Club_Series lab-scandal Broadcaster), CTV (Canadian Television), _2_Adventures_in_Time/?t=32m21s SABC (South African Broadcasting John Harries – 15 April 2013 – Daily Post Corporation), Aljazeera, Globo TV (Brazil), Dr Bill Proud – 1 August 2013 – National – ‘Wales’ science adviser to retire’. ZDF (German Channel), RTL (German Science Museum (Lates events) – spent 4 Channel). Radio: BBC Radio 4, Radio 5 days working with 11-17 year old pupils on

40 the Exscitec Programme. European Planetary Science Congress HRH-emblazoned-whites-visit- http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsande- (University College London) both laboratory.html ventspggrp/imperialcollege/natu- September 2013. ralsciences/physics/shockphysics/news- Prof Tom Kibble – 8 October 2013 - Nobel summary/news_1-8-2013-15-45-35 Prof Jerome Gauntlett – is the Theoretical Prize for Physics 2013 – Many news items Physics consultant on the film being made rounded up. Prof Jon Marangos – 30 July 2013 – about Stephen Hawking ‘The Theory of Physicsworld – ‘How to make zeptosecond Everything’. Prof Mike Duff – 12 September 2013 - X-ray pulses’. Contributions to the popular science book: http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/20 Prof Tom Kibble – 13 November 2013 – ''The Big Questions in Science'' (Mun Keat 13/jul/29/how-to-make-zeptosecond-x-ray- The Daily Telegraph – ‘Higgs: Briton should Looi, Hayley Birch and Colin Stuart (Andre pulses have shared my Nobel Prize’. Deutsch Ltd, 12/09/13). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science- Mr Martin Archer & Dr Simon Foster – 26 news/10443449/Peter-Higgs-Tom-Kibble- Prof David Southwood – represented UK July 2013 – BBC News – ‘First steps: What should-have-shared-Nobel-Prize-with- Space Agency at the annual ministerial would first human on Mars say?’. me.html level UK-Russia Joint Committee on http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environ- Scientific and Technical Co-Operation. Prof ment-23448544 Prof Joanna Haigh - 12 November 2013 Southwood also had a briefing session with – The Washington Post – ‘Sunspots are the newly appointment Shadow Dr Oliver Buchmueller – 4 July 2013 – lagging, but forecast is not icy’. Spokesman for Universities of Science, New Scientist – ‘Happy birthday boson! Six http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/he Liam Byrne MP, Labour, as part of his role outstanding Higgs mysteries’. alth-science/sun-activity-is-in-free-fall-but- of RAS President. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2381 you-shouldnt-expect-a-new-little-ice- 0-happy-birthday-boson-six-outstanding- age/2013/11/11/19166b42-4599-11e3-a196- higgs-mysteries.html 3544a03c2351_story.html

Prof Tom Kibble – 8 October 2013 – The Dr Jony Hudson – 12 November 2013 – New York Times – ‘Tiny Particle Looms The Huffington Post – ‘Electron Shape Large on Eve of Top Physics Prize’. Measurement, Most Precise Yet, Rules Out http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/08/sci- New Physics Theories’. http://www.huffing- ence/as-nobel-prize-announcement-nears- tonpost.com/2013/11/11/electron-shape- physicists-await-the-call.html?_r=0 measurement-new-physics- theories_n_4254285.html?ir=Science Prof Joanna Haigh – Surrounding the publication on 27 September of the Dr Piers Barnes – 6 November 2013 – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Chemistry World – ‘Hole hopping in solar Change report Prof Haigh was involved in a cells’. http://www.rsc.org/chemistry- number of TV and radio interviews includ- world/2013/11/solar-cells-hole-hopping and ing ITN: http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLandin http://www.itv.com/news/update/2013-09- g/2014/SC/c3sc52359d#!divAbstract 26/global-warming-leading-voices-debate- the-issue/ Dr Subhanjoy Mohanty – 5 November 2013 – The Guardian – ‘Two billion planets Dr Bill Proud – 16-27 September 2013 - in our galaxy may be suitable for life’. Lecture Series AVT 214 – Insensitive http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/n Munitions Technology and its Application. ov/04/planets-galaxy-life-kepler World Lecture Tour: Sofia, Bulgaria (aimed at PfP and Eastern Europe); University of Prof Sir John Pendry – 5 November 2013 Coimbra, Portugal (aimed at Western – The Times – ‘Cloak unfurled’ Europe); Dynetics, Huntsville, USA (aimed at USA and CAN). Dr Subhanjoy Mohanty – 31 October 2013 – The Guardian – ‘Planet similar to Prof Joao Magueijo & Ali Mozaffari – 20 Earth discovered’. September 2013 – New Scientist – ‘Ear on http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europ the Universe’. e/planet-similar-to-earth-discovered- http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg2192 1.1578568 9350.900-gravity-ripples-the-race-to-catch- the-next-wave.html Dr Henrique Araujo – 30 October 2013 – Featured in news stories on recent LUX Prof Martin McCall – 19 September 2013 dark matter results. Imperial College, – Times Higher Education P28 – ‘Course PhysicsWorld.com, The Guardian, attracts physics stars into teaching’. Spacedaily.com, Science20.com, UPI.com, http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/new rawstory.com s/course-attracts-physics-stars-into-teaching/2007383.article Prof Sir Peter Knight – 25 October 2013 – The Times – ‘Science-free zone’. Letters Prof Joanna Haigh – 14 September 2013 to the editor. – New Scientist – ‘Spot of bother’. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg2192 Dr James Wilgeroth – 18 October 2013 – 9340.800 Daily Mail – ‘The prince of lab coats! Harry wears HRH Emblazoned whites on visit to Dr Marina Galand – Participant in laboratory’. Research in Motion 2013 (Imperial College http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article- London) and Festival of the Planets, 2465610/The-prince-lab-coats-Harry-wears-

