People

People

Biographical information for Department of Physics staff and students, including contacts details. Follow the links to find more information about their teaching responsibilities, research interests, and recent publications.

Current Academic Staff

Name

Position

Admin role Office

Contact

Dr Andrew Angel Senior Lecturer EDI Officer MT339 Email 
Dr Murilo Baptista Reader Head of Department MT338 Email
Dr Kapil Debnath Senior Lecturer Outreach Officer MT336 Email
Dr Alessandro de Moura Reader - MT316 Email
Dr Scott Doyle Interdisciplinary Fellow Enterprise & Employability Officer FN166 Email
Dr Sandip George Lecturer Seminar Officer FN141 Email
Dr Claudiu Giuraniuc Lecturer Summer Project Officer MT341b Email
Prof. Celso Grebogi FRSE Sixth Century Chair in Nonlinear & Complex Systems Director of Research MT319 Email
Dr Ross Macpherson Senior Lecturer (Scholarship) Director of Undergraduate Pathways MT320 Email
Prof. David McGloin Personal Chair Head of NCS; ex officio Senate member MTG05e Email
Dr Francisco Perez-Reche Reader Engagement Officer FN158 Email
Prof. M. Carmen Romano Personal Chair Exams Officer MT337 Email
Dr Nicolas Rubido Obrer Lecturer Media Officer MT329 Email
Prof. Bjoern Schelter Personal Chair - MT318 Email
Prof. Marco Thiel Personal Chair Programme Director of MSc Data Science MT332 Email
Dr Ekkehard Ullner Lecturer Director of Postgraduate Programmes MT346 Email
Dr Charles Wang Reader Cruickshank Lecturer in Astronomy MT331 Email
Dr Roland Young Senior Lecturer Media Officer; elected Senate member FN154 Email

MT = Meston Building
FN = Fraser Noble Building

Support
Administrative    

Name

Position

Contact

Rowena Hardy School Administration Co-ordinator (PGT) Email
Lynn Harrison School Administrator (Research/Finance) Email
Sheryl Mackay School Administrator (Teaching) Email
Rosa McQueen School Administration Co-ordinator (UG) Email
Julie Timms School Administration Manager Email
     
Technical    
Name Position Contact
Kevin Barclay Technician Email
Research Staff

Name

Position

Contact

Dr Felipe Abril Bermudez Postdoctoral Researcher Email
Dr Weidong Dang Honorary Research Fellow Email

 

PhD Students

Name

Supervisor(s)

Contact

Yakubu Adamu Dr Charles Wang Email
Oz Bohl Dr Murilo Baptista, Dr Ekkehard Ullner Email
Francesca Collings Prof. Marco Thiel Email
Amrita Debnath Dr Claudiu Giuraniuc, Dr Guy Bewick Email
Bethel Eneh Dr Charles Wang Email
Zhadyra Gani Dr Scott Doyle Email
Alexander Groh Prof. M Carmen Romano Email
Zhao Hexuan Dr Sandip George, Dr Murilo Baptista Email
Louka Kovatsevits Dr Murilo Baptista Email
Serena Lo Prof. Bjoern Schelter Email
Mohammad Mogri Dr Nicolas Rubido Obrer Email
Daniel O'Connor Dr Charles Wang Email
Vidyavathi Pamjula Dr Francisco Perez-Reche Email
Lisa Stirk Dr Francisco Perez-Reche Email
Visitors

Name

Position

Institution Dates
Nasr Mella PhD student Cité Universitaire Bouraoui Amar, Algeria October 2024
Dr Daniel Chaves Associate Professor Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil October 2024
Jingdon Zhang PhD student National Natural Science Foundation of China 2024
Ana Paula da Silva Koltun PhD student CAPES, Brazil 2024
Dr Mario Parra Rodriguez Professor, Head of the Department of Psychology University of Strathclyde June 2023
External Contributors

Name

Role

Institution

Contact

Prof. Stefan Hoppler Student project supervisor IMS, University of Aberdeen Email
Dr Gordon Robb External Examiner University of Strathclyde  
Dr James Ross Student project supervisor SMMSN, University of Aberdeen Email
Prof. Andy Welch Student project supervisor IEMDS, University of Aberdeen Email
       
Emeriti, Honorary, and Former staff

Name

Position

Years at Aberdeen
or dates of appointment

Contact

Prof. John Brown FRSE Honorary Professor 1998-2019  
Dr Fabrizio Cossu Tutorial Fellow 2024  
Dr Geoff Dunn Emeritus Senior Lecturer 1998-2023  
Dr Alan Fenwick Honorary Research Fellow 2024-2027 Email
Dr Michael Gadsden Senior Lecturer 1970-1997  
Prof. David Hukins FRSE MacRobert Professor of Physics 1994-2003  
Prof. Jürgen Kurths CorrFRSE Sixth Century Chair in Complex Systems Biology 2009-2017  
Prof. Ying-Cheng Lai CorrFRSE Sixth Century Chair in Electrical Engineering 2017-2022 Email
Prof. Antonio Politi Emeritus Professor (Chair in Physics of Life Sciences) 2011-2022 Email
Prof. Thomas Redpath Emeritus Professor (Chair in School of Medical Sciences) 1992-2011 Email
Dr John Reid Senior Lecturer 1989-2013  
Prof. Peter Sharp FRSE Emeritus Professor (Chair in Medical Physics) 1972-2012 Email
Prof. Jan Skakle FRSE Emeritus Professor (Personal Chair) 1994-2023 Email
Prof. Norval Strachan Emeritus Professor (Chair in Physics) 1998-2021 Email
Prof. J. Michael Thompson FRS Sixth Century Chair in Theoretical & Applied Dynamics 2006-2016