Dr James Drewitt
BSc (Hons) (Wales), PhD (Bath)
Expertise
Structure of liquids, glasses, and minerals under extreme conditions.
Current positions
Research Fellow
School of Physics
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Biography
2020 - Research Fellow, School of Physics, University of Bristol UK
2014 - 2020 Senior Research Associate, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, UK
2012 - 2014 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions, School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, UK
2010 - 2011 Postdoctoral fellow, CEMHTI-CNRS, Orleans, France
2005 - 2009 PhD, Department of Physics, University of Bath, UK
2001 - 2005 BSc in Physics 1st class (hons), Prifysgol Cymru/University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK
Research interests
Publications
Selected publications
11/10/2021Liquid structure under extreme conditions
Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
Structural ordering in liquid gallium under extreme conditions
Physical Review Letters
Hydrous silicate melts and the deep mantle H2O cycle
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
The fate of carbonate in oceanic crust subducted into earth's lower mantle
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Structural Transformations on Vitrification in the Fragile Glass-Forming System CaAl2O4
Physical Review Letters
Recent publications
16/10/2023Iron coordination in liquid FeAl2O4
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Boron incorporation in silicate melt
Frontiers in Earth Science
From short to medium range order in glasses and melts by diffraction and Raman spectroscopy
Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry
Hydrous silicate melts and the deep mantle H2O cycle
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
LiquidDiffract
Physics and Chemistry of Minerals