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Professor Nick Parker

Dean of Strategic Projects (Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering)

  • Address: School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics
    Herschel Building
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    Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne
    NE1 7RU
Background

I am Dean of Strategic Projects for the Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering, with responsibilities in devising and driving forward initiatives across new areas of business, physical and digital infrastructure, and the faculty estate. From 2020-2025 I was Head of the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics.


I completed my PhD in quantum fluid physics at Durham University in 2005. Following this I took up a post-doctoral position in theoretical condensed matter physics at the University of Melbourne (2005-2007), and then held the position of Canadian Commonwealth Postdoctoral Scholar at McMaster University (2007-2008). From 2008-2011 I worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Food Science and Nutrition, university of Leeds. In 2011 I joined Â鶹´«Ã½ as a Lecturer in Applied Mathematics in the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics.  From 2017-2020 I was Director of Postgraduate Studies. 


My research portfolio covers quantum fluids and mathematical modelling of biological and ecological systems.


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Research
Research Interests

  • Quantum fluids (Bose-Einstein condensates, Bose-Fermi mixtures, solitons, vortices, quantum turbulence, dipolar interactions)
  • Acoustics (acoustic microscopy, medical ultrasound, acoustic propagation in fluids and colloids)
  • Mathematical biology and ecology (cell dynamics, disease propagation)
Grants
  • Dilute Quantum Fluids Beyond the Mean-Field, EPSRC, £530,000 (PI, 2020-2023)
  • Vortex Reconnections in Trapped Bose-Einstein Condensates, EPSRC, £470,000 (CI, 2017-2020)
  • Superfluid Dynamics of Quantum Ferrofluids, EPSRC First Grant, £125,000 (PI, 2014-2016)
  • Exploring the Global Dynamics of Anaerobic Digestion Processes, Institute for Sustainability Responsive Mode Grant, £10,000 (CI, 10/2014-03/2015) and Follow-on Fund, £2,000 (CI, 2015)
  • Ultrasonic Tape Measure for Fat Cells: Proof of Principle, Royal Society Research Grant, £8,250 (PI, 2013-2014)
  • Statistical Modelling of Ultrasound Measurements in Industrial Process, Â鶹´«Ã½ Higher Education Innovation Fund, £10,000 (CI, 2012)
  • Dynamics of ultracold quantum gases with long-range interactions, Canadian Commonwealth Post-Doctoral Fellowship, CAN$40,000 (PI, 2007-2008) 
Postgraduate Supervision 
  • Thomas Flynn (2020 - )
  • Holly Middleton-Spencer (2018 - )
  • John Holden (2017 - )
  • Sultan Alyobi (2017 - 2021)
  • Laura Wadkin (2016 -2020)
  • Thomas Bland (2014 - 2018)
  • Aleksandra Svalova (2014 - 2018)
  • George Stagg (2013-2016)
  • Reuben Agbidi (2011-2015)
  • Robert Pattinson (2011-2014)
Staff
  • Ryan Doran (2021 - )
  • Dr Laura Wadkin (2020 - )
  • Dr Luca Parisi (2020 - )
  • Dr Luca Galantucci (2017 - 2020)
  • Dr Matthew Edmonds (2014-2016)
  • Dr Robert Pattinson (2014-2015)
  • Dr Ged Cowburn (2012)
Summer Projects
  • James Whitmore, Forest Sizes (2018)
  • Ryan Doran, Ultracold Bright Solitons (2016)
  • Sophie Harbisher, Microbial Food Chains (2015)
  • Jordan Oakley, Microbial Food Chains (2015)
  • Laura Wadkin, Migration of Stem Cells (2015)
  • Lesley Elliot, Modelling of Stem Cells (2014/2015)
  • Thomas Bland, Distortions in Ultrasound Imaging (2013)


Teaching
In the 2021/22 academic year I am teaching on PHY3025 Group Project.  Previously I have been module leader on MAS2803 Fluid Dynamics (2016-2018), MAS1142/2142 Modelling with Differential Equations (2011-2015), MAS2106/3106 Dynamical Systems and Chaos (2012-2016), and MAS8114 Topics in Modern Applied Mathematics (2012-2013).  

In 2019 I led the development and delivery of the MRes Physics programme.  

