Distinguished Research Fellow

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E-Mail: pdb1000(at)cam.ac.uk

Room: 5_014

BSc in Mathematical Physics, University of East Anglia, 1972

PhD in Physics, University of Surrey, 1975

MA, University of Cambridge 1997

Google Scholar Profile

ResearcherID: J-3666-2017

ORCID: 000-0002-3153-1387

Academic Appointments

• Distinguished Research Fellow, University of Cambridge, 2018-present
• Fellow and Director of Studies for Materials Science, Clare College, Cambridge, 2000-present
• Lecturer, Senior Lecturer then Reader, University of Cambridge, 1994-2018
• Academic Visitor, Thomas Young Centre, Imperial College London, 2016-2017
• Guest Researcher, Donostia International Physics Center, Spain, 2016-2017
• Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Queen's University Belfast, 2002-05
• Distinguished International Scholar, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 2009-11
• Guest Scientist, Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials, Freiburg, Germany, 2009-11
• Visiting Associate Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994-95
• Research Associate then Principal Research Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980-94
• Research Associate, Cornell University, 1977-79

Honors

• Fulbright-Hays Scholar, Cornell University, 1977-79
• Fellow of the Institute of Physics, 1992-present
• Fellow of the Institute of Materials, 1998-2018
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry 2017-present
• Associate Editor of Philosophical Magazine, 1997-2018
• Co-chair of the MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, 1999

Research Interests

Microscopic modelling of defects in materials, particularly interfaces, using both classical and quantum mechanical methodologies. Current efforts focus on hybrid perovskites, functional coatings, Ni-base superalloys, MAX phases, surface clusters and nanocomposites. 

Recent Invited Lectures

• Interplay between the Transport and Mechanical properties of Hybrid Halide Perovskites, New Horizons in Atomistic Simulation, York, UK, January 2019
• Modelling of Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Materials, Donostia International Physics Centre, Spain, September 2016