Department of Physics Professor Sarah Thompson, Head of Department

Russell Group Regularly ranked top 100 in World Top in the UK under 50 years old – until too old! Regularly ranked top 10 in UK 19,000 students £750M Heslington East expansion White Rose Consortium N8 Consortium

Department of Physics  Great people  Great science  Great environment

Department of Physics  Great people

Departmental Profile Staff56 Academic staff (by the end of the year) 44 Research Fellows 22 Technical staff 15 Admin and Finance staff Athena Swan Silver Institute of Physics Juno Champion Teaching520 Undergraduates MPhys (4 year) and BSc (3 year) degrees (+Foundation Year) Physics (54%) Astrophysics (18%) Theoretical Physics (15%) Maths and Physics (9%) Physics with Philosophy (5%) Natural Sciences from 2015: 20 taking physics in Year Postgraduates (5 MSc by research) MScFusion Energy CDT 13 Taught MSc Fusion Expansion…

Physics Expansion 70% growth in academics 22 academic appointments since 2012/13 Expansion accelerated by ~£750k funding from Seagate, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, Central Laser Facility, Diamond Light Source, Kromek…. PDRA per academic increased by 220% Postgraduates increased by 150% since 2006

3 Royal Society Wolfson Merit Awards Professor Thomas Krauss – October 2015 Joins : Professor Bruce Lipschultz Professor Howard Wilson 2013 John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics by the American Physics Society

Professor Pratibha Gai Prix L’Oreal UNESCO Laureate for Europe 2013 News on: Le Monde, Figaro, International Herald Tribune, Times HES, Women’s Magazines New Scientist; Chemistry World, BBC Radio interviews TF1 (Paris) Prime Time TV News etc.

Professor Jacek Dobaczewski awarded the 2015 Wojciech Rubinowicz prize The Polish Physical Society (Polskie Towarzystwo Fizyczne - PTF) awarded Professor Jacek Dobaczewski the annual scientific prize for fundamental studies in density functional theory (DFT) and its applications in nuclear physics.

Department of Physics  Great science

11 Research Plasma Physics and Fusion Nuclear Physics & Nuclear Astrophysics Condensed Matter Physics

Interdisciplinary Research BioArCh JEOL Nano- centre Centre for Magnetic Reso- nance Centre for Magnetic Reso- nance CMP Centre of Excellence for Mass Spec- troscopy Electron Microscopy NMR HPLC ASEM Fluorescence Microscopy Biology Chemistry Computer Science Electronics Environ ment Environ ment Archaeology Medical School Bioscience Techno- logy Facility Bioscience Techno- logy Facility MRI Mathe matics Mathe matics Physics Neuro- imaging Centre Raman

Major expansions in: Quantum Technology Hub (£24M) York Plasma Institute (£3.7M) Nanocentre (£5M) Photonics (£1.5M) Biological Physics (£0.5M) Nuclear Physics Department-wide strengths in: Materials Physics Theoretical and Computational Physics Biological Physics Physics Research Developments One of the top 5 EPSRC funded Physics Departments in the UK

Research income – rising year on year 77% increase to £4.6M since 2012/13 35% increase in research income per academic

New Public Investment in Quantum Technologies The UK National Quantum Technologies Programme. £270m five-year programme to exploit the potential of quantum science Develop a range of emerging technologies with the potential to benefit the UK. Industry and academia working together to create opportunities for UK wealth creation. £270M UK Government investment in quantum technologies research Autumn Statement 2013

Quantum Communications Hub Vision: “To develop new quantum communications (QComm) technologies that will reach new markets, enabling widespread use and adoption in many scenarios – from government and commercial transactions through to consumers and the home.” Delivery: First generation: Take proven concepts in Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) and advance these to commercial-ready stages. Next generation: Explore new approaches, applications, protocols and services – beyond QKD.

Quantum Communications Hub: Partners Academic partners: York (lead), Bristol, Cambridge, Heriot-Watt, Leeds, Royal Holloway, Sheffield, Strathclyde Industrial partners: R&D: Toshiba Research Europe Ltd. (TREL), BT and (the National Physical Laboratory) Network: ADVA, NDFIS Supplier/Consultancy (optical): Oclaro, ID Quantique Collaboration/Consultancy (microwave): Airbus, L3-TRL Start-ups (exploitation): Qumet (Bristol), Cryptographiq (Leeds/IP Group) Standards/Consultancy: ETSI, GCHQ User engagement: Bristol City Council, Knowle West Media Centre, Cambridge Science Park, Cambridge Network Ltd

Quantum Hub launch (June) Opened by the VC, Professor Koen Lamberts Chair of the Strategic Advisory Board for UK National Quantum Technologies Programme: Professor David Delpy Director, Quantum Metrology Institute, NPL: Dr Rhys Lewis Managing Director for Research & Innovation BT: Dr Tim Whitley Ass. Managing Director Toshiba Research Europe Ltd.: Dr Andrew Shields

Chaos proves superior to order - a chaotic optical cavity can store up to 6 times more energy than a regular cavity. NATURE PHOTONICS (COVER, 2013) Measurement of octupole shapes in nuclei (on front cover of Nature in May 2013) NATURE (COVER, 2013)

Industrial Engagement

1. Group industrial projects, Year in industry 2. Laboratory Development 3. Entrepreneurial thinking 4. Workshops, Recruitment Fairs WRIPA Goal: Improve links between academia and industry Prepare students better for a technical career Driver: Many technical companies have difficulty recruiting. Students are often unaware of the opportunities available. Mechanisms:

WRIPA launch (November) WRIPA formally opened by the Vice-Chancellor Physics Industry Recruitment and Placement Fair attended by 17 exhibitors and 160 UG students from York & Sheffield Exhibitors included IBM, BAE Applied Systems, Kromek, RB, Dyson & CGG Presentations by: David Sweeney, Director of Research, Education & Knowledge Exchange, HEFEC Thomas Krauss, WRIPA Academic Lead Peter Main, Institute of Physics Dr Adam Tuff, Kromek York MPhys students who participated in industrial projects with Dyson

Department of Physics  Great environment

Astrocampus Astrophysics teaching YPI Labs Plasma laboratories YPI offices (72) 27 staff and 45 PGs Nanocentre (17) Labs & offices for 7 staff and 10 PGs Labs used by approx 50 from Physics Physics building (215) Research and Teaching Labs Offices for 93 staff and 123 PGs (92 in Portakabins) Infrastructure Information Centre (41) 8 staff and 33 PGs

“Quantum” Information Centre YCQT/CMPi International Workshop Quantum Correlations and Many-Body Physics

YPI Extension – December completion

Upgraded research laboratories New staff New research activities Enhanced facilities Femtosecond laser experiments and Kerr microscopy Biophysics: imaging

Outreach ~ 10,000 people involved this year Outreach to schools (primary and secondary) and the general public ~ 100 members of the department contributing (undergrad, postgrad and staff) Astrocampus

Solar Eclipse

Great socials…

International environment A “typical” year of conferences and collaborations