Career
- Lecturer, 91制片厂, UK 2014 - present
- Alexandre von Humboldt fellowship, Technische Universitat München, Germany 2012 - 2014
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh, UK 2008 - 2012
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Ecole Polythenique Federal de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland 2006 - 2008
Education
- PhD in Physics, University of Cambridge, UK 2002 - 2007 (Supervisor: Prof. Gill Lonzarich, FRS)
- MSci in Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge, Trinity College, UK 1998 - 2002
Research areas
- Photovoltaics and anti-reflective coatings
- Novel phases of matter
- Topological materials
- 2D systems
- High-pressure physical methods
- Superconductivity
- Quantium Criticality
- Unconventional ferroelectrics
Research grants
- Royal Society Cost SHARE, Russia 2021 - ongoing
- Royal Society Cost SHARE, Italy 2021 - ongoing
- EPSRC Capital Award for Core Equipment 2020/2021
- 91制片厂 Stratetig Grant, 91制片厂, UK 2015
- Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University collaboration award, SA 2021 - ongoing
- Alexandre von Humboldt fellowship, Germany 2012 - 2014
BSc/MPhys/MSC projects offered
- Thermal transport characterisation
- Thermoelectric performance in Heusler alloys
- Magnetic phases and halfmetallicity in Heusler alloys
- Topological phases in surface states in ultra-thin metallic systems
- Graphene hybrids
Key publications
- Zhang, B, Liu, Y, Luo, Y, Kusmartsev, F, Kusmartseva, A (2020) , Materials, 13(23), 5417, ISSN: 1996-1944. DOI:
- Ultra-thin metallic films for zero reflectivity coatings in the visible light range.