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HH Wills Physics Laboratory,
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bob.evans@bristol.ac.uk
My research lies in the field of statistical physics and, in particular, the area of liquid state theory. Current interests include: i) fluid interfacial phenomena, especially the physics of adsorption, with emphasis on fluid phase transitions and criticality at surfaces,and the nature of correlation functions. ii) fluids under nano and mesoscale confinement. iii) theory of nucleation. iv) deriving and applying simple models of colloidal suspensions. I am also interested in the formal links between classical and quantum density functional theory(DFT), a technique that forms a cornerstone of many body physics.
Date of Birth: April 7,1946. Nationality: U.K.
Degrees: BSc Mathematical Physics, University of Birmingham, UK (1967)
PhD Theoretical Physics, University of Bristol, UK (1970)
Career:
1970-3 Postdoctoral Research Assistant, University of Bristol, UK
1973-4 Royal Society/SRC European Research Fellow, Freie Universität West Berlin
1974-7 Postdoctoral Research Assistant, University of Bristol
1977-8 SRC Advanced Research Fellow, University of Bristol
1978-84 Lecturer, University of Bristol
1984-92 Reader in Physics, University of Bristol
1992-2006 Professor of Physics, University of Bristol
1997 Research Professor, Bergische Universität, Wuppertal, Germany
2002-5 Humboldt Awardee, MPI für Metallforschung, Stuttgart,Germany
2006-11 Henry Overton Wills Professor and Head of Department, University of Bristol
2011 Kramers Chair of Theoretical Physics, University of Utrecht, Netherlands
2011- Emeritus Professor and Senior Research Fellow, University of Bristol
Distinctions and Awards:
1981 Elected Fellow of the Institute of Physics
2002 Alexander von Humboldt Research Award (Humboldt Preis)
2002 Molecular Physics Lecturer (Taylor & Francis)
2005 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of London
2007 Lennard-Jones Prize and Lecturer (Royal Society of Chemistry)
2011-3 Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship
2011 Kramers Professorship, University of Utrecht
2014 European Physical Society Liquid Matter Prize
2016-8 Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship
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