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Southampton Theory Astrophysics and Gravity (STAG) Research Centre

Our people

Learn about our academic experts, from their research interests to their contact details.

Dr Itamar Yaakov

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Quantum Field Theory
  • String Theory
  • Mathematical Physics

Professor James Drummond

Professor

Research interests

  • Quantum field theory, string theory, scattering amplitudes, integrable systems, holography, areas of mathematics related to quantum field theory

Emeritus Professor James Vickers

Email: j.a.vickers@soton.ac.uk

Address: B54, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Mr Javier Carballo

Research interests

  • Gravity
  • Holography
  • CFTs

Professor Jonathan Flynn PhD, FHEA

Professor of Physics

Research interests

  • Lattice field theory simulations
  • Heavy quark physics
  • Kaon physics

Dr Kamalam Thillaimaharajan

Research Fellow in Auroral Physics

Dr Ken Mimasu PhD

Lecturer – Ernest Rutherford Fellow

Research interests

  • Collider phenomenology of physics beyond the standard model
  • Effective field theories
  • Extended scalar sectors

Accepting applications from PhD students

Professor Kostas Skenderis

Chair in Mathematical Physics

Accepting applications from PhD students

Dr Kuo-Wei Huang

Research Fellow

Professor Leor Barack

Professor of Mathematical Physics

Research interests

  • Classical General Relativity
  • Gravitational waves
  • Black Holes

Accepting applications from PhD students