Projects per year
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.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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R3480CMM: Processing-Driven Nucleation Mediated Control for Manufacturing Phase-Pure Ferroelectric Hafnia
10/01/2023 → …
Project: Research
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Research output
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3D radiative transfer kilonova modelling for binary neutron star merger simulations
Collins, C. E., Bauswein, A., Sim, S. A., Vijayan, V., Martínez-Pinedo, G., Just, O., Shingles, L. J. & Kromer, M., 24 Feb 2023, (Early online date) In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A comparison of international modelling methods to evaluate health economics of colorectal cancer screening: a systematic review
Adair, O., Lamrock, F., McFerran, E. & Lawler, M., 21 May 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
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A comparison of international modelling methods to evaluate health economics of colorectal cancer screening: a systematic review protocol
Adair, O., McFerran, E., Owen, T., McKee, C., Lamrock, F. & Lawler, M., 27 Jan 2023, In: Systematic Reviews. 12, 5 p., 14.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile38 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Dataset for "Quantum thermodynamics of boundary time-crystals"
Carollo, F. (Creator) & De Chiara, G. (Creator), Queen's University Belfast, 20 Jun 2023
DOI: 10.17034/cab33fc7-faa2-405c-aa48-1b6ba24ac887
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Dataset for "Dipole instability in molecules irradiated by XUV pulses"
Dundas, D. (Creator), Queen's University Belfast, 24 May 2023
DOI: 10.17034/e4c4269a-3f00-4c72-b725-65f3affa957b
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Dataset for "A quantum fluctuation theorem for dissipative processes"
De Chiara, G. (Creator) & Imparato, A. (Creator), Queen's University Belfast, 2022
DOI: 10.17034/b3e856e6-87dc-4849-8c0b-5785856cb618
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Prizes
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(1997) DongShiDongFang Prize (awarded to top 5% postgraduate master student)
Huang, Fumin (Recipient), 1997
Prize: Other distinction
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(2006) ORC Innovation Fund (£15K) Awarded for Innovative Research Work on Optical Superresolution
Huang, Fumin (Recipient), 2006
Prize: Other distinction
Activities
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IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (Journal)
Salissou Moutari (Peer reviewer)
02 Mar 2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
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GEC 2023 Home - 76th Conference
Connor Ballance (Invited speaker)
09 Oct 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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International Scientific Advisory Committee for the International Workshop on Low-Energy Positron and Positronium Physics (External organisation)
Dermot Green (Advisor)
25 Sep 2023 → 25 Sep 2025Activity: Membership types › Membership of national or international committees and working groups
Press/Media
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LiveScience - Ethereal 'halo' and light arcs around the sun captured in photos of ultra-rare phenomena
07/06/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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BBC The Sky at Night - Will an Asteroid Destroy Earth?
15/05/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Science.org - Mystery of our first interstellar visitor may be solved
22/03/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Impact
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Engaging the Public in Science and Increasing Awareness of Physics and Astronomy
Alan Fitzsimmons (Participant), Samuel Duddy (Participant), Henry Hsieh (Participant), Stephen Smartt (Participant), Stephen Lowry (Participant), Heather Cegla (Participant), Sergiy Shelyag (Participant), Victoria Moulds (Participant), Michail Mathioudakis (Participant), Don Pollacco (Participant), John Burton (Participant) & Christopher Watson (Participant)
Impact: Societial Impact
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Failure in Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors (MLCCs) for AVX Ltd
Robert Bowman (Participant), Marty Gregg (Participant), Mohamed Saad (Participant), Li-Wu Chang (Participant), Mark McMillen (Participant) & Alina Schilling (Participant)
Impact: Economic Impact
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Impact of the HELIUM Code on UK Government Procurement and Provision of National High-Performance Computing Facility HECToR
Jonathan Parker (Participant), Karen Cairns (Participant), Daniel Dundas (Participant) & Kenneth Taylor (Participant)
Impact: Public Service Impact
Student theses
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Ab Initio Modelling of Photoinduced Electron Dynamics in Nanostructures
Author: McMillan, R. J., 04 Nov 2017Supervisor: Gruening, M. (Supervisor) & Dundas, D. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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A combined experimental and computational study of Ni3Pt/Ir/Co Synthetic Ferrimagnets: Taking atomistic spin simulation into the laboratory
Author: Scott, J., Jul 2020Supervisor: Bowman, R. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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A homotopy theoretic model for projective spaces
Author: Corvan, C., 2017Supervisor: Huettemann, T. (Supervisor) & Shkarin, S. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy