Stephen Blundell
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Stephen Blundell is a Professor of Physics
at the University of Oxford
. He is the current head of Condensed Matter Physics at Oxford and is also a Professorial Fellow of Mansfield College, Oxford. His research is concerned with using muon-spin rotation and magnetoresistance techniques to study a range of organic and inorganic materials, particularly those showing interesting magnetic, superconducting, or dynamical properties.
Stephen Blundell completed both his undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Cambridge
attending Peterhouse for his Undergraduate Degree in Physics
and Theoretical Physics
and doing his Ph.D. at the Cavendish Laboratory
. He was subsequently offered a SERC research fellowship which involved a move to the Clarendon Laboratory
at Oxford University, he was later awarded a Junior Research Fellowship at Merton College, where he began research in organic magnets and superconductors using muon-spin rotation. In 1997 he was appointed to a University Lectureship in the Oxford Physics Department and a Tutorial Fellowship at Mansfield College, and was subsequently promoted to Reader. On the 28th of July 2004, at the young age of 35 he was appointed Professor of Physics. He was a joint winner of the Daiwa Adrian Prize
in 1999 for his work on organic magnets.
Professor Blundell is also involved in teaching for the Honour School of Physics - including running two undergraduate lecture courses on Thermal and Statistical Physics, and tutoring second, third and fourth year undergrads. He has also authored two text books. The first being "Magnetism in Condensed Matter" which covers the quantum mechanical nature of magnetism. Most recently he has co-authored, with his wife and colleague Dr Katherine Blundell of St. John's College, Oxford, a text book entitled "Concepts in Thermal Physics". It provides an introduction to the topics of thermal physics and statistical mechanics covered in a typical Undergraduate course in Physics. Additionally, he has authored a Very Short Introduction to Superconductivity (OUP).
He was interviewed in "Physics World" saying: ‘Ultimately your marriage is more important than your career.’
He has put his name to over 270 articles ranging right across the world of Solid State Physics.
He lives in Oxford with his wife, Professor Katherine Blundell.
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
at the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
. He is the current head of Condensed Matter Physics at Oxford and is also a Professorial Fellow of Mansfield College, Oxford. His research is concerned with using muon-spin rotation and magnetoresistance techniques to study a range of organic and inorganic materials, particularly those showing interesting magnetic, superconducting, or dynamical properties.
Stephen Blundell completed both his undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
attending Peterhouse for his Undergraduate Degree in Physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
and Theoretical Physics
Theoretical physics
Theoretical physics is a branch of physics which employs mathematical models and abstractions of physics to rationalize, explain and predict natural phenomena...
and doing his Ph.D. at the Cavendish Laboratory
Cavendish Laboratory
The Cavendish Laboratory is the Department of Physics at the University of Cambridge, and is part of the university's School of Physical Sciences. It was opened in 1874 as a teaching laboratory....
. He was subsequently offered a SERC research fellowship which involved a move to the Clarendon Laboratory
Clarendon Laboratory
The Clarendon Laboratory, located on Parks Road with the Science Area in Oxford, England , is part of the Physics Department at Oxford University...
at Oxford University, he was later awarded a Junior Research Fellowship at Merton College, where he began research in organic magnets and superconductors using muon-spin rotation. In 1997 he was appointed to a University Lectureship in the Oxford Physics Department and a Tutorial Fellowship at Mansfield College, and was subsequently promoted to Reader. On the 28th of July 2004, at the young age of 35 he was appointed Professor of Physics. He was a joint winner of the Daiwa Adrian Prize
Daiwa Adrian Prize
This Daiwa Adrian Prize is an award given by The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation to scientists who have made significant achievements in science through Anglo-Japanese collaborative research....
in 1999 for his work on organic magnets.
Professor Blundell is also involved in teaching for the Honour School of Physics - including running two undergraduate lecture courses on Thermal and Statistical Physics, and tutoring second, third and fourth year undergrads. He has also authored two text books. The first being "Magnetism in Condensed Matter" which covers the quantum mechanical nature of magnetism. Most recently he has co-authored, with his wife and colleague Dr Katherine Blundell of St. John's College, Oxford, a text book entitled "Concepts in Thermal Physics". It provides an introduction to the topics of thermal physics and statistical mechanics covered in a typical Undergraduate course in Physics. Additionally, he has authored a Very Short Introduction to Superconductivity (OUP).
He was interviewed in "Physics World" saying: ‘Ultimately your marriage is more important than your career.’
He has put his name to over 270 articles ranging right across the world of Solid State Physics.
He lives in Oxford with his wife, Professor Katherine Blundell.