Dr Matt Hodgson

About me

I graduated from the University of York, UK in 2012 with a Master’s degree in Theoretical Physics with first-class honours. In 2016, I earned my PhD under the supervision of Prof. Rex Godby and received the K. M. Stott Prize for excellence in scientific research for my thesis titled Electrons in Model Nanostructures. During my undergraduate studies, I became a member of the Institute of Physics and, as a PhD student, joined the European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility. Following my doctorate, I worked for three years as a postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Eberhard Gross at the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics in Halle, Germany. I then spent a year as an independent researcher at Durham University and joined the Royal Society of Chemistry, before starting my lectureship at the University of York in 2021.

My research focuses on the fundamentals of quantum theory and its application to modelling the electron excitation properties of materials. I have published 17 research papers in various international journals. My research contributions include the authorship of the iDEA code, a comprehensive Python software library for exploring and understanding many‑body quantum mechanics, fundamental insights into the calculation of excited electron states with density functional theory, and the development of a method for accurately simulating many‑electron real‑time dynamics.