41 Prof Myungshik Kim, BS, MSc, MBA, PhD [Theoretical Quantum Information] Staff Members Prof Sergey Lebedev, MS, PhD, FInstP, F.APS [Plasma Physics] Academic Prof Kenneth Long, BSc, DPhil [Experimental Particle Physics] Prof Angus Mackinnon, PhD [Physics] Professors Prof Joao Magueijo, BA, PhD [Physics] Prof Thomas Anthopoulos, BEng, PhD Prof Stefan Maier, PhD [Experimental Physics] [Nanophotonics] Prof Donal Bradley, BSc, PhD, ARCS, FRSA, CPhys, FInstP, FRS Prof Jonathan Marangos, PhD, ARCS, DIC [Experimental Physics] [Laser Physics] Prof Jeremy Chittenden, BSc, PhD, DIC, CPhys, MInstP Prof Martin McCall, PhD [Physics] [Theoretical Optics] Prof Kim Christensen, PhD Prof Raymond Murray, BSc, PhD [Theoretical Physics] [Solid State Physics] Prof Lesley Cohen, BSc, PhD Prof Zulfikar Najmudin, BA, PhD [Solid State Physics] [Physics] Prof Carlo Contaldi, MSci, PhD Prof Jordan Nash, BSc, PhD [Theoretical Physics] [Physics] Prof Steven Cowley, BA, MA, PhD Prof Mark Neil, BA, MA, PhD [Plasma Physics] [Physics] Prof Michael Damzen, PhD Prof Jenny Nelson, BA, PhD [Experimental Laser Physics] [Physics] BA, DPhil Prof Paul Dauncey, Prof Sir John Pendry, MA, PhD, FRS [Particle Physics] [Theoretical Solid State Physics] BSc, PhD Prof Gavin Davies, Prof Christopher Phillips, MA, PhD, DIC, CSci, CPhys, FInstP [High Energy Physics] [Physics] BSc, PhD Prof Michele Dougherty, Prof Martin Plenio, PhD (Dr. rer. nat) [Space Physics] [Physics] BA, MA, PhD Prof Fay Dowker, Prof Arttu Rajantie, BSc, MSc, PhD [Physics] [Theoretical Physics] BSc, PhD, DIC, FInstP Prof Michael Duff, Prof Steven Rose, BA, DPhil, CPhys, FInstP [Theoretical Physics] [Plasma Physics] BSc, PhD Prof Ulrik Egede, Prof Terence Rudolph, BSc, PhD [Physics] [Quantum Physics] BSc, PhD Prof Michael Finnis, Prof Steven Schwartz, BSc, PhD [Materials Theory and Simulation] [Space and Atmospheric Physics] PhD Prof Matthew Foulkes, Prof Daniel Segal, BSc, DPhil [Physics] [Quantum Optics] MSc, PhD, FInstP Prof Leszek Frasinski, Prof Roland Smith, BSc, PhD [Atomic and Molecular Physics] [Laser Physics] PhD Prof Paul French, Prof Kellogg Stelle, AB, PhD, FInstP [Physics] [Theoretical Physics] BSc, PhD,FInstP Prof Jerome Gauntlett, Prof Timothy Sumner, BSc, DPhil, CPhys, FInstP, FRAS [Physics] [Experimental Astrophysics] PhD Prof Andrey Golutvin, Prof Adrian Sutton, BA, MSc, PhD, FRS [Physics] [Nanotechnology] MA, MSc, DPhil, FInstP, FRMets, FRS, CBE Prof Joanna Haigh, Prof Roy Taylor, BSc, PhD [Atmospheric Physics] [Ultrafast Physics and Technology] BSc, PhD, DIC, ARCS Prof Geoffrey Hall, Prof Richard Thompson, MA, DPhil [Physics] [Physics] BSc, PhD Prof Jonathan Halliwell, Prof John Tisch, BSc, PhD [Physics] [Laser Physics] BA, PhD Prof Amihay Hanany, Prof Peter Török, DPhil, DSc [Theoretical Physics] [Optical Physics] BA, PhD Prof Peter Haynes, Prof Ralf Toumi, BSc, PhD, ARCS [Theory and Simulation of Materials] [Atmospheric Physics] PhD Prof Alan Heavens, Prof Arkady Tseytlin, MS, PhD [Astrostatistics] [Physics] PhD Prof Ortwin Hess, Prof Tejinder Virdee, PhD [Metamaterials] [Physics] BA, DPhil, FRS Prof Edward Hinds, Prof Dimitri Vvedensky, PhD [Quantum Optics] [Theoretical Solid State Physics] BSc, PhD Prof Timothy Horbury, Prof Daniel Waldram, BA, MA, PhD [Physics] [Theoretical Physics] BA, PhD, FInstP Prof Christopher Hull, Prof Stephen Warren, MA, PhD [Physics] [Astrophysics] MSc, PhD Prof Misha Ivanov, Prof Jing Zhang, BSc, PhD, DIC, ARCS [Physics] [Physics] Prof Andrew Jaffe, BS, MS, PhD, MInstP, FRAS [Astrophysics and Cosmology]

