Teaching
Members of the condensed matter group are responsible for teaching solid state and experimental physics across our degree programmes.
First year
- Head of First Year - Dr Thomas Moore
- PHYS1000 Tutorials - Dr Thomas Moore
Dr Moore is in overall charge of personal tutorials in Phtsics and Astronomy
Second year
- PHYS2210 Solid State Section of Physics 4 - Dr Thomas Moore
Electrons and Phonons in metals, introduction to semi-conductor physics and magnetic materials. - PHYS2110 Physics Laboratory 4 - Dr Satoshi Sasaki
Second year Physics Labroatory, Semester 2 - PHYS2320 Computing 2 - Dr Gavin Burnell
Second year computing, Python (Semester 1)
Third year
- Head of 3rd Year MPhys - Dr Gavin Burnell
- PHYS3421 Magnetism in Condensed Matter - Dr Thomas Moore
Magnetism, Magnetic materials, spintronics - PHYS3393 Quantum Matter - Prof Oscar Cespedes
Quantum Effects in Solid State Systems. - PHYS3001/3002/3003/2004 Advanced Techniques in Physics - Dr Gavin Burnell
with Dr Joe Barker, Prof Oscar Cespedes, Prof B.J. Hickey, Dr Thomas Moore, Dr Satoshi Sasaki
Experimental laboratory and theoretical physics techniques courses for level 3 MPhys students
Fourth year
- Head of Year - Prof Oscar Cespedes
- PHYS5014M Final Year Research Project - Prof Oscar Cespedes with all members of the group
The final year project for all the MPhys Degree programmes - PHYS5300M Superconductivity - Dr Satoshi Sasaki
Superconductivity phenomenology and theory, introduction to superconducting devices
Other Teaching Activities
- Academic Assessment Lead - Dr Gavin Burnell
Oversight of exams and assessment throughout Physics Programmes. - Personal Academic Tutoring Lead - Dr Thomas Moore
Overall charge for developing personal academic tutoring practices in the school.