Thomas
Sotiriou
Principal Investigator
Associate Professor and Reader
Team
Thomas grew up in Athens, Greece. He read Physics as an undergraduate and graduate student at the University of Athens and later obtained his PhD from SISSA, Trieste in October 2007. He subsequently was a postdoc at the Center for Fundamental Physics, University of Maryland, College Park and a postdoc and later Marie Curie Fellow at DAMTP, University of Cambridge. From May 2011 to September 2013 he was Assistant Professor at SISSA. He is currently Associate Professor and Reader at the School of Mathematical Sciences and the School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham.
Lisa read physics at RWTH Aachen University. During a one year Erasmus exchange to London she got introduced to the idea that space-time might be discrete, which set her on her current path. After completing the MSc in Aachen she went on to do a PhD at the Niels Bohr Institute, working on Causal Dynamical Triangulations. Now she is in Nottingham where she will continue this line of research.
Lisa
Glaser
Postdoctoral
Research Associate
Following undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Michael completed his doctorate at McMaster University. Subsequently, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Mississippi before coming to the University of Nottingham.
Michael
Horbatsch
Postdoctoral
Research Associate
Helvi is an expert on exploring the dynamics of black holes in general relativity and extensions thereof numerically. She first got excited about simulating black holes during her master's research project in the Numerical Relativity group at the Friedrich-Schiller University in Jena (Germany). Subsequently, Helvi took up her graduate studies in the GRIT (Gravitation in Tecnico) group at CENTRA/Instituto Superior Tecnico in Lisbon (Portugal). After finishing her PhD in 2012 she was a postdoctoral research associate at DAMTP/ University of Cambridge. Helvi joined our team in summer 2015.
Helvi
Witek
Postdoctoral
Research Associate
Robert comes from Poznań, Poland. He holds a BSc degree from Poznań University of Technology and an MSc degree in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. His research interests include modified gravity, Lorentz symmetry violations and numerical relativity.
Robert
Benkel
PhD
Student
Andrew was born in Sunderland, in north east England. He obtained an undergraduate masters of physics with theoretical physics from the University of Manchester. He is working towards his PhD at the University of Nottingham. Outside of academia his interests lie in gaming and martial arts.
Andrew
Coates
PhD
Student
Mattia was born in Trento, in the far north of Italy. He obtained his BSc in Physics from University of Trento in 2011 and his MSc in Theoretical Physics in September 2013 after following a joint program between University of Trento and SISSA in Trieste. He is currently in the third year of his PhD studies at the University of Nottingham. He is mainly interested in black holes and Lorentz violations. When not studying, Mattia loves music and fancies swimming.
Mattia
Colombo
PhD
Student
Challenging
General Relativity
Past Members
Daniele Vernieri PhD Student (Nov 2010 - Oct 2014)
Next appointment: Postdoctoral Research Associate, IAP, Paris
Shuang-Yong Zhou Postdoctoral Research Associate (Oct 2012 - Sep 2014)
Next appointment: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Case Western Reserve U.
Noemi Frusciante PhD Student (Nov 2010 - Oct 2014)
Next appointment: Postdoctoral Research Associate, IAP, Paris
Jishnu comes from Kolkata, a densely populated metropolis in eastern India. He completed his Bachelors in physics at the Presidency college, Kolkata, and his Masters at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India. Subsequently he moved to the US, and started out as a graduate student at Brown University, Providence, but left soon after to continue his graduate studies at the University of New Hampshire, Durham. He got his Ph.D. in 2013, and joined the group at SISSA. He moved to the University of Nottingham in January 2014. When not goofing off or spending time with his family, Jishnu tries to understand the physics of black holes, especially its thermodynamic properties, and how that may help us uncover some facts about quantum gravity.
Jishnu
Bhattacharyya
Postdoctoral
Research Associate
