Lab Overview
We are a theoretical physics research lab at the University of Bath. In general, we are interested in modelling the mechanics of soft materials and designing new states of matter. More specifically, our interests include flow and patterns in active materials, topological states of soft matter, and polymer physics in the context of biological materials. In addition to modelling naturally occurring soft matter, we also design new structures called mechanical metamaterials using patterns on scales from nanometers to the macroscopic.
Team
Souslov lab in October 2019
Principal Investigator
Anton Souslov
Assistant Professor
Postdoctoral Researchers
Jack Binysh
Postdoctoral Researcher
PhD Students
Guido Baardink
PhD Student
Nathan Roberts
PhD Student
Master’s Students
Achilles Bergne
MPhys Student
Ewan Davies
MPhys Student
Henry de Libero
MPhys Student
Simon Garnett
MPhys Student
Alumni
Benjamin Hilton
MPhys Student
Christopher Short
MPhys Student
Gino Cassella
MPhys Student
Luke Neville
MPhys Student
Christopher Alden
MPhys Student
Isaac Chidlow
MPhys Student
Jack Fulls
MPhys Student
James Farrar
MPhys Student
M. Sohaib Khalid
BSc Student
Matthew Parry
BSc Student
Nicholas Liu
BSc Student
Pravek Patel
BSc Student
Research
Active elasto-capillarity
We consider what happens when an active surface is wrapped around a soft solid, which leads to a universal description of the resulting shapes.
Absorption of topological waves
At the point where two different boundaries meet, topological waves can disappear.
Topological Active Fluids
We explore how topological active metamaterials can exhibit chiral states that function as unidirectional waveguides for sound.
Recent Publications
Teaching
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Semester 1: 2019-20 / 2020-21
PH20029, Thermal physics
PH30024, Contemporary physics -
Semester 2: 2018-19 / 2019-20 / 2020-21
PH30056, Computational Physics B
PH40073, Mathematical Physics
Lab News
Physics department colloquia
Vacancies
There are 2 PhD projects available to work in the Souslov Lab through the Center for Doctoral Training in Aerosol Science (CAS). These projects are both primarily focused on theory and modelling, but with close collaboration with experimentalists. The deadline for applications is 24 January 2021 and the PhD course starts in Autumn 2021. Please visit the CAS Website to apply:
- One studentship on “Modelling aerosols in an acoustic trap”. See also the FindAPhD Website.
- One studentship on “Mechanics of Soft Aerosols”. See also the FindAPhD Website.
If you are interested in joining the Souslov lab, please email a.souslov@bath.ac.uk
Prospective PhD students can apply for funding through the Bath CDTs and through the China Scholarship Council:
- Statistical Applied Mathematics (SAMBa)
- Aerosol Science
- China Scholarship Council (for Chinese citizens)
Early-career PhD holders can apply for funding to work in the group through
- Stephen Hawking Fellowships (up to 4 years)
- EPSRC Postdoctoral Fellowships (3 years)
- Newton Fellowships (2 years with the possibility for follow-up funding up to 10 years, for applicants working and based outside the UK for at least 1 year by the application deadline and no more than 7 years active full time postdoctoral experience.)
- The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 Fellowships (2 years, for applicants normally with no more than 3 years postdoctoral experience.)
- Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowships (5 years, for citizens of the EEA or Switzerland who have no more than 6 years postdoctoral experience and require a flexible working pattern due to personal circumstances.)
- Royal Society University Research Fellowships (5 years with the possibility of an extra 3 years, for citizens of the EEA or Switzerland who have between 3 and 8 years postdoctoral experience and do not hold a permanent post in the EEA.)
- Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (2 years, for applicants moving from outside the UK.)
Contact
- a.souslov@bath.ac.uk
- +44 1225 384340
- Department of Physics, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK