People
We are a friendly group of students and staff, led by five academics, and working on both pure and applied soft matter physics.
Staff and students
Head of the group
Dr Richard Sear
Soft Matter Group Leader
Academic staff
Dr Wooli Bae
Lecturer in Experimental Soft Matter Physics
Professor David Faux
Professor of Physics
Dr Izabela Jurewicz
Lecturer in Soft Matter
Professor Joseph Keddie
Professor of Soft Matter Physics
Professor Peter McDonald
Professor of Physics
Research staff
Technical support staff
Violeta Doukova
Research Laboratory Technician (Surrey Materials Institute)
Agata Gajewicz-Jaromin
Research (Soft Matter) and Teaching Laboratory Technician
Postgraduate research students
| Name | Research area |
|---|---|
| Arifah Rahaman | Soft Matter (EU ITN RAMP) |
| Rohani Abu Bakar | Soft Matter |
| 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) |
| Zhiwei Huang | Soft Matter |
| Magdalena Janota | Soft Matter (EU ITN ERICA) |
| Toby Palmer | Soft Matter |
| Thomas Waters | Soft Matter |
Soft matter students working in our labs