I have also supervised the following MMath projects:
  • Dean Hoggart, Quantum Dropets - a Variational Approach (2019/2020)
  • Ryan Newman, Superfluid Dynamics (2018/19)
  • Nick Keepfer, Superfluids in Rotating Buckets (2017/18)
  • Jamie Malloy, Dynamics of Bright Solitons (2017/18)
  • Gary Griffiths, Disease Propagation through Forests (2016/17)
  • Charlotte Domjan, Stirring a Superfluid (2016/17)
  • Laura Wadkin, Kinematics of Stem Cells (2015/16)
  • Lesley Elliot, Modelling of Stem Cell Reprogramming (2014/15)
  • Emma Jones, Percolation Theory (2014/15)
  • Emma Johns, Distortions in Ultrasound Imaging (2014/15)
  • Em Rickinson, Point Vortices (2014/15)
  • Imogen Large, Dynamics of Matter-Wave Solitons (2013/14)
  • Thomas Richmond, Dynamics of Matter-Wave Solitons (2012/13)
  • Laura Defty, Obstacles in Superfluids (2012/13)
Publications

  • Articles

    • Prasad SB, Parker NG, Baggaley AW. . Physical Review A 2024, 109(6), 063323.
    • Doran R, Baggaley AW, Parker NG. . Physical Review A 2024, 109(2), 023318.
    • Flynn TA, Keepfer NA, Parker NG, Billam TP. . Physical Review Research 2024, 6, 013209.
    • Middleton-Spencer HAJ, Orozco ADG, Galantucci L, Moreno M, Parker NG, Machado LA, Bagnato VS, Barenghi CF. . Physical Review Research 2023, 5(4), 043081.
    • Kopycinski J, Parisi L, Parker NG, Pawlowski K. . Physical Review Research 2023, 5(2), 023050.
    • Flynn TA, Parisi L, Billam TP, Parker NG. . Physical Review Research 2023, 5(3), 033167.
    • Wadkin LE, Golightly A, Branson J, Hoppit A, Parker NG, Baggaley AW. . Diversity 2023, 15(4), 496.
    • Spada G, Parisi L, Pascual G, Parker NG, Billam TP, Pilati S, Boronat J, Giorgini S. . SciPost Physics 2023, 15(4), 171.
    • Galantucci L, Rickinson E, Baggaley AW, Parker NG, Barenghi CF. . Physical Review Fluids 2023, 8(3), 034605.
    • Golightly A, Wadkin LE, Whitaker SA, Baggaley AW, Parker NG, Kypraios T. . Statistics and Computing 2023, 33, 134.
    • Wadkin LE, Branson J, Hoppit A, Parker NG, Golightly A, Baggaley AW. . Ecology and Evolution 2022, 12(5), e8871.
    • Wadkin LE, Orozco-Fuentes S, Neganova I, Lako M, Barrio RA, Baggaley AW, Parker NG, Shukurov A. . IOP Physical Biology 2021, 18(2), 026003.
    • Galantucci L, Barenghi CF, Parker NG, Baggaley AW. . Physical Review B 2021, 13, 144503.
    • Wilson KE, Guttridge A, Liu I-Kang, Segal J, Billam TP, Parker NG, Proukakis NP, Cornish SL. . Physical Review Research 2021, 3(3), 033096.
    • Galantucci L, Sciacca M, Parker N, Baggaley A, Barenghi C. . Journal of Fluid Mechanics 2021, 912, A9.
    • Middleton-Spencer HAJ, Parker NG, Galantucci L, Barenghi CF. . Europhysics Letters 2021, 133(1), 16001.
    • Wadkin LE, Orozco-Fuentes S, Neganova I, Lako M, Parker NG, Shukurov A. . PLoS ONE 2021, 16(8), e0254991.
    • Wadkin LE, Orozco-Fuentes S, Neganova I, Lako M, Shukurov A, Parker NG. . SN Applied Sciences 2020, 2, 276.
    • Keepfer NA, Stagg GW, Galantucci L, Barenghi CF, Parker NG. . Physics Review B 2020, 102(14), 144520.
    • Edmonds M, Bland T, Parker N. . Journal of Physics Communications 2020, 4, 125008.
    • Prasad SB, Bland T, Mulkerin BC, Parker NG, Martin AM. . Physical Review A 2019, 100(2), 023625.
    • Wadkin LE, Orozco-Fuentes S, Neganova I, Bojic S, Laude A, Lako M, Parker NG, Shukurov A. . Scientific Reports 2019, 9(1), 15299.
