lie in quantum critical
phenomena in novel metallic compounds.
We are also joined by a rather large group of new graduate students, Jack Gillet, Emily Russel, Lara Sibley, Oliver Welzel, Joanne Wensley and
Paul Nahai Williamson. Welcome to all!
Stephen Rowley elected JRF at Emma
Congratulations to QM's Stephen Rowley, who has won a juniour research fellowship with
Emmanuel College , Cambridge.
Stephen will continue working within the group on investigations of quantum criticality in ferroelectric systems.
Suchitra wins your scientist award
Congratulations to QM's Suchitra Sebastian, who has won this year's
Lee-Osheroff-Richardson prize. The award is sponsored by Oxford Intruments and is given annually to a young scientists
conducting research employing low temperatures and/or high magnetic fields in North America.
The award consists of a trophy and $8000 USD.
MSM07 Held in Uzbekistan
The 2007 conference on Magnetic and Superconducting Materials was held from the 25th - 30th September 2007,
in Khiva, Uzbekistan at the Al Mamun Acadamey of Sciences. Jointly organized
by members of Quantum Matter and the Uzbek Academy of Sciences, the meeting was an interdisciplinary forum for
exchange on the latest experimental results and theoretical advances in Magnetism and Superconductivity. The
conference brought together world recognized experts and younger researchers to stimulate discussions and push
leading edge research and collaborations and explore some of the big challenges in the field.
The
MSM07 web page provides further details.
Anna Kusmartseva and Anne-Marie Cumberlidge defend their thesis
Quantum Matter has produced two more PhDs this year, Anna Kusmartseva has defended her
thesis and is now working as a postdoc in Lausanne, Switzerland.
She will continue to investigate correlated electron systems using her expertise in high pressure
measurements. Anne-Marie Cumberlidge has accepted a position working on applied research in the defence
industry.
Christos Panagopoulos awarded 2006 Euryi prize
QM group member Christos Panagopoulos has been awarded the 2006
European Young Investigator Award.
This major prize is awarded to young researchers to set up their own laboratoroy in a European city.
The value of the prize - 1,250,000 Euro, is comparable in size to the Nobel prize and is awarded based on
research excellence and potential for the future. Conratulations to
Christos, the latest award winner in what has proved to be a successful year for the group!
Robert Smith defends his thesis
Congratulations are in order for Dr. Robert Smith, who recently defended his Ph.D. thesis entitled
"Emergent States of Matter in Metallic Systems". Robert will remain with the group for the next few
years on a juniour research fellowship with St. Catherines college.
QM held a mini-workshop on January 29th in Cambridge on the
family of Iron Pnictide superconductors. The primary focus was to
showcase the power of diverse techniques utilised in the creation,
characterisation, and measurement of materials belonging to this exciting
category of new high temperature superconductors.
With the focus on various capabilities that can be used to study new
materials, speakers were asked to broadly introduce their technique to a
general audience, followed by an example of results yielded on the family
of Iron Arsenide compounds.
The local organizing committee consisted of Jack Gillett,
Suchitra Sebastian, Mike Sutherland and Gil Lonzarich.
Congratulations to Swee Goh who was elected to a Junior Research Fellowship at Trinity College. Swee will remain
with the QM group, extending his research on quantum oscillations in correlated electron systems under high pressure.
QM's Suchitra Sebastian and Gil Lonzarich recently published research on a class of materials known as
'high temperature superconductors' in the influential journal
