The following people are in this group:
Professor James Annett LA President of UCU; Professor of Physics Tel. (0117) 928 8752 james.annett@bristol.ac.uk
Professor Sir Michael Berry Senior Research Fellow; Emeritus Professor of Physics Tel. (0117) 928 8778
Dr Nicolas Brunner Visiting Fellow Tel. (0117) 928 8755 n.brunner@bristol.ac.uk
Dr Mark Dennis Reader in Physics Tel. (0117) 928 8761 mark.dennis@bristol.ac.uk
Professor Robert Evans Emeritus Professor; Senior Research Fellow in Physics Tel. (0117) 928 8703 bob.evans@bristol.ac.uk
Dr Martin Gradhand Research Fellow m.gradhand@bristol.ac.uk
Professor John Hannay Professor of Physics Tel. (0117) 928 8756 j.h.hannay@bristol.ac.uk
Dr Lluis Masanes Research Associate Tel. (0117) 331 1664 ll.masanes@bristol.ac.uk
Dr Miguel Navascues Research Associate m.navascues@bristol.ac.uk
Professor John Nye Senior Research Fellow in Physics; Emeritus Professor in Physics Tel. (0117) 928 8727 john.nye@bristol.ac.uk
Professor Sandu Popescu Professor of Physics Tel. (0117) 928 8803 s.popescu@bristol.ac.uk
Dr Paddy Royall Royal Society University Research Fellow; Royal Society University Research Fellow Tel. (0117) 928 7668 paddy.royall@bristol.ac.uk
Dr Nic Shannon Visiting Fellow Tel. (0117) 928 8774 nic.shannon@bristol.ac.uk
Dr Tony Short Research Fellow Tel. (0117) 928 8708 tony.short@bristol.ac.uk
Dr Jasper Van Wezel Lecturer in Condensed Matter Theory Tel. (0117) 928 8727 jasper.vanwezel@bristol.ac.uk
The Theory group has an outstanding record of research in theoretical physics, whose highlights include the discoveries of the Aharonov-Bohm effect and the Berry phase. The group has always been one of the top quality research groups in the school of physics as judged by the national Research Assessment Exercises (RAE).
Currently the work of the theoretical physics group focuses on four main scientific themes: Condensed Matter, Quantum Information, Geometrical Aspects of Waves and Physical Asymptotics, and Statistical, Liquid State and Soft Matter Physics.
The international reputation of the theory group is exemplified by prizes and awards such as the 2011 John Stuart Bell Prize awarded to Popsecu. The group has a lively and exciting scientific culture, including highly distinguished international visitors, a large number of postdoctoral researchers and postgraduate students and an active programme of seminars and departmental colloquia on a wide range of topics in theoretical physics.
The group has considerable research income, including grants from the EPSRC, Royal Society, European Research Council and other funding agencies. University facilities for research used by the group include the Advanced Computing Research Centre high performance supercomputer BlueCrystal which is located within the HH Wills Physics Laboratory.
The members of the theory group contribute to teaching in the School of Physics at all levels, from first year undergraduate to advanced postgraduate courses. Members of the group also have many national and international collaborations and have frequent discussions and interactions with other groups in Bristol.
In particular we have close collaborations with the Correlated Electron Systems group, Quantum Photonics, Nanophysics and Soft Matter and Micro and Nanostructural Materials. Wider collaborations with members of the Faculty of Science include members of the School of Mathematics (especially Applied Mathematics and Quantum Information) and the School of Chemistry (Theoretical and Physical Chemistry).
See also Theoretical Physics postgrads.
