Materials Science and Engineering academic staff

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Contact the School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Head of School

Professor Joan Cordiner

Head of School
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Complex process modelling | Mechanistic and data driven modelling | Predictive maintenance | Process safety and resilience.

Email: j.cordiner@sheffield.ac.uk

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Professor Hector Basoalto

Professor of Metallurgy and Multiscale Materials Modelling
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Multiscale Materials Modelling | Computational mechanics | Metallurgy | Manufacturing

Email address: h.basoalto@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Joachim Bestenlehner

University Teaching Associate
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Digital and Computing Skills | Physical and wind properties of massive stars | Stellar spectroscopy, stellar atmospheres and radiative transfer

Email address: j.m.bestenlehner@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Lewis Blackburn

Lecturer in Nuclear Materials
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Nuclear wasteforms | Actinide ceramics | Thermal treatment | Radioactive waste management

Email address: Lewis.Blackburn@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Rebecca Boston

Senior Lecturer in Functional Ceramics
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Synthesis and sintering of ceramic materials; Functional ceramics; Batteries, thermoelectrics, superconductors, fusion

Email address: r.boston@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5484

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Professor Kathy Christofidou

Chair in Digital and Sustainable Metallurgy
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Alloy development |Physical metallurgy (non-ferrous systems) |Machine learning and high throughput experimentation towards materials discovery | Advanced metals manufacture

Email address: k.christofidou@sheffield.ac.uk

Professor Frederik Claeyssens

Professor in Polymer Materials
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

polymer materials | Biomaterials | Emulsions | Photocurable biodegradable polymers

Email address: f.claeyssens@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5513

Professor Dan Cogswell

Professor and UKRI Future Leaders Fellow
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Materials failure | Digital twins | Mechanical properties

Email address: D.Cogswell@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Catherine Collett

University Teacher
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Sustainable engineering education | Multimedia learning resources | Academic/employability skills for engineers

Email address: c.h.collett@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Julian Dean

Senior Lecturer in Materials Science
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Finite element modelling | Magnetic materials | Functional oxides

Email address: j.dean@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5473

Dr Harriet Drouin

University Teaching Associate
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Email address: h.drouin@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Joel Foreman

University Teacher
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Thermosetting polymers | Polymer composites

Email address: j.foreman@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5920

Dr Colin L Freeman

Senior Lecturer in Materials Simulation
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Atomic scale simulation of materials, biology-mineral interactions, functional ceramics, nucleation and growth

Email address: c.l.freeman@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5965

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Professor Russell Goodall

Professor of Metallurgy
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Alloy development | Brazing and soldering | Multicomponent alloys | Alloys for fusion energy

Email address: r.goodall@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5977

Dr Nicola Green

Senior Lecturer in Bioengineering
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Biohybrid constructs | In vitro 3D models | Mechanical stimulation

Email address: n.h.green@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 3932

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Professor Russell J Hand

Professor of Glass Science & Engineering
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Nuclear waste vitrification | Glass composition development | Chemical durability of glass | Mechanical properties of glass

Email address: r.hand@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5465

Professor Tom Hayward

Professor of Materials Physics
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Magnetism | Spintronics | Neuromorphic computing | Nanoscience

Email address: t.hayward@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5499

Dr Vanessa Hearnden

Senior Lecturer in Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Soft tissue reconstruction | In vitro models | Biomaterial assessment and optimisation | Regenerative medicine

Email address: v.hearnden@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 7098

Professor Chris Holland

Professor of Natural Materials
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Silk | Rheology | Polymers | Food

Email address: christopher.holland@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5477

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Professor Beverley J Inkson

Professor of Nanostructured Materials
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Email address: beverley.inkson@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5925

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Professor Martin Jackson

Professor of Advanced Metals Processing
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Solid-state recycling of aerospace alloys | Titanium alloy metallurgy | Machining science and Conform/FAST/SPS processing

Email address: martin.jackson@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Jennifer Johnstone-Hack

Lecturer in Sustainable Materials
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

X-ray and neutron imaging | Electrolysers | Batteries

Email address: j.johnstone-hack@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Hajime Kinoshita

Senior Lecturer in Materials Chemistry
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Development and application of industrial by-products and natural minerals for waste management, from nuclear industry to exhaust flue gas for CO2 capture

Email address: h.kinoshita@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5930

Peta Kirk

Senior University Teacher
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Email address: p.kirk@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Günter Möbus

Reader
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

New characterisation and tomography methods for nanomaterials | Irradiation-induced modification of materials | Atomic level structure of nanoparticles

Email address: g.moebus@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5512

Professor Nicola Morley

Deputy Head of School
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Functional magnetic materials | Thin film fabrication | Muon spectroscopy | Materials informatics

Email address: n.a.morley@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5935

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Dr Robert Oliver

Lecturer in Sustainable Materials
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Optoelectronic devices (photovoltaics, LEDs etc.); metal halide perovskites; optical spectroscopy; emerging semiconductors

Email address: robert.oliver@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Lewis Owen

Lecturer in Metallurgy Characterisation
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Local Structure. | Characterisation | Metallic systems

Email address: lewis.owen@sheffield.ac.uk

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Professor Eric J Palmiere

Professor of Metallurgy and Thermomechanical Processing
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Physical and mechanical metallurgy | Thermomechanical processing | Phase transformations

Email address: e.j.palmiere@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5978

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Professor Alice Pyne

Professor of Biophysics
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Atomic Force Microscopy | Image analysis | Open research | DNA

Email address: a.l.pyne@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5969

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Professor Chris Race

UKAEA Chair in Fusion Materials
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Atomistic simulation of materials | Materials for fusion energy | Materials for nuclear fission | Extended defects in metals

Email address: Christopher.Race@sheffield.ac.uk

Professor W Mark Rainforth

Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Resource efficiency | Metals processing | Tribology | Microstructure characterisation

Email address: m.rainforth@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5469

Professor Ian Reaney

Professor in Ceramics
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Ceramics electroceramics | Glass ceramics | Electron microscopy

Email address: i.m.reaney@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5471

Dr Nik Reeves-McLaren

Senior Lecturer in Energy Materials
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries | Materials discovery and characterisation

Email address: n.reeves@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 6013

Professor Gwendolen Reilly

Professor of Musculoskeletal Bioengineering
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Email address: g.reilly@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5986

Dr Colin Robert

Lecturer
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Advanced composite manufacturing | Sustainable polymer systems | Smart composites (sensors, actuators) | Hydrogen pressure vessels

Email address: c.robert@sheffield.ac.uk

Professor Cornelia Rodenburg (née Schönjahn)

Chair in Nanostructured Materials Technology
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Characterisation and modification of nanostructured materials including the development and application of novel characterisation techniques manufacturing method for advanced energy and biomaterials.