Nic Shannon

Nic Shannon is a theoretical physicist, working in the fields of condensed matter and statistical physics.   He has a strong interest in quantum magnets, and other examples of "Quantum Matter", where large numbers of quantum particles interact.

Educated in the UK, Prof. Shannon spent time as a Postdoc at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA), CEA Saclay (France) and the Max Plank Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (Germany) before up taking a permanent position at the University of Bristol (UK) in 2006.

In October 2011, Prof Shannon joined OIST, where he founded the "Theory of Quantum Matter Unit".  This group uses both analytic and numerical techniques to study models inspired by experiments on a wide range of quantum materials.

Prof. Shannon’s research was strongly influenced by time spent as a Guest Professor at the University of Tokyo, and he maintains strong links with both Physicists and Chemists in mainland Japan.

Outside science, Prof. Shannon is passionate about food, music and outdoor sports.

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Experience
2016
Professor, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
2011
Associate Professor, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
2011
Principle Investigator, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Promotion Corporation
2011
Reader in Research, University of Bristol
2010
Senior Research Fellow, University of Bristol
2006
Lecturer and EPSRC Advanced Research Fellow, University of Bristol
2004
Research Scientist, MPI-CPfS
2003
Guest Scientist within European Union Network Project, C.E.A. Saclay
2000
Guest Scientist, MPI-PKS
1997
Research Associate, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Awards
2018
August-Wilhelm Scheer Visiting Professor, Technical University of Munich
2011
Visiting Lecturer, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford
2011
Visiting Scholar, Trinity College, Cambridge
2009
Project Professor, University of Tokyo
2006
EPSRC Advanced Research Fellowship
2005
Guest Associate Professor, University of Tokyo
2004
Guest Associate Professor, University of Tokyo
1999
Visiting Fellow, University of Warwick
1994
Graduate Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1992
Vacation Studentship in Low Temperature Group, University of Birmingham
Nic Shannon
Nic Shannon
Professor
1997 PhD "Non Fermi-liquid physics in or near to one dimension", University of Warwick
1993 BSc in Physics with Theoretical Physics (1st class Hons), University of Birmingham

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