I am a Postdoctoral Research Assistant working in the Atomic and Laser Physics Department. My research concerns the plastic behaviour of crystalline matter under dynamic compression conditions. I study this behaviour using a combination of femtosecond x-ray diffraction experiments and multimillion-atom molecular dynamics simulations.
I am the Academic Coordinator for the Oxford Centre for High Energy Density Science (OxCHEDS), a framework that facilitates joint Oxford-AWE research efforts into fundamental physics under extreme thermodynamic conditions. Research themes in OxCHEDS include laboratory astrophysics, inertial fusion energy, fundamental behaviour of warm dense matter, and dynamic compression; more can be learnt about the research carried out at OxCHEDS here.
I am currently Coordinating Tutor in Physics at St Hilda's College, where I teach the first- and second-year Mathematics courses and second-year Thermal Physics. Previously, I taught the second-year Mathematics and Electromagnetism courses as a Stipendiary Lecturer at New College. I am also a Senior Laboratory Demonstrator in the first-year General Physics undergraduate teaching laboratory.