School of Mathematics and Physics

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• Queen's University Belfast

• Engineering and Physical Sciences

• Phone+44 (0)28 9097 6005

• Emailmp@qub.ac.uk

• Websitehttp://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofMathematicsandPhysics/

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University Road

BT7 1NN Belfast

United Kingdom

Organisation profile

Organisation profile

Research activity in the School of Mathematics and Physics at Queen’s University Belfast is focused into seven Research Centres.

Since 2001 there have been several major developments in the School, which have contributed to a regenerated and vibrant research environment.  The 4700m2 International Research Centre for Experimental Physics (IRCEP) was completed in December 2004, while a new £3.3M building was built to house the Mathematicians including CTAMOP and PMRC.  One of the consequences of these developments has been the significant reorientation of our research into areas including quantum information and measurement, theory of soft matter, and supernova research.

A major QUB and EPSRC investment in plasma physics led to the construction of a new 20 terawatt laser system, giving access to ultra-short x-ray pulses.  To our knowledge, this is unique as a university-based high energy, short-pulse CPA laser system, and was underpinned by an EPSRC S&I Award. The arrival of the focused ion beam microscope in 2001 has led to innovations in the nanofabrication of three dimensional structures; funding for the SuperWASP project has resulted in discoveries of extrasolar planets.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

1. SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
2. SDG 4 Quality Education
3. SDG 5 Gender Equality
4. SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
5. SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
6. SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
7. SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
8. SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
9. SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
10. SDG 13 Climate Action
11. SDG 14 Life Below Water
12. SDG 15 Life on Land
13. SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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• Model Physics
• Electrons Physics
• Laser Physics
• Ion Physics
• Spectra Physics
• Emission Physics
• Targets Physics
• Stars Physics

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Profiles

• Aysha Aamer

• School of Mathematics and Physics

Person

2023Research output 2023: 4Research output 2024: 6Research output 2025: 32025 - ### Zina Abdullah

• School of Mathematics and Physics

Person - ### John Adeniran

• School of Mathematics and Physics

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Projects

• 65 Active

• 279 Finished

• R1713QMT: Core Equipment Award - Dedicated Lift-out tool

Arredondo, M. (PI), Kumar, A. (CoI), Murphy, A. (CoI) & Woods, R. (CoI)

10/12/2024 → …

Project: Research - ### R8574ARC: Leveling the Playing Field Within the LSST Solar System Science Collaboration

Schwamb, M. (PI)

09/11/2023 → …

Project: Research - ### R1005APL: UK Involvement in LSST: Phase C (QUB component)

Schwamb, M. (PI) & Smartt, S. (CoI)

17/08/2023 → …

Project: Research

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Research output

• 479119 Citations
• 292 h-index
• 6592 Article
• 500 Paper
• 307 Conference contribution
• 111 Chapter

• 454 More

• 66 Poster

• 63 Abstract
• 45 Comment/debate
• 45 Review article
• 43 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
• 41 Meeting abstract
• 36 Other contribution
• 33 Letter
• 24 Book
• 12 Working paper
• 9 Editorial
• 6 Other report
• 5 Scholarly edition
• 5 Special issue
• 3 Web publication/site
• 2 Edited book
• 2 Foreword/postscript
• 2 Other contribution to conference
• 2 Book/Film/Article review
• 2 Literature review
• 2 Short survey
• 2 Patent
• 1 Commissioned report
• 1 Other chapter contribution
• 1 Featured article

• 1 Software

• A comparison of time-dependent Cloudy astrophysical code simulations with experimental X-ray spectra from keV laser-generated argon plasmas

Rathee, N., Keenan, F. P., Williams, R. J. R., Ferland, G. J., Rose, S. J., White, S. & Riley, D., Jan 2026, In: Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 348, 7 p., 109720.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• Argon Plasma

8 Downloads (Pure) - ### Addition to “chemical compensation challenges in processing antiferroelectric PbZrO3 thin films”

Haddad, M. H., Lebedev, V., Holsgrove, K., Rivera-Cruz, S., Stock, S., Maity, N., Lisenkov, S., Ponomareva, I., Kumar, A., Jones, L. & Bassiri-Gharb, N., 20 Jan 2026, In: ACS Omega. 11, 2, p. 3661 1 p., 29878.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

Open Access

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• Antiferroelectricity
• Film

• A single-centre randomised, feasibility study using point-of-care (POC) testing for respiratory viruses to direct oral corticosteroids use in preschool-aged children with acute wheeze: a protocol

Norman–Bruce, H., Mills, C., Drummond, H., Li, K., Mitchell, H., McFetridge, L., Lyttle, M., Roland, D., Sinha, I., Waterfield, T. & Groves, H., 24 Feb 2026, (Early online date) In: Pilot and Feasibility Studies.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Nose Smear

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Datasets

• Dataset for "Dipole instability after an ultrashort XUV pulse in N2: population inversion and timescales"

Dundas, D. (Creator), Queen's University Belfast, 24 Jan 2025

DOI: 10.17034/8196d135-92b9-4ef9-bab8-49c90640a2b8

Dataset

File - ### Dataset for "Current Flow Mapping in Conducting Ferroelectric Domain Walls using Scanning NV-Magnetometry"

McCluskey, C. (Creator), Gregg, M. (Supervisor), Kumar, A. (Contributor) & Dalzell, J. (Contributor), Queen's University Belfast, 16 May 2025