42 Readers Research Fellows Distinguished Research Fellows Dr Henrique Araujo, PhD Dr Raymond Beuselinck, BSc, PhD Dr Alasdair Campbell, BSc, MSc, PhD Dr Antonio Fernandez-Dominguez, PhD Dr Trevor Bacon, BSc, PhD Dr David Colling, BSC, BA, PhD Dr Vincenzo Giannini, PhD Emeritus Prof. Andre Balogh, MSc, DIC Dr Michael Coppins, BSc, PhD Dr Joachim Hamm, PhD Emeritus Prof. Keith Barnham, PhD Dr Arnaud Czaja, PhD Dr Jonathan Murray, PhD Emeritus Prof. David Caplin, MA, MSc, PhD Dr Robert Forsyth, BSc, PhD Dr Mitesh Patel, PhD Emeritus Prof Jean Patrick Connerade, PhD, Dr John Hassard, BSc, PhD Dr Gary Perkins, PhD ARCS, DIC Dr Ingo Mueller-Wodarg, MSc, PhD Dr David Raymond, BSc, MSc, PhD Dr Jack Connor, BSc, PhD Dr Carl Paterson, BA, PhD Dr Jacqueline Russell, BSc, PhD Prof. Christopher Dainty, PhD Dr Juliet Pickering, BA, MA, PhD, DIC Dr Christopher Seez, PhD Dr Michel Della Negra, BSc, PhD Dr Sergei Popov, MSc, PhD Dr Kosmas Tsakmaskidis, PhD Prof. John Harries, BSc, PhD, CPhys, FInstP, FRMets Dr Jürgen Pozimski, BSc, MSc, PhD Emeritus Prof. Christopher Isham, BSc, Dr William Proud, BSc, PhD, FlnstP, CPhys, CChem ARCS, PhD, FInstP Dr Arttu Rajantie, BSc, MSc, PhD Outreach / Teaching Emeritus Prof. Gareth Jones, BSc, PhD Dr Terence Rudolph, PhD, BSc Dr Hugh Jones, BA, PhD Dr Benjamin Sauer, BA, PhD Dr Caroline Clewley Emeritus Prof Peter Meikle, PhD, FRAS Dr Paul Stavrinou, BEng, PhD Teaching Fellow Emeritus Prof. Gareth Parry, BSc, PhD, DIC, Dr Toby Wiseman, PhD FREng Dr Mark Richards Emeritus Prof. John Quenby, BSc, PhD, DIC, Senior Lecturers Teaching Fellow ARCS Dr Vijay Tymms Emeritus Prof Raymond Rivers, BA, MA, PhD, FInstP Dr Oliver Buchmueller, PhD Teaching Fellow Prof. Robin Smith, MA, PhD, DIC Dr David Clements, BSc, PhD, DIC Lady Anne Thorne, MA, DPhil Dr Christopher Dunsby, MSci, PhD Emeritus Prof. David Websdale, PhD, ARCS Dr Ned Ekins-Daukes, MSci, MSc, PhD Academic Leavers Dr Timothy Evans, BA, PhD Dr Marina Galand, PhD Dr Roy Burns, PhD Honorary Research Fellows Dr Ji-Seon Kim, PhD Dr David Futyan, PhD Dr Robert Kingham, BSc, PhD Dr Jonathan Hays, BSc Hons, NATO, PhD Dr Julian Lyubina, PhD Dr Derek Lee, BA, PhD Dr Richard Jesik, BSc, MSc, PhD Mr David Price, MA, DIC Dr Florian Mintert, PhD Dr Elizabeth Lucek, BSc, PhD Dr Khadija Tahir,BSc, MSc, PhD Dr Subhanjoy Mohanty, PhD Dr Stefan Scheel, PhD (Dr. rer. nat.), Dipl.-Phys Mrs Prudence Wormell, BSc Dr Arish Mostofi, PhD Dr Yannick Sonnefraud, PhD Dr Wenyi Zhong, MSc, PhD Dr Karl Sandeman, PhD Dr Julia Sedgbeer, PhD, DIC Honorary Lecturers Dr Paul Tangney, BSc, PhD Honorary Associations Dr Michael Tarbutt, MPhys, DPhil 2012/13 Dr Ken Bignell, BSc, PhD, ARCS Dr Roberto Trotta, PhD Dr Anne Curtis, PhD Dr Yoshiyuki Uchida, BA, PhD Dr Gianluca Gregori, PhD Dr Yvonne Unruh, MSc, PhD Senior Research Investigator Dr Edward Gumbrell, PhD Dr Kenneth Weir, BSc, PhD & Distinguished Research Mr Edward Judd, HNC Fellow Mr Kevin Middleton, BSc, MSc Senior Research Lecturer Dr Matthew Owens, PhD Prof. Thomas Kibble, MA, PhD, FRS Dr Alex Robinson, BA, MSc, PhD Mr Christopher Carr, BSc Dr Alex Schekochihin, PhD

Lecturers Senior Research Investigators Honorary Association Leavers

Dr Vitali Averbukh, PhD Emeritus Prof Peter Cargill, BSc, PhD 2012/13 Dr Simon Bland, MSci, PhD Dr Aboubaker Dangor, BSc, DSc Dr Will Branford, MSc, PhD Prof. Peter Dornan, BA, PhD, FRS Dr Almut Beige, BSc, PhD Dr Helen Brindley, BSc, PhD Prof. Roger Evans, BSc, PhD, FInstP Dr John Gallop, BA, DPhil Dr Amanda Chatten, BSc, PhD Emeritus Prof. Bruce Joyce, DSc, FRS Dr Paul Hazell, BEng Dr Daniel Eakins, PhD Prof. Sir Peter Knight, BSc, DPhil, FRS Dr Sherif Sherif, BSc, MS, PhD Dr Jonathan Eastwood, PhD Prof. Elliot Leader, BSc, MS, PhD Dr Heather Graven, PhD Prof. Geoffrey New, MA, DPhil Dr Jonathan Hudson, MPhys, DPhil Prof. Michael Rowan-Robinson, BA, PhD, FInstP, Dr Stuart Mangles, MSci, PhD FRAS Dr James McGinty, PhD Prof David Southwood, BA, DIC, PhD Dr Daniel Mortlock, PhD Dr Rupert Oulton, MSci, PhD Dr Jaroslaw Pasternak, PhD Dr Peiro Posocco, PhD Dr Jonathan Pritchard, PhD Dr Alex Tapper, PhD Dr Apostolos Voulgarakis, BSc, MSc, PhD Dr Morgan Wascko, BA, MSci, PhD

43 Visiting Professors Research Prof. John Allen, MA, PhD, DSc Dr Jezsef Baranyi, PhD Research Associates Prof. Farhat Beg, PhD, MPhil, MSc, BSc Prof Anthony Bell, MA, PhD, MInstP, CPhys, FRAS Dr Pablo Albella-Echave Dr John Labram Dr Seton Bennett, PhD, CBE Dr Yuriy Alexandrov Dr Jean-Baptiste Lagrange Prof March Burchell, PhD Dr Diego Alonso-Alvarez Dr Yu-Hung Lien Dr Jeremy Burroughes, BSc, PhD Dr Hemmel Amrania Dr Matthew Lilley Prof Swapan Chattopadhyay, PhD Dr Heykel Aouani Dr Yu Luo Dr Gilbert Collins, PhD Dr Brian Appelbe Dr Anne-Marie Magnan Dr William Dorland, BS, PhD Dr Elham Ashoori Dr Robert Mahen Prof. Sergei Dudarev, BS, PhD Dr Morteza Aslaninejad Dr Matthew Malek Dr Malcolm Dunlop, BSc, PhD Dr Dane Austin Dr Sarah Malik Dr. Anthony Dunne, BSc, PhD, DIC, ARCS Dr Sam Azadi Dr Jad Marrouche Prof. John Ellis, BA, PhD Dr Minas Bacharis Dr Janusz Martyniak Dr Lyndon Evans, BSc, PhD Dr Robert Bainbridge Dr Lorenzo Matteini Prof. Vladimir Fortov, MSc, PhD Dr William Ball Dr Michael McCann Dr Wojciech Fundamenski, PhD Dr Fouad Ballout Dr Andrei Mihai Prof. Patrick Gill, BSc, DPhil Dr James Banks Dr Beinn Muir Dr Mark Glaser, MB BS, M.R.C.S.L.R.C.P, FFR Dr Thomas Barillot Dr Ahsan Nazir (R.C.S.I), D.M.R.T, F.R.C.R Dr Piers Barnes Dr Nicolas-Pierre Niasse Dr Mikhail Gryaznevich, PhD Dr Daniela Bauer Dr Alexander Nikitenko Prof. Richard Harrison, PhD Dr Daniel Bedingham Dr Robert Nyman Prof. Timothy Hender, BSc, PhD Dr Leron Borsten Dr Sang Oh Prof. Henry Hutchinson, BSc, PhD Dr Avraham Braun Dr Olof Olsson-Sax Prof Chan Joshi, PhD Dr Maria Broadbridge Dr Ajay Perumal Prof. Gannady Kanel, PhD Dr Guy Burdiak Dr Mark Pesaresi Prof. Karl Krushelnick, BSc, MA, PhD Dr Eoin Butler Dr Konstantinos Petridis Prof. Michael Lockwood, PhD Dr Nelson Carreira-Lopes Dr Alexander Plato Prof. Leon Lucy, BSc, PhD Dr Megha Chadha Dr Andreas Pusch Dr. Louis Lyons, BSc, DPhil Dr David Chapman Dr Mohsen Rahmani Prof. Vladimir Milyavskiy, MSc, PhD Dr Christopher Chen Dr Aliaksandra Rakovich Professor Kirpal Nandra, BA, PhD Dr Emiliano Cortes Dr Duncan Rand Dr Peter Norreys, BSc, MSc, PhD Dr Anne Cournol Dr Alexander Richards Dr Andrew Randewich, Cphys, FLnstP Dr Stefano Cremonesi Dr Tyler Roschuk Prof. Sergey Razorenov, PhD Dr Alastair Currie Dr Matthew Ruffoni Dr Peter Roberts, BSc, PhD Dr Zsolt Diveki Dr James Rufus Prof Carlos Silva, PhD Dr Adam Dobbs Dr Benjamin Sherlock Prof. David Smith, PhD, ARCS Dr Sean Donnellan Dr Mark Sherlock Prof. Nigel Smith, BSc, PhD Dr Nicholas Dover Dr Yuri Shitov Prof Paul Smith, PhD Dr Nokuthula Dube Dr Thomas Siegel Dr Michael Tatarakis, BSc, MSc, PhD Dr Anne Ducout Dr Sarah Margaretha Prof Michael Thompson, MA, PhD Dr John Estes Dr Ian Smallman Dr Adrian Tuck, BSc, PhD Dr Hendrik Faber Dr Peter Spencer Prof. David Wark, BSc, MS, PhD, FRS Dr James Farley-Nicholls Dr Minwon Suh Prof Ellen Williams, PhD Dr Stephen Feeney Dr Suren Sukiasyan Prof. Ronald Winter, FInstP, PhD Dr Noah Fitch Dr Francisco Suzuki-Vidal Dr Markus Fuhrer Dr George Swadling Dr Jonathan Fulcher Dr Matthew Taylor Dr Zsolt Gercsi Dr Gabrielle Thomas Visiting Readers Dr Adam Gilbertson Dr Alfredo Tomas-Alquezar Dr Hannes Guhl Dr Stefan Truppe Dr Katherine Brown, PhD Dr Stina Guldbrand Dr Wing Tsoi Dr Damien Hicks, PhD Dr Richard Hendricks Dr Tommaso Tufarelli Dr Joseph Henson Dr Sachetan Tuladhar Dr Heli Hietala Dr Kirika Uchida Dr Edward Hill Dr Melissa Uchida Dr Daniel Hollington Dr Benoit Vanniere Dr Rosalind Hopwood Dr Monica Vazquez Acosta Dr Jaesuk Hwang Dr Peter Wass Dr Nicholas Hylton Dr Rachel White Dr David Jennings Dr James Wilgeroth Dr Asher Kaboth Dr Gary Wilkes Dr Georgia Karapostoli Dr Tobias Witting Dr Edmund Kelleher Dr Sebastien Wuestner Dr Stephane Kena-Cohen Dr Jorgen Wulff Dr Kiang Kho Dr Nir Yaacobi-Gross Dr Youngchan Kim Dr Ying Yang Dr Paul Kinsler Dr Japheth Yates Dr Sunil Kumar Dr Karen Yates Dr Ajit Kurup Dr Amelle Zair Dr Mikhail Kustov Dr Rongkuo Zhao Dr Kwasi Kwakwa Dr Thomas Zlosnik