    • Orozco-Fuentes S, Neganova I, Wadkin LE, Baggaley AW, Barrio RA, Shukurov AS, Parker NG. . Scientific Reports 2019, 9, 17569.
    • Rickinson E, Parker NG, Baggaley AW, Barenghi CF. . Physical Review B 2019, 99, 224501.
    • Orozco-Fuentes S, Griffiths G, Baggaley AW, Parker NG, Holmes MJ, Ettelaie R, Smith J. . Ecological Modelling 2019, 393, 12-19.
    • Galantucci L, Baggaley AW, Parker NG, Barenghi CF. . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2019, 116(25), 12204-12211.
    • Bland T, Parker NG, Proukakis NP, Malomed BA. . Journal of Physics B 2018, 51, 205303.
    • Baggaley AW, Parker NG. . Physical Review A 2018, 97, 053608.
    • Rickinson E, Parker NG, Baggaley AW, Barenghi CF. . Physical Review A 2018, 98(2), 023608.
    • Wadkin LE, Orozco-Fuentes S, Neganova I, Swan G, Laude A, Lako M, Shukurov A, Parker NG. . Physical Biology 2018, 15(5), 056006.
    • Stagg GW, Parker NG, Barenghi CF. . Physical Review Letters 2017, 118, 135301.
    • Wade MJ, Oakley J, Harbisher S, Parker NG, Dolfing J. . PLoS One 2017, 12, 0173249.
    • Sciacca M, Barenghi CF, Parker NG. . Physical Review A 2017, 95, 013628.
    • Bland T, Pawlowski K, Edmonds MJ, Rzazewski K, Parker NG. . Physical Review A 2017, 95, 063622.
    • Su SW, Liu IK, Gou SG, Liao R, Fialko O, Brand J. . Physical Review A 2017, 95, 053629.
    • Bland T, Tong J, Ward B, Parker NG. . Journal of Physics Conference Series 2017, 797, 012002.
    • Edmonds MJ, Bland T, Doran R, Parker NG. . New Journal of Physics 2017, 19, 023019.
    • Wadkin LE, Elliot LF, Neganova I, Parker NG, Chichagova V, Swan G, Laude A, Lako M, Shukurov A. . Scientific Reports 2017, 7, 570.
    • Svalova A, Parker NG, Povey MJW, Abbott GD. . Scientific Reports 2017, 7, 16125.
    • Stagg GW, Parker NG, Barenghi CF. . Physical Review A 2016, 94(5), 053632.
    • Tsatsos MC, Edmonds MJ, Parker NG. . Physical Review A 2016, 94, 023627.
    • Parker NG. . Physics 2016, 9, 143.
    • Liu IK, Pattinson RW, Billam TP, Gardiner SA, Cornish SL, Huang TM, Lin WW, Gou SC, Parker NG, Proukakis NP. . Physical Review A 2016, 93, 023628.
    • Edmonds MJ, Bland T, O'Dell DHJ, Parker NG. . Physical Review A 2016, 93(6), 1-12.
    • Wade MJ, Pattinson RW, Parker NG, Dolfing J. . Journal of Theoretical Biology 2016, 389, 171-186.
    • Stagg GW, Pattinson RW, Barenghi CF, Parker NG. . Physical Review A 2016, 93, 023640.
    • Cidrim A, dos Santos FEA, Galantucci L, Bagnato VS, Barenghi CF. . Physical Review A 2016, 93(3), 033651.
    • Stagg GS, Allen AJ, Parker NG, Barenghi CF. . Physical Review A 2015, 91, 013612.
    • Bland T, Edmonds MJ, Proukakis NP, Martin AM, O'Dell DHJ, Parker NG. . Physical Review A 2015, 92, 063601.
    • Stagg GW, Allen AJ, Barenghi CF, Parker NG. . Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2015, 594, 012044.
    • Mulkerin BC, O'Dell DHJ, Martin AM, Parker NG. . Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2014, 497(1), 012025.
    • Allen AJ, Zuccher S, Caliari M, Proukakis NP, Parker NG, Barenghi CF. . Physical Review A 2014, 90(1), 013601.
    • Stagg GW, Parker NG, Barenghi CF. . Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 2014, 47(9), 095304.
    • Allen AJ, Parker NG, Proukakis NP, Barenghi CF. . Physical Review A 2014, 89, 025602.
    • Pattinson RW, Proukakis NP, Parker NG. . Physical Review A 2014, 90(