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Professor in the Department of Physics+44 (0) 191 33 43683
Deputy Executive Dean (Education) in the Faculty of Science+44 (0) 191 33 43683

Biography

I am originally from Hamilton, New Zealand. I initially studied Biology and Chemistry at the University of Waikato, before changing to Mathematics and Theoretical Physics,subsequently carrying out my doctoral studies in theoretical physics at the Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck, Austria. I then did postdoctoral work in Potsdam, Hannover, Oxford, and JILA (Colorado), before, in 2005, taking up a lectureship in the Durham University Department of Physics.

Research interests

Theoretical atomic physics, cold-atom physics, quantum nonlinear dynamics. At present, specifically, bright matter-wave solitons in attractively interacting Bose-Einstein condensates, and quantum resonance phenomena in periodically laser-pulsed clouds of cold atoms.

Publications

Chapter in book

  • Formation of Bose-Einstein Condensates
    Davis, M., Wright, T., Gasenzer, T., Gardiner, S., & Proukakis, N. (2017). Formation of Bose-Einstein Condensates. In N. Proukakis, D. Snoke, & P. Littlewood (Eds.), Universal Themes of Bose-Einstein Condensation. (pp. 117-150). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316084366.009
  • Selected theoretical comparisons for bosons.
    Proukakis, N., Davis, M., & Gardiner, S. (2013). Selected theoretical comparisons for bosons. In N. Proukakis, S. Gardiner, M. Davis, & M. Szymanska (Eds.), Quantum Gases: Finite Temperature and Non-Equilibrium Dynamics (pp. 259-286). Imperial College Press. https://doi.org/10.1142/9781848168121_0017
  • Bright solitary matter waves: formation, stability and interactions.
    Billam, T., Marchant, A., Cornish, S., Gardiner, S., & Parker, N. (2013). Bright solitary matter waves: formation, stability and interactions. In B. Malomed (Ed.), Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking, Self-trapping and Josephson Oscillations. (pp. 403-455). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21207-9
  • Introduction to theoretical modelling
    Davis, M., Gardiner, S., Hanna, T., Nygaard, N., Proukakis, N., & Szymanska, M. (2013). Introduction to theoretical modelling. In N. Proukakis, S. Gardiner, M. Davis, & M. Szymanska (Eds.), Quantum Gases: Finite Temperature and Non-Equilibrium Dynamics (pp. 63-83). Imperial College Press. https://doi.org/10.1142/9781848168121_0004
  • Number-conserving approaches for atomic Bose-Einstein condensates: an overview.
    Gardiner, S., & Billam, T. (2013). Number-conserving approaches for atomic Bose-Einstein condensates: an overview. In N. Proukakis, S. Gardiner, M. Davis, & M. Szymanska (Eds.), Quantum Gases: Finite Temperature and Non-Equilibrium Dynamics. (pp. 133-145). Imperial College Press. https://doi.org/10.1142/9781848168121_0008

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