44 Research

Research Associates Leavers Research Assistants

Mr Minas Bacharis Dr Donnacha Kirk Miss Emma Arbabzadah Dr Jens Balzer Dr Stefan Kneip Ms Francesca Bottacchi Dr Claudio Belotti Dr Sam Ladak Mr Milan Bratko Dr Colin Belton Dr Elise Laird Mr Aaron Bundock Dr Shailen Bharadia Dr David Lara-Saucedo Mr David Burn Dr Damien Bigourd Dr Dangyuan Lei Mr Lionel Chaudet Dr Matteo Bocchi Dr Jared Leisner Mr Lingling Chen Dr Jude Bowyer Dr Martin Lenz Mr Joao De Jesus Reis Lagarto Dr Filiberto Braglia Dr Sebastien Leurent Mr Kees de Vries Mr Fernando Brandao Dr Carlos Macias-Romero Mr Frederik Dieleman Dr Aidan Brown Dr Roderick Mackenzie Ms Emily Drabek Dr Evgeny Buchbinder Dr Kaisey Mandel Mr Samuele Grandi Dr Stefan Buhmann Dr Anca Margineanu Mr Moritz Hambach Dr Ian Bush Dr Daniel Mason Mr Allan Johnson Dr Laurence Carson Dr Dara McCutcheon Mr Douglas Kelly Dr Antoine Chamballu Dr Edward Mitchell Ms Paloma Matia-Hernando Dr Ching Cheung Dr Jeremy Mitchell Ms Katalin Mecseki Dr Bridgette Cooper Dr Kelly Morrison Mr Lukas Medisauskas Dr Joseph Cotter Dr Angela Mortier Mr Siddharth Patankar Dr Daniel Crick Dr Miguel Navarro-Cia Mr Marco Ruberti Dr Christopher Dancel Dr Dmitri Novikov Mr James Semple Dr Pasquale D’Angelo Dr Sang Oh Mr Stuart Thomas Dr Aliakbar Dariush Dr Brian O’Halloran Mr Arthur Turrell Dr Angela Demetriadou Dr Harsit Patel Mr Nikolay Vaklev Dr Clea Denamiel Dr Michael Petersen Mr Sean Warren Dr Sami Dib Dr Michele Pioppi Mr Barry Whiteside Dr Sean Donnellan Dr Raluca Radu Miss Megumi Yoshida Dr Aristomenis Donos Dr Licia Ray Ms Katharina Zeissler Dr Hugo Doyle Mrs Ayesha Rehman Ms Meng Zhang Dr Warren Elder Dr Holger Schmitz Dr James Farley-Nicholls Dr Marco Siano Dr Matthew Foreman Dr Sarah Sparrow Dr Felix Frank Dr Markus Stoye Dr Jarvist Frost Dr Clifford Talbot Dr Rashid Ganeev Dr Mark Tame Dr Marco Genoni Dr Sean Tokunaga Dr Gareth Hall Dr Andre trindade-Pereira Dr Stephen Hanham Dr Antonio Urbina Dr Louise Hirst Dr Linda Uruchurtu-Gomez Dr Benjamin Hoare Dr Stuart Wakefield Dr David Hoffmann Dr Thomas Wall Dr Leo Jenner Dr Nicholas Wardle Dr Dhiren Kara Dr Simon Waschke Dr Sugata Kaviraji Dr Sebastien Weber Research Assistant Leavers Dr Gordon Kennedy Dr Robert Wicks Dr Jong Kim Dr Michael Williams Mr David Adey Dr Thomas Kirchartz Dr Ruidong Xia Mr Michael Bloom Mr Edward Burgin Miss Caroline Clark Mr Michael Cutajar Mr Konstantinos Daskalakis Mr James Dobson Mr Alexander Finch Mr Samuel Foster Mr Jost Henkel Mr Christopher Hutchison Mr Malte Oppermann Mr Thomas Pugh Mr Matthew Streeter Mr Alexander Thompson Mr Tom Whyntie

