The Tait Institute: members
Richard D. Ball
Position: Professor of Mathematical Physics
Interests: Quantum Field Theory and LHC Physics
Teaching: Classical Electrodynamics
Additional roles: Head of Particle Theory, Mathematical Physics Degree Co-ordinator
Office: JCMB 4420, Kings Buildings, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, Edinburgh
Email: r.d.ball@ed.ac.uk
Webpage: http://www2.ph.ed.ac.uk/~rdb/
Arjun Berera
Position: Professor of Theoretical Physics
Interests: Quantum field theory, particle physics, cosmology, turbulence.
Teaching: Statistical Physics and Relativistic Quantum Field Theory.
Additional roles: Director of Studies
Office: JCMB 4412, Kings Buildings, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, Edinburgh
Email: ab@ph.ed.ac.uk
Richard D. Kenway
Position: Tait Professor of Mathematical Physics
Interests: Lattice Quantum Field Theories
Teaching: Mathematics for Physics
Additional roles: Head of School, Vice-Principal for HPC and e-Science
Office: JCMB 4318, Kings Buildings, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, Edinburgh
Email: r.d.kenway@ed.ac.uk
Webpage: http://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/people/richard-kenway
Einan Gardi
Position: Reader, School of Physics and Astronomy
Interests: Quantum Field Theory, LHC Physics, perturbative QCD, scattering amplitudes
Teaching: Mathematics for Physics: Dynamics; Modern Quantum Field Theory
Additional roles: Director of Graduate Studies (Theoretical Particle Physics)
Office: JCMB 4417, Kings Buildings, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, Edinburgh
Email: Einan.Gardi@ed.ac.uk
Webpage: http://www2.ph.ed.ac.uk/~egardi/
Roger Horsley
Position: Reader, School of Physics and Astronomy
Interests: Quantum Field Theory, Lattice gauge theories
Teaching: Hamiltonian mechanics, Symmetries of Classical Mechanics
Office: JCMB 4419, Kings Buildings, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, Edinburgh
Email: rhorsley@ph.ed.ac.uk
Webpage: http://www2.ph.ed.ac.uk/~rhorsley/
Joan Simon
Position: Reader, School of Mathematics
Interests: String Theory, Holography and AdS/CFT
Teaching: Probability
Additional roles: MSc Maths programme director
Office: JCMB 5316, Kings Buildings, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, Edinburgh
Email: j.simon@ed.ac.uk
Webpage: http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/people/show/person/123
José M. Figueroa-O'Farrill
Position: Professor of Geometric Physics
Interests: String Theory, Differential Geometry, Representation Theory
Teaching: Introduction to Lie Groups
Additional roles: Head of research group: geometry, topology and mathematical physics
Office: JCMB 6321, Kings Buildings, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, Edinburgh
Webpage: http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~jmf
Anthony D. Kennedy
Position: Professor of Computational Physics
Interests: Quantum Field Theory (continuum and lattice), Computational Algorithms
Teaching: Advanced Computer Simulation, Computational Physics projects
Additional roles: Director of Studies
Office: JCMB 4404, Kings Buildings, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, Edinburgh
Email: adk@ph.ed.ac.uk
Webpage: http://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/~adk
Peter Higgs
Position: Emeritus Professor
Interests: Theoretical particle physics
Webpage: http://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/higgs/
Alan Walker
Position: Honorary fellow
Interests: Experimental particle physics
Additional roles: outreach
Office: JCMB 4409, Kings Buildings, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, Edinburgh
Email: a.walker@ed.ac.uk
Webpage: http://www2.ph.ed.ac.uk/~walker
Luigi Del Debbio
Position: Professor of Theoretical High Energy Physics
Interests: Quantum Field Theory, Lattice Field Theory, LHC Physics, numerical simulations
Teaching: Quantum Mechanics, Symmetries of Quantum Mechanics
Additional roles: Member of PPGP, SAB, Research Committee, UKQCD PMB
Office: JCMB 4418, Kings Buildings, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, Edinburgh
Email: luigi.del.debbio@ed.ac.uk
Webpage: http://www2.ph.ed.ac.uk/~ldd/
Brian Pendleton
Position: Senior Lecturer, School of Physics and Astronomy
Interests: Lattice Field Theory, numerical simulations
Teaching: Quantum Theory, Mathematics for Physics
Additional roles: Director of Studies, Senior Honours Programme Coordinator, MSc Programme Director
Office: JCMB 4413, Kings Buildings, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, Edinburgh
Email: B.Pendleton@ed.ac.uk
Webpage: http://www2.ph.ed.ac.uk/~bjp/
Peter Boyle
Position: Reader, School of Physics and Astronomy
Interests: Lattice field theory, Kaon physics,high performance computing.
Teaching: Standard Model, Physical Mathematics.
Additional roles: STFC DiRAC Chair, UKQCD PMB, computing policy oversight group.
