Welcome to my home page here at the Physics Department, University of York. Here you will find information relating to my research, as well as resources for my various teaching courses.
I work with Dr Matt Probert in the Condensed Matter Theory group. My work is mostly concerned with the computer program Castep, which uses quantum mechanics to compute the properties of a vast array of materials and chemicals, from catalytic converters to proteins.
Castep is based on Density Functional Theory (DFT), and can predict the properties and behaviour of materials and molecules. I am also a member of the Castep Development Group (CDG).
This is a first year course covering most aspects of modelling real-world phenomena. A pared down set of lecture notes may be found here.
I've written three training sessions that may be of interest:
I've also written a brief description of what I consider to be the most useful Linux commands.
I have recently spent a ridiculously large amount of time trying to get various laptops to check out a licence for Materials Studio across a University firewall. I've written some notes on how to do this here.