45 Research and Administrative Support Staff 2012/13

Mr Emanuele Cupido Institute of Shock Physics (ISP) Research Support Staff Research Officer Ciara Mulholland Dr Peter Fox Senior Administrator for ISP Condensed Matter Theory Instrument Calibration Engineer Dr Christine Thompson Dr James Spencer Programme Director Computational Science Support Specialist Mr Stephen Kellock Senior Research Officer Optics Experimental Solid State Ms Helen O’Brien (Photonics & Quantum Optics Groups) Dr Shrawan Jha Research Officer Research Engineer Mr Timothy Oddy Judith Baylis Dr Xuhua Wang Spacecraft Operations Engineer Senior Group Administrator CPE Glove Box Facility Officer Mr Md Rashid Marcia Salviato Software Developer Deputy Group Administrator High Energy Physics Dr Adri Peter Slootweg Sanja Maricic Dr Saad Mishal Hamid Alsari Research Officer PA to the Centre for Cold Matter Prof Ed Electrical Engineer Mr Lawrence Soung-Yee Hinds FRS Mr Geoffrey Barber Instrument Engineer Project Engineer Theoretical Physics Group Mr Nathan Sparks Mr Simon Fayer Community Support Scientist Graziela De Nadai-Sowrey Computing System Support/Administrator Group Administrator in Grid Computing Research Support Staff Mr Michael Huffman DTC Computing System Support/Administrator Leavers Dr Gregory Michiel Iles MDr Jonathan Gulley Dr Sophie Armstrong-Brown Electronics Engineer Dr Heather Lewtas Programme Manager Dr Per Jonsson Mr Nigel MacCarthy Ms Lisa Cheung Senior Instrument Manager Mr Lee Matthews Administrative Assistant Dr Adri Slootweg Mr Andrew Rose Dr Simon Foster Electronic Engineer Outreach Officer Mr Peter James Savage Head of Departments Office Miss Miranda Smith Project Engineer DTC Administrative Assistant Mr Trevor Edward Savidge Kalvinder Chana Project Engineer Senior Administrator Louise Hayward Student Administration Photonics Group Research Operations Manager Postgraduate Office Mr Ian Munro Linda Jones Research Officer Operations Manager for Physics Loli Sanchez Rey Postgraduate Administrator Caroline Walker Plasma Physics Executive Assistant Dr Andrew Williamson Mr Stephen Johnson Postgraduate Development Officer Hypersonis & High Speed Impact Research Groups Laboratory Supervisor Undergraduate Office Mr Nigel MacCarthy Cluster Office (Astrophysics, Plasma, Edward Charnley Experimental Services and Wind Tunnel Space & Atmospherics) Examinations and Informations Officer Manager Rachel Barker Mery Fajardo Senior Group Administrator Admissions Administrator Quantum Optics & Laser Science Sandie Bernor Stephanie Smallwood Mr Alan Ashton-Smith Group Administrator Undergraduate Administrator Project Assistant Derryck Stewart Condensed Matter Theory & Undergraduate Education Manager Space & Atmospheric Physics Experimental Solid State Physics Dr Seyed Adeli Groups Geetika Tewari Instrument Engineer Undergraduate Administrator Carolyn Dale Dr Leah-Nani Soledad Alconcel Senior Group Administrator Scientific Juraci Didone Dr Anthony Allen Administrative Assistant Scientific Bhavna Patel Dr Richard John Bantges Administrator Scientific Mr Maciej Bendyk High Energy Physics Group Instrumentation Engineer Carol Barlow Dr Sujit Bhattacharya Experiments Manager Instrument FPGA Designer Paula Brown Mr Patrick Brown Group Administrator Senior Research Officer 46 Facilities Mechanical Instrumentation Research and Administrative Workshop and Group Support Staff Leavers Paul Brown Mechanical Instrumentation Workshop Technicians Manager Trevor Beek (SPAT) Mr Stephen Annett Vivienne Frater Ms Sara Chesnick Sofia Bekou (EXSS) Departmental Facilities Manager Mrs Sima Fulford David Bowler Ms Eva Gledhill Simon Graham Mr Roger Hare Maintenance Piera Maria Brambilla (HEPH) Dr Nick Harrigan Malcolm Hudson Stephen Cussell (EXSS) Mr Michael Lennon Departmental Buildings Manager Jonathan Dyne (QOLS) Miss Naomi Miller Ranjana Poudel Alan Finch (PLAS) Mr Ali Mozaffari-Chinjani Common Room Assistant Ms Sophie Smith Andrew Gregory (QOLS) Alice Powell Ms Lilian Wanjohi Simon Johnson (PHOT / QOLS) Common Room Assistant Neal Powell Kevin Ladhams (HEPH) Reprographics Alan Last (SPAT) Meilin Sancho Stephen Maine Reprographics Steven Nelson H arry Vine Melvyn Patmore (PHOT) Departmental Services Manager David Pitman (ISP) Martin Pettifer Outreach Alan Raper Hannah Wood Andrew Rochester Outreach Coordinator Peter Ruthven (QOLS) James Stone (PHOT / QOLS) Brian Willey (QOLS) David Williams

