Professor Gillian Gehring

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Physics

g.gehring@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 4299
E12c, Hicks Building

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Professor Gillian Gehring
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
E12c
Hicks Building
Hounsfield Road
Sheffield
S3 7RH
Research interests
  • Magnetism of oxide materials
  • Magneto-optics
  • Statistical mechanics of soft matter
  • First principles studies of magnetic materials
Research group

Graduate student PhD supervision 

  • Experimental magnetism: Ahmad Saeedi
  • Theoretical magnetism: Fatma Gerriu
  • Theoretical soft matter: William Fall (jointly supervised by Prof Goran Ungar and Dr X. Zeng)
  • Recent graduates: Wala Dizayee (2018), Hasan Al-bargi (2018), Aliaa Zaki (2018).
Professional activities and memberships
  • Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Physics
  • Honorary Fellow of the European Physical Society
  • Advisory Panel Women in Physics Group Institute of Physics
  • Honorary Fellow’s committee Institute of Physics
  • Visiting Professor Chinese Academy of Science Institute of Semiconductors
  • Visiting Professor Shanxi Normal University
Outreach
  • Presentations to Primary Schools on growth of solids, magnetism and changes of phase using liquid nitrogen to demonstrate thermodynamics
  • Public lecture on Self Organisation