Projects per year
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.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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R8574ARC: Leveling the Playing Field Within the LSST Solar System Science Collaboration
Schwamb, M. (PI)
09/11/2023 → …
Project: Research
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R1005APL: UK Involvement in LSST: Phase C (QUB component)
Schwamb, M. (PI) & Smartt, S. (CoI)
17/08/2023 → …
Project: Research
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R3480CMM: Processing-Driven Nucleation Mediated Control for Manufacturing Phase-Pure Ferroelectric Hafnia
Kumar, A. (PI)
10/01/2023 → …
Project: Research
Research output
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Additive spectrum preserving mappings from von Neumann algebras
Mathieu, M. & Schulz, F., 03 Jan 2025, (Early online date) In: Indagationes Mathematicae. 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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AFM-based functional tomography – to mill or not to mill, that is the question!
Sharma, N., Holsgrove, K. M., Dalzell, J., McCluskey, C. J., He, J., Meier, D., Prabhakaran, D., Rodriguez, B. J., McQuaid, R. G. P., Gregg, J. M. & Kumar, A., 15 Jan 2025, (Early online date) In: Advanced Materials Interfaces. 9 p., 2400813.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An updated detection pipeline for precursor emission in type II supernova 2020tlf
Jacobson-Galán, W. V., Gonzalez, S., Patel, S., Dessart, L., Jones, D. O., Coppejans, D. L., Dimitriadis, G., Foley, R. J., Kilpatrick, C. D., Matthews, D. J., Rest, S., Terreran, G., Aleo, P. D., Auchettl, K., Blanchard, P. K., Coulter, D. A., Davis, K. W., de Boer, T. J. L., DeMarchi, L. & Drout, M. R. & 17 others, , 03 Jan 2025, In: Research Notes of the AAS. 9, 1, 5.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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Dataset for "Dipole instability after an ultrashort XUV pulse in N2: population inversion and timescales"
Dundas, D. (Creator), Queen's University Belfast, Jan 2025
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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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Intensity Averaging Data for Stimulating electron competition with extreme-ultraviolet-initiated high-order harmonic generation
Hutcheson, L. (Creator) & Brown, A. (Supervisor), Queen's University Belfast, 28 Nov 2023
DOI: 10.17034/adbed237-750d-4c9c-95a4-1b19f5b8fc6d
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Prizes
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(1997) DongShiDongFang Prize (awarded to top 5% postgraduate master student)
Huang, F. (Recipient), 1997
Prize: Other distinction
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(2006) ORC Innovation Fund (£15K) Awarded for Innovative Research Work on Optical Superresolution
Huang, F. (Recipient), 2006
Prize: Other distinction
Activities
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Wave observations in the solar atmosphere
Jess, D. (Keynote speaker)
23 Sept 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Equivariant algebra (at LMS research school in Warwick)
Barnes, D. (Invited speaker)
02 Sept 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference
Press/Media
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Theoretical Physicist Dermot Green Awarded Prestigious European Research Council Consolidator Grant
06/02/2025
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other
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Fundamental research success: "Gaining a deeper understanding of antimatter-matter interactions"
03/02/2025
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Impacts
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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
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Failure in Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors (MLCCs) for AVX Ltd
Bowman, R. (Participant), Gregg, M. (Participant), Saad, M. (Participant), Chang, L.-W. (Participant), McMillen, M. (Participant) & Schilling, A. (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
Parker, J. (Participant), Cairns, K. (Participant), Dundas, D. (Participant) & Taylor, K. (Participant)
Impact: Public Service Impact
Student theses
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Ab initio modelling of photoinduced electron dynamics in nanostructures
McMillan, R. J. (Author), Gruening, M. (Supervisor) & Dundas, D. (Supervisor), 04 Nov 2017Student 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
Scott, J. (Author), Bowman, R. (Supervisor), Jul 2020Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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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 2025Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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