Office: JCMB 4407, Kings Buildings, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, Edinburgh
Email: paboyle@ph.ed.ac.uk
Webpage: http://www2.ph.ed.ac.uk/~paboyle/
James Lucietti
Position: Lecturer, School of Mathematics
Interests: General Relativity and String Theory
Teaching: Mathematical Methods
Additional roles: EPSRC Career Acceleration Fellow
Office: JCMB 6318, Kings Buildings, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, Edinburgh
Email: j.lucietti@ed.ac.uk
Webpage: http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/people/show/person/246
David McComb
Position: Emeritus Professor and Senior Honorary Professorial Fellow
Interests: Statistical theory of turbulence
Office: JCMB 4402, Kings Buildings, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, Edinburgh
Email: wdm@ph.ed.ac.uk
Webpage: http://www2.ph.ed.ac.uk/acoustics/members/dmccomb.html
Richard J. Szabo
Position: Professor of Mathematical Physics
Interests: String Theory, non-commutative field theory, K-theory, algebraic geometry
Teaching: Calculus; Vector Analysis
Additional roles: Maths Research Committee; Scottish Mathematical Sciences training centre
Office: CMT.02, Colin Maclaurin Building, Heriot-Watt University, EH14 4AS, Edinburgh
Email: R.J.Szabo@ma.hw.ac.uk
Webpage: http://www.ma.hw.ac.uk/maths/People/Frontpages/richard.html
Anatoly Konechny
Position: Lecturer, Department of Mathematics
Interests: 2D CFT, renormalization group, string theory, non-commutative geometry
Teaching: Discrete Mathematics; Calculus
Additional roles: Heriot-Watt representative in Edinburgh Mathematical Society
Office: CMT.09, Colin Maclaurin Building, Heriot-Watt University, EH14 4AS, Edinburgh
Email: A.Konechny@hw.ac.uk
Webpage: http://www.ma.hw.ac.uk/maths/People/Frontpages/anatolyk.html
Sir Michael Atiyah
Position: Honorary Professor of Mathematics
Interests: Geometry and Physics
Office: JCMB 6319, Kings Buildings, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, Edinburgh
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Bernd Schroers
Position: Reader in Mathematical Physics
Interests: Quantum gravity, gauge theory, topological solitons, quantum groups
Teaching: Mathematics for Scientists, Quantum Computing, Differential Equations
Additional roles: Director of postgraduate studies
Office: CMT11, Heriot-Watt University, EH14 4AS, Edinburgh
Email: bernd@ma.hw.ac.uk
Webpage: http://www.ma.hw.ac.uk/~bernd
Des Johnston
Position: Professor of Mathematics
Interests: Statistical Mechanics, simulations
Teaching: Maths for Science and Engineering students; Calculus
Additional roles: Maths teaching committee
Office: CMS04, Colin Maclaurin Building, Heriot-Watt University, EH14 4AS, Edinburgh
Email: D.A.Johnston AT ma.hw.ac.uk
Webpage: http://www.ma.hw.ac.uk/~des
Martin Evans
Position: Professor of Statistical Physics
Interests: Statistical Mechanics, Stochastic Processes, probability
Teaching: Electromagnetism
Office: JCMB 2615, Kings Buildings, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, Edinburgh
Email: m.evans@ed.ac.uk
Davide Marenduzzo
Position: Reader, School of Physics and Astronomy
Interests: statistical mechanics, computer simulations, biopolymer physics, liquid crystals
Teaching: advanced statistical physics, methods of mathematical physics
Office: JCMB 2506, Kings Buildings, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, Edinburgh
Email: dmarendu@ph.ed.ac.uk
Webpage: http://www2.ph.ed.ac.uk/~dmarendu/
Richard Blythe
Position: Lecturer / RCUK Academic Fellow, School of Physics and Astronomy
Interests: Equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, complex systems.
Teaching: non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, modelling and visualisation in physics.
Additional roles: Teaching Committee member.
Office: JCMB 2505, Kings Buildings, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, Edinburgh
Email: R.A.Blythe@ed.ac.uk
Webpage: http://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/~rblythe3/
Christian Sämann
Position: Research Fellow, Department of Mathematics
Interests: String Theory, Integrability, Non-commutative field theory
Additional roles: EMPG Seminar organiser
Office: CMG.18, Heriot-Watt University, EH14 4AS, Edinburgh
Email: c.saemann@hw.ac.uk
Webpage: http://www.christiansaemann.de
Ken Bowler
Position: Professor Emeritus, School of Physics and Astronomy
Interests: Lattice field theory, Parkinson’s disease.
Office: JCMB 4401, Kings Buildings, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, Edinburgh
Email: kcb@ph.ed.ac.uk
Webpage: http://www2.ph.ed.ac.uk/~kcb
Harry W. Braden
Position: Professor of Integrable Systems
Interests: Integrability in classical and quantum field theory, geometry and algebra.
Exact solutions and topological solitons.
Teaching: Elliptic Curves, Dynamics, Lie algebras and Representation Theory
Additional roles: Head of the School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh
Office: JCMB 5608, Kings Buildings, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, Edinburgh
Email: hwb@ed.ac.uk
Webpage: http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~hwb
Jennifer M. Smillie
Position: Royal Society University Research Fellow
Interests: Quantum Field Theory, LHC physics, perturbative QCD
Teaching: Methods of Mathematical Physics
Office: JCMB 4411, Kings Buildings, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, Edinburgh
Email: j.m.smillie@ed.ac.uk
Roman Zwicky
Position: Reader
Interests: Quantum Field Theory and LHC(b) physics
Office: JCMB 4415, Kings Buildings, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, Edinburgh
Email: R.Zwicky@soton.ac.uk
Donal O’Connell
Position: Lecturer
Interests: Quantum Field Theory, Scattering Amplitudes
Teaching: tba
Office: JCMB 4405, Kings Buildings, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, Edinburgh
Email: donal@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
