People

We are a friendly group of students and staff, led by six academics.

Academic staff

James Adams

Dr James Adams

Lecturer

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Dr David Faux

Reader

izabela-jurewicz

Dr Izabela Jurewicz

Lecturer in Soft Matter

Joseph Keddie

Prof Joseph Keddie

Professor of Soft Matter Physics

Peter McDonald

Prof Peter McDonald

Professor of Physics

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Dr Richard Sear

Reader, Soft Matter Group leader

Research staff

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Dr Yuxiu Chen

Research Fellow

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Andrea Fortini

Research Fellow

students working in the soft matter labs (2019) 2
Soft Matter PhD students working in our labs

Technical support staff

Name Role Email Phone
Agata Gajewicz-Jaromin Research (Soft Matter) and Teaching Laboratory Technician agata.gajewicz@surrey.ac.uk  
Violeta Doukova Research Laboratory Technician (Surrey Materials Institute) v.doukova@surrey.ac.uk +44 (0)1483 686856

Postgraduate research students

Name Research area
Arifah Rahaman Soft Matter (EU ITN RAMP)
Robin Adey-Johnson Soft Matter (EngD)
Virgina Apostolopoulou Soft Matter (EU ITN RAMP)
Miryea Borg Soft Matter (EU ITN RAMP)
Katrin Elidottir Soft Matter
Ors Istok Soft Matter (EU ITN ERICA)
Joe Hall Soft Matter (EngD)
Sam Henderson Soft Matter (EngD)
Magdalena Janota Soft Matter (EU ITN ERICA)
Toby Palmer Soft Matter
Dan Parrish Soft Matter (EngD)
Malin Schulz Soft Matter
Thomas Waters Soft Matter