The Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy (DMSM) is a large research and teaching division of the University of Cambridge. Since 2013 it has been located in West Cambridge, having previously occupied several buildings on the New Museums Site in the centre of Cambridge.
Following the changes to academic titles in 2021/2022 at the University of Cambridge,[1] the academic staff of the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy no longer use the academic titles of Reader and Lecturer. The list below reflects the new academic titles.
Academic staff
As of October 2022[update] Professorial staff include:[2]
- Serena Best, CBE, FREng, Professor of Materials Science
- Ruth Cameron, Professor of Materials Science
- Manish Chhowalla, Goldsmiths' Professor of Materials Science
- Judith Driscoll, FREng, Professor of Materials Science
- Caterina Ducati, Professor of Nanomaterials
- Rachel Evans, Professor of Materials Chemistry
- James Elliott, Professor of Macromolecular Materials Science
- Lindsay Greer, Professor of Materials Science
- Louise Hirst, Professor of Materials Physics (jointly appointed with the Cavendish Laboratory)
- Nick Jones, Professor of Metallurgy
- Sohini Kar-Narayan, Professor of Device & Energy Materials
- Neil Mathur, Professor of Materials Physics
- Paul Midgley, FRS, Professor of Materials Science (Current Head of Department)
- Rachel Oliver, FREng, Professor of Materials Science
- Chris Pickard, Sir Alan Cottrell Professor of Materials Science
- Cathie Rae, Professor of Superalloys
- Emilie Ringe, Professor of Synthetic and Natural Nanomaterials (jointly appointed with the Department of Earth Sciences)
- Howard Stone, Professor of Metallurgy
- Jason WA Robinson, Professor of Materials Physics
As of October 2022[update] Assistant and Associate Professorial staff include:[2]
- Thomas D Bennett, Assistant Professor
- Giuliana di Martino, Assistant Professor
- Bartomeu Monserrat, Assistant Professor, Gianna Angelopoulos Lecturer in Computational Materials Science
- Xavier Moya, Assistant Professor
As of October 2022[update] Staff dedicated to teaching include:[2]
- Jess Gwynne, Associate Teaching Professor, Director of Undergraduate Teaching
- Rob Thompson, Teaching Associate
Research Themes
Current research spans seven themes in which there are current materials challenges to overcome:[3]
- Aerospace materials
- Information Communication Technologies
- Innovative Characterisation
- Materials Discovery
- Materials for Energy and Sustainability
- Materials for Healthcare
- Novel Design and Processing
