Dr. Christopher Woodgate

Christopher is an EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellow and CoSeC Fellow in the School of Physics at the University of Bristol, based in the Theory theme and leading an independent programme of research. His systems of interest include alloys, oxides, and magnetic materials, with a current focus on high-entropy alloys and rare-earth-free and rare-earth-lean permanent magnets. The computational tools and techniques Christopher employs include first-principles density functional theory (DFT) calculations, atomistic models (including machine-learned interatomic potentials), and a range of tools from statistical physics. He is fluent in several programming languages and has significant experience in the use of high-performance computing (HPC) platforms to perform computationally intensive calculations and simulations.

Before joining Bristol, he was a PhD student and then a postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Physics at the University of Warwick under the supervision of Prof. Julie B. Staunton. For his PhD studies, he was based within the interdisciplinary EPSRC-supported Centre for Doctoral Training in Modelling of Heterogeneous Systems, which provided him with a firm grounding in computational materials modelling techniques across length scales.

Outside of his academic work, he is heavily involved with the sport of Archery. He has held voluntary club committee positions, is a qualified coach, and competes externally. He also finds time to practice the hobby of English-style change ringing and is a full member of the Association of Ringing Teachers.