Electronics Workshop Teaching Laboratory Technicians Technicians Valerijus Gerulis Harish Dawda Shahid Hanif 1st Year Laboratory Susan Parker Robert Whiske 1st Year Laboratory Bandula Ratnasekara Graham Axtell 2nd Year Laboratory High Energy Physics Group Paul Beaumont Mechanical Workshop 2nd Year Laboratory David Clark Geoffrey Green 3rd Year Laboratory Ian Clark Lee Parker 3rd Year Laboratory High Energy Physics Group Electronics Workshop

Sarah Greenwood Vera Kasey Maria Khaleeq

Optical Mechanical Workshop

Martin Kehoe

47 Juno Transparency and Opportunity Committee http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/physics/staff/juno

results of the survey, together with a summary of the free-text responses, may be found on the Juno website.

A survey of academic, administrative, technical and support staff was conducted about the key aspects of the working environment in our department (psychological well-being, physical resources, intellectual stimulation), and to identify areas where improvement is needed. The results were discussed by senior management in the department, and will feed into the action plan of the Juno Committee. The results of the survey and a comparison with the 2008 survey may be found on the Juno website.

An effort was spearheaded by Steve Schwartz and Tyler Roschuk (Juno Committee) to redesign the form used for the personal review and development plan (PRDP), in consultation with HR. The aim of the new form is to engage the appraisee and appraisor in a way that focuses on the personal and career development of the appraisee across all job categories. Training ses- sions based on the new form began in November 2013.

Following a round-table discussion at 10 Downing Street in mid-December 2013, Lesley Cohen (Juno Committee) was invited by Elizabeth Truss MP (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education and Childcare) to a meeting at the Department for Education. A delegation of 4 Juno Committee members attended a 40- minute meeting, which was dominated by discussions about the OECD Programme for International Student The Juno Transparency and /juno, summarizes the activities of the Assessment (PISA), which showed stu- Opportunity Committee was formed in Juno committee. Highlights of the dents in Far Eastern schools far out- 2007 to implement the IoP Juno code of committee’s achievements in 2012-13 performing their British counterparts in practice, with particular attention to are: mathematics and science, and the addressing the under-representation of under-representation of girls in science women in physics. This brief has An undergraduate exit survey of 3rd- and mathematics at schools, as recent- expanded to include ethnic diversity, but and 4th-year students was carried out ly highlighted by the IoP Closing Doors the main tenets of the committee’s exis- following the 2010 survey. This short survey. The MP was especially interest- tence are for the benefit of all members survey of 12 questions was designed to ed in our Physics with Science of the department. The department was help the Juno committee understand Education degree program and our out- awarded IoP Juno Championship status the students’ motivations for choosing reach activities. She was invited, and and an Athena Silver Swan in 2009, Imperial College for their degree, accepted, an invitation to visit Imperial with both having been renewed in 2012. whether their career aspirations have College in 2014. changed during their studies, and how The website, their experience in the department http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/physics/staff could be improved. The statistical

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