Physics research index
Learn about the research expertise of our Physics staff in the School of Chemical and Physical Sciences.
Baptiste Auguié
- Optical properties of nanostructures (nano-optics, plasmonics)
- Design, characterisation and modelling of optical sensors based on thin-film multilayers and nanoparticles
- Circular dichroism and optical activity
- Electromagnetic modelling
- Link to our group website: http://nano-optics.ac.nz/
Stephen Curran
- Radio astronomy - the star-forming reservoir in the Universe via hydrogen absorption
- The application of machine learning techniques to classify the most distant galaxies
- The effect of the supermassive black hole on its host galaxy
- Linking the star-forming gas abundance to the star formation history
- The values of the fundamental constants of nature at large look-back times
- Spectroscopic surveys with the Square Kilometre Array and its precursors
Petrik Galvosas
- NMR in porous material
- Hardware and methodology of NMR
- NMR imaging methodologies for materials science
- Soft matter and NMR Rheology
- NMR methods in environmental science and biology
- Medical device technologies
Michele Governale
- Theory of charge and spin transport in nanostructures (nanoelectronics and spintronics)
- Time-dependent transport in nanoscale systems
- Hybrid superconductor-normal systems
- Strongly correlated electrons
Malcolm Ingham
- Electrical and electromagnetic techniques in geophysics
- Electrical resistivity and the structure of volcanic and geothermal regions
- Modelling the geomagnetic field through polarity reversals
- Development of techniques for measuring the physical properties of sea ice
- DC resistivity for detection of saline intrusion in coastal aquifers
John Lekner
- Theory of propagation, polarization and reflection of focused laser beams
- Energy, momentum and angular momentum of electromagnetic and acoustic pulses
- Theory of reflection of electromagnetic, acoustic and particle waves
- Optical properties of anisotropic and chiral media
- Viscous fluid flow, with and without slip
- Quantum wavepackets: propagation in free space and in force fields
Eric Le Ru
- Optical properties of metals at the nano-scale (nano-plasmonics) - theory and applications
- Electromagnetic modelling
- Optics-based sensors and surface enhanced spectroscopies (Raman and fluorescence)
Franck Natali
- Materials science - metals and semiconductors
- Catalyst materials - Hydrogen and Ammonia
- Epitaxial growth - thin films and low dimensional structures
- Magnetic devices
Tulasi Parashar
Yvette Perrott
- Clusters of galaxies
- Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect
- Radio astronomy
- Bayesian analysis
Natalie Plank
- Electronic device physics of carbon nanotubes and semiconducting nanowires
- Electronic biosensors
- Interfacing of carbon nanotubes with biological receptors - mechanisms and applications
- Cleanroom fabrication techniques for new materials
Ben Ruck
- Experimental condensed matter physics: thin films of novel materials
- Materials for spintronics
- Dilute magnetic semiconductors
- Rare-earth nitrides
- Preparation of perovskite superconductors and ruthenate perovskites
- Novel conducting materials: measurement and modelling of electronic properties
Krista Steenbergen
- Electronic structure and molecular dynamics modelling, designing novel materials and capturing material properties.
- Changing dimensionality, to discover how material properties change from 3D to 2D to 1D
- Temperature and pressure, exploring how materials react to varying (sometimes severe) thermodynamic conditions
Joe Trodahl
- Magnetic semiconductors—Rare-earth nitrides
- Transport and optical properties of metals and semiconductors
- Raman spectroscopy of semiconductors and ferroelectric oxides
- Coupled ferroelectric/ferromagnetic device
Gillian Turner
- Geomagnetism, palaeomagnetism, and environmental physics
- Geomagnetism secular variation, excursions and polarity reversals
- Natural magnetic minerals and magnetization processes
Grant Williams
- Advanced materials for radiation dosimetry
- Copper and iron-based superconductors
- Topological insulators
- Strongly correlated materials
- The physics of nanostructures and nanoparticles
- Thermoelectrics
- Non-linear optics
Uli Zuelicke
- Theoretical condensed-matter physics
- Electronic properties of semiconductor nano-structures
- Unconventional materials (for example, graphene and topological insulators)
- Quantum-state engineering with ultra-cold atom gases