Research output per year
Research output per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The School of Natural Sciences is home to internationally-renowned expertise, meaning our staff and students can forge strong, interdisciplinary collaborations across the University.
Our five departments have a rich history of scientific breakthroughs and today our School continue the legacy of natural science research in Manchester:
Department of Chemistry
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Department of Materials
Department of Mathematics
Department of Physics and Astronomy
With world-leading facilities and links with centres and institutes across the University and beyond, our researchers continue to advance the boundaries of science for the wider benefit of society.
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Profiles
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Coralie Adams
- Earth and Environmental Sciences - Academic & Research - Research Associate (Atmospheric Science)
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Person: Academic, Doctor of Philosophy
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A fluorobenzene-bound dysprosium half-sandwich dication single-molecule magnet
Corner, S., Blackmore, W., Gransbury, G., Mattioni, A., Whitehead, G., Chiltona, N. F. & Mills, D., 1 Jan 2025, In: Chemical Science.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Amorphous-like thermal conductivity and high thermoelectric figure of merit in “π” SnS and SnSe
Zhang, M., Pallikara, I., Flitcroft, J. & Skelton, J., 3 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Materials Chemistry A.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A new study of the Unruh effect
Forshaw, J., 2025, In: Classical and Quantum Gravity.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Stein characterisation of the distribution of the product of correlated normal random variables
Gaunt, R., Li, S. & Sutcliffe, H., 1 Jan 2025, In: Statistics & Probability Letters. 216, 110269.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A timescale for the evolutionary history of sea spiders (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida)
Nava, M., Álvarez-carretero, S., Garwood, R. J., Donoghue, P. C. J., Sabroux, R. & Pisani, D., 16 Jan 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Truly Affordable Housing Finance for Net Zero
McLachlan, C. (PI), Sharmina, M. (CoI), Paterson, M. (CoI), Esquivel Guzman, J. A. (CoI) & Braunholtz-Speight, T. (CoI)
1/08/24 → 31/07/25
Project: Research
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BBSRC Engineering biology for critical metal recovery from industrial wastestreams (MISSION)
Lloyd, J. (PI), Cavet, J. (CoI), Coker, V. (CoI), Gallego Schmid, A. (CoI), Haigh, S. (CoI) & Hardacre, C. (CoI)
14/02/24 → 13/02/26
Project: Research
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2DSPIN-TECH - 2D Heterostructure Non-volatile Spin Memory Technology
Vera Marun, I. (PI)
1/12/23 → 30/11/26
Project: Research
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Magmatic volatiles in the fourth dimension
Hartley, M. (PI), Neave, D. (CoI), Polacci, M. (CoI), Burgess, R. (CoI) & Burton, M. (CoI)
1/09/23 → 31/08/26
Project: Research
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MESNA: Methods for enzymatic synthesis of modified nucleic acids (AWARD)
Micklefield, J. (PI) & Barran, P. (CoI)
1/07/23 → 30/06/26
Project: Research
Impacts
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Affecting change of UK public health policy on vitamin D, sun exposure, skin cancer and vitamin D supplementation 2013-20
Webb, A. (Participant) & Rhodes, L. (Participant)
Impact: Society and culture, Health and wellbeing, Economic, Policy
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Analysis of residual stress in aero engine fan blades
Withers, P. (Participant), Clitheroe, S. (Participant), (Participant), (Participant), (Participant), (Participant), (Participant), Frankel, P. (Participant) & Preuss, M. (Participant)
Impact: Economic, Technological
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Arsenic research identifies avoidable health risks from groundwater arsenic informing increased awareness, policy change and mitigation
Polya, D. (Participant), Lloyd, J. (Participant), Vaughan, D. (Participant), Van Dongen, B. (Participant), (Participant), Richards, L. (Participant), Shaw, S. (Participant), Coker, V. (Participant), (Participant), (Participant), (Participant) & (Participant)
Impact: Health and wellbeing, Policy, Environmental
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Body Scanning - 3D. s.laag (2016) - for game-audio with 3D body-scanned performer, composer and instrument
Gill, S. (Participant), (Participant) & Hayes, S. (Participant)
Impact
Activities
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INTERNATIONAL FOOD AND AGRIBUSINESS MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (External organisation)
Raza, N. (Academic expert member)
28 Feb 2025Activity: Membership › Membership of professional association › Research
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6th International Conference on Materials Science and ManufacturingEngineering
Gong, H. (Member of programme committee)
22 Jan 2025 → 25 Jan 2025Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
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Facility for Rare Isotopes (External organisation)
Freeman, S. (Academic expert member)
2025 → 2027Activity: Membership › Membership of committee › Research
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Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (IOM3) (External organisation)
Lewis, D. (Academic expert member)
1 Dec 2024Activity: Membership › Membership of professional association › Research
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A journey in Physics
Boland, J. (Invited speaker)
27 Nov 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Teaching and Research
Datasets
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Expressive Gaussian mixture models for high-dimensional statistical modelling: simulated data and neural network model files
Price, D. (Creator) & Menary, S. (Creator), University of Manchester Figshare, 10 Dec 2021
DOI: 10.48420/17136839.v1, https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/dataset/Expressive_Gaussian_mixture_models_for_high-dimensional_statistical_modelling_simulated_data_and_neural_network_model_files/17136839/1
Dataset
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Applying neutron tomography to exceptionally preserved fossils with poor X-ray contrast
Rahman, I. (Creator), Garwood, R. (Creator), Burca, G. (Creator) & Spencer, A. (Creator), ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, 2 May 2021
DOI: 10.5286/isis.e.rb1810821, https://data.isis.stfc.ac.uk/doi/STUDY/103197066/
Dataset
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Reservoir History Matching Code in Python
Etienam, C. (Creator), University of Manchester, 2018
DOI: 10.13140/rg.2.2.24512.99842 , https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327386682_Reservoir_History_Matching_Code_in_Python_Using_ES-MDA_with_Covariance_Localisation
Dataset
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Establishing an Effective Design Management Process within SME's. A manual.
Bruce, M. (Creator), Cooper, R. (Creator) & Vazquez, D. (Creator), Department of Trade and Industry , 1997
Dataset
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Proteome variation with collagen yield in ancient bone
Buckley, M. (Creator), PRoteomics IDEntifications Database, 2021
DOI: 10.6019/PXD020516, https://proteomecentral.proteomexchange.org/cgi/GetDataset?ID=PXD020516
Dataset
Prizes
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10th Shell TAMER Award Winner 2023
Raza, N. (Recipient), 3 Nov 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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1st place in VentureOut Graphene competition
Nichman, L. (Recipient), Jan 2015
Prize: Other distinction
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1st place VentureOut Innovation Challenge
Nichman, L. (Recipient) & Dang, C. (Recipient), Dec 2015
Prize: Other distinction
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1st Place Year 3 Best Poster Prize
Capone, D. (Recipient), 14 Jun 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Press/Media
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A slow explosion: The violent birth of the Geminid meteor shower
13/12/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment
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Meteorite Sheds Light on the Moon’s Impact History
6/12/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment
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Climate impacts on European soils predicted by scientists
27/11/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
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Spectres of the plastics consumer and the need to challenge problematic demands
20/09/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media
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Who Is Committed: Instrumenting Commercial Aircraft to Monitor Climate
20/08/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
Student theses
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{Measurement of the mixing parameters of neutral charm mesons and search for indirect \textit{\textbf{CP}} violation with \boldmath$D^0\to K^0_S\pi^+\pi^-$ decays at LHCb
Hilton, M. (Author), Parkes, C. (Supervisor) & Gersabeck, M. (Supervisor), 31 Dec 2021Student thesis: Phd
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$K$-theory, chamber homology and base change for the \lowercase{p}-adic groups $SL(2)$, $GL(1)$ and $GL(2)$.
Aeal, W. (Author), Plymen, R. (Supervisor) & Rowley, P. (Supervisor), 1 Aug 2012Student thesis: Phd
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1D MODEL FOR FLOW IN THE PULMONARY AIRWAY SYSTEM
Alahmadi, E. (Author), Heil, M. (Supervisor), 31 Dec 2012Student thesis: Phd
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1H NMR and Emission Spectroscopy of Lanthanide and Uranium(IV) Coordination Complexes
Timmermann, V. (Author), Natrajan, L. (Supervisor) & Mills, D. (Supervisor), 1 Aug 2019Student thesis: Phd
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20 cm e-MERLIN Observations of an Optically Selected Nearby Galaxy Sample
Evans, R. (Author), Beswick, R. (Supervisor) & Argo, M. (Supervisor), 1 Aug 2016Student thesis: Master of Science by Research
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Equipment
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700MHz reaction monitoring spectrometer
Cliff, M. (Platform Lead), Adams, R. (Academic lead) & Sakho, A. (Technical Specialist)
Facility/equipment: Equipment
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Advanced Metal Processing
Nolan, R. (Platform Lead), Asheshov, W. (Technician), Kindermann, R. (Technical Specialist), Pickering, E. (Academic lead) & Nicholls, L. (Senior Technician)
FSE Technical ServicesFacility/equipment: Platform
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Agilent Gas Chromatograph (GC)
Edge, R. (Senior Technical Specialist) & Baidak, A. (Academic lead)
Dalton Nuclear InstituteFacility/equipment: Equipment
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Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences Technology Platform
Heyes, D. (Senior Technical Specialist), Boothman, C. (Senior Technical Specialist), Cliffe, L. (Technical Specialist), Dunstan, M. (Senior Technical Specialist), Golovanova, M. (Senior Technician), Hoeven, R. (Technical Specialist), Lopez Perez, R. (Senior Technician), Sakuma, M. (Senior Technician), Tait, S. (Senior Technician) & Tilakaratna, V. (Senior Technician)
FSE ResearchFacility/equipment: Platform