DOI: 10.17034/87e753f4-810e-45d6-9a8b-a43815aed2cd

Dataset

File - ### Dataset for "Polar Discontinuities, Emergent Conductivity, and Critical Twist-Angle-Dependent Behaviour at Wafer-Bonded Ferroelectric Interfaces"

Rogers, A. (Creator), Gregg, M. (Supervisor), Holsgrove, K. (Contributor), McCluskey, C. J. (Contributor) & Lynch, R. (Contributor), Queen's University Belfast, 01 Jan 2026

DOI: 10.17034/d10994ca-0344-4b3e-9550-36bf3c115591

Dataset

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Prizes

• (The first) Junior Research Fellowship in the Sciences, Hatfield College, Durham University

Green, D. (Recipient), 01 Jun 2014

Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively - ### [ELECTION TO INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY] Elected as a Fellow of the Young Academy of Europe; criteria: for outstanding researchers with recognised national/international excellence with demonstrated leadership abilities and a wide interest in science and science policy at the European level

Green, D. (Recipient), 01 May 2021

Prize: Prize (including medals and awards) - ### [ELECTION TO NATIONAL ACADEMY] Elected as one of the first of 40 inaugural members of the Royal Irish Academy's "Young Academy of Ireland", with expertise spanning academia, law, economics etc from the island of Ireland who have already made an evidenced impact on their fields.

Green, D. (Recipient), 25 Apr 2023

Prize: Appointment

• Elections
• Economic Law
• Ireland
• Transdisciplinary
• Stakeholder Engagement

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Activities

• 802 Invited talk
• 619 Participation in conference
• 477 Publication peer-review
• 390 Participation in workshop, seminar, course

• 2375 More

• 293 Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference

• 254 Membership of peer review panel or committee
• 220 PhD external examination
• 193 Oral presentation
• 184 Public lecture/debate/seminar
• 154 Hosting an academic visitor
• 138 Editorial activity
• 128 Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups
• 122 Participation in Festival/Exhibition
• 109 Work on advisory panel to industry or government or non-government organisation
• 104 Research and Teaching at External Organisation
• 83 Visiting an external academic institution
• 60 Other
• 57 Membership of national or international committees and working groups
• 51 Hosting a school group or open day
• 48 Membership of external research organisation
• 37 Membership of board
• 29 Other examination
• 24 Membership of network
• 23 KTP & Consultancy in kind
• 18 Membership of public/government advisory/policy group or panel
• 15 Visiting a School
• 10 UG external examination
• 9 PGT external examination
• 7 Hosting of external, non-academic visitor
• 2 Hosting a delegation or group
• 1 CPD delivery/organisation of courses for externals (in kind)
• 1 Joint or sponsored appointments or secondments with industry or commerce

• 1 Work on advisory panels for social community and cultural engagement

• International Conference of the Royal Statistical Society (RSS 2027)

McFetridge, L. (Chair)

06 Sept 2027 → 09 Sept 2027

Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference - ### International Conference of the Royal Statistical Society (RSS 2026)

McFetridge, L. (Chair)

07 Sept 2026 → 10 Sept 2026

Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference - ### Expert Facilitator for the ICMS Modelling Camp 2026, Edinburgh

McFetridge, L. (Advisor)

27 Apr 2026 → 01 May 2026

Activity: Consultancy types › Work on advisory panel to industry or government or non-government organisation

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Press/Media

• Mystery of snowman-shaped space objects cracked

Fitzsimmons, A.

19/02/2026

1 Media contribution

Press/Media: Expert Comment - ### Earliest ever supernova sheds light on the first stars

Nicholl, M.

16/01/2026

1 Media contribution

Press/Media: Expert Comment - ### How stranger things could inspire a new generation of physicsts

Brown, A.

11/01/2026

1 Media contribution

Press/Media: Expert Comment

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Impacts

• Engaging the Public in Science and Increasing Awareness of Physics and Astronomy

Fitzsimmons, A. (Participant), Duddy, S. (Participant), Hsieh, H. (Participant), Smartt, S. (Participant), Lowry, S. (Participant), Cegla, H. (Participant), Shelyag, S. (Participant), Moulds, V. (Participant), Mathioudakis, M. (Participant), Pollacco, D. (Participant), Burton, J. (Participant) & Watson, C. (Participant)

Impact: Societial Impact - ### Failure in Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors (MLCCs) for AVX Ltd

Bowman, R. (Participant), Gregg, J. (Participant), Saad, M. (Participant), Chang, L.-W. (Participant), McMillen, M. (Participant) & Schilling, A. (Participant)

Impact: Economic Impact - ### Impact of the HELIUM Code on UK Government Procurement and Provision of National High-Performance Computing Facility HECToR

Parker, J. (Participant), Cairns, K. (Participant), Dundas, D. (Participant) & Taylor, K. (Participant)

Impact: Public Service Impact

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Student theses

• Ab initio modelling of photoinduced electron dynamics in nanostructures

McMillan, R. J. (Author), Gruening, M. (Supervisor) & Dundas, D. (Supervisor), 04 Nov 2017

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

File - ### A combined experimental and computational study of Ni3Pt/Ir/Co Synthetic Ferrimagnets: Taking atomistic spin simulation into the laboratory

Scott, J. (Author), Bowman, R. (Supervisor), Jul 2020

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

File - ### Activity in Jupiter-family comets and asteroids: photometric analysis of survey and deep imaging

Gillan, A. F. (Author), Fitzsimmons, A. (Supervisor) & Schwamb, M. (Supervisor), Jul 2025

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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