Dr Martin Elliott
BSc, DPhil, CPhys, MInstP
Honorary Senior Research Fellow
- martin.elliott@astro.cf.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2087 5468
- WX/1.08, Queen's Buildings - West Building Extension, 5 The Parade, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 3AA
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
Chair of Extenuating circumstances panel
Examination liaison officer (until 2013)
Chair of Web Support Group (until 2012)
Computer Committee (until 2013)
I also sat on the student-staff panel for Physics and for the Prelim/Foundation course, and was Erasmus coordinator for several years.
Biography
I obtained my BSc and DPhil at Sussex University, before spending three years as a post-doctoral fellow at McMaster University in Canada, and a further two years as Wissenshaftlicher Mitarbeiter at Hamburg University. After a period as lecturer at UCNW Bangor, I moved to Cardiff University in 1988.
Honours and awards
Regular grant reviewer for UK and overseas research bodies.
Regularly referee papers for international scientific journals.
Invited talks and session chair at UK and international meetings:
2013
West Virginia University. NanoSAFE Bioelectronics and Biosensing Symposium, 7-8 April.
Birmingham university.
PhD examiner at Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Glasgow, Lausanne, Liverpool, Nottingham universities.
Publications
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Currently, I am module organiser for:
PX2134 - Structured programming
PX2132 - Introductory quantum mechanics
I hold weekly first- and second-year tutorials.
I also supervise several 3rd and 4th year project students taking:
PX3315 - Physics Project
PX4310 - Project
Previous teaching includes:
PX2108 - Topics in Physics
PX2203 - Thermal Physics
PX1212 - Programming for Physics
PX2114 - Practical Physics A
PX2214 - Practical Physics B
PX3206 - Statistical Mechanics
PX3211 - Advanced Mathematical Physics
PX3226 - Physics of Semiconductor Devices
I was also Year Tutor for the Prelim/Foundation course, and module organiser for three of the modules.
Research interests
Present interests centre on electronic properties of single protein molecules, performed in close collaboration with JE Macdonald (in the School) and DD Jones (School of Bioscience). Study of electronic conduction of single molecules has become an important area due to potential applications as well interest in the intrinsic processes involved. We employ AFM (atomic force microscopy) and STM (scanning tunnelling microscopy) to explore conduction of different molecular types.
Supervision
Supervising one PhD student on proteins studied using electrostatic force microscopy and related techniques.