Professor Elizabeth Winstanley
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Professor of Mathematical Physics
+44 114 222 3796
Full contact details
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Hicks Building
Hounsfield Road
Sheffield
S3 7RH
- Profile
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I was born in Wigan, Lancashire and educated at Abbey Gate College, near Chester. I completed my MA in Mathematics and DPhil in Theoretical Physics at St. Hugh's College, Oxford. Prior to moving to Sheffield in 2000, I was Fellow and Lecturer in Applied Mathematics at Oriel College, Oxford.
- Research interests
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Black holes, quantum field theory in curved space-time, general relativity
Summary of Research Project(s)
My current research focusses on semiclassical gravity, particularly (but not exclusively) as applied to black hole spacetimes. I am interested in the definition of quantum states on black hole space-times for a variety of quantum fields, and the computation of the renormalized stress-energy tensor for these states. My recent research also studies the backreaction of quantum fields on the space-time geometry, for both black holes and anti-de Sitter backgrounds.
- Publications
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- Research group
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Cosmology, Relativity and Gravitation
- Grants
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Past grants, as Principal Investigator
Higher dimensional scalar hairy black holes Nuffield Past grants, as Coinvestigator
STFC Consortium: Fundamental Physics - Lancaster-Manchester-Sheffield STFC STFC Consolidated Grant Renewal STFC Particle Physics: From the Early Universe to the Large Hadron Collider STFC Testing New Physics with Data from Particle Physics and Cosmology PPARC Prizes and Awards
Erskine Visiting Fellow at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand (2016); Australian Institute of Physics Women in Physics Lecturer (2010)
- Teaching interests
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My main teaching interests are:
- Differential equations
- Mathematical physics
- Career development skills
- Teaching mathematics to engineering students
- Supervising MMath projects
- Teaching activities
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Over the course of my career, I have been involving in teaching a wide range of applied mathematics and theoretical physics modules, as well as mathematical methods to physicists and engineers and skills modules for mathematics students. I have also been a member of the London Mathematical Society's education committee, and the Joint Mathematical Council of the United Kingdom.
- Professional activities and memberships
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Fellow of the Higher Education Academy; Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications; Fellow of the Institute of Physics; Member of the International Society for General Relativity and Gravitation, the London Mathematical Society, the European Mathematical Society and the European Physical Society.