Our people

Learn about our academic experts, from their research interests to their contact details.

Professor Christopher Howls

Professor of Mathematics

Research interests

  • Asymptotic Analysis
  • Semiclassical Analysis
  • Applied Mathematics

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Emeritus Professor Christopher Sachrajda FRS, FInstP, CPhys, PhD

Research interests

  • Developing Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), the quantum field theory of the strong-nuclear force…
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Mr Daniel Baig

Research interests

  • Gauge/Gravity Duality
  • Supergravity
  • Holography
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Dr David Turton

Principal Research Fellow

Research interests

  • String theory
  • Black holes
  • Holography

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Emeritus Professor Douglas Ross FRS, FInstP, CPhys, D.Phil

Research interests

  • Perturbative QCD
  • Pomerons and low-x Physics
  • Physics beyond the Standard Model
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Miss Elisa Marieni

Research interests

  • Supersymmetric Gauge Theories
  • String Theory
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Dr Felix Haehl

Principal Research Fellow (UKRI/ERC Frontier)

Research interests

  • AdS/CFT duality
  • Black holes in quantum gravity
  • Conformal field theory

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Francesco Shankar

Professor of Astrophysics

Research interests

  • Super-massive Black Hole Demography and Evolution
  • Galaxy Evolution: Spheroids and Bulges, Environment, High-redshift galaxies
  • Radio and Broad Absorption Line Active Galactic Nuclei
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Dr Fridrik Freyr Gautason

Lecturer in String Theory

Research interests

  • String theory
  • Supersymmetric quantum field theories
  • Holography

Accepting applications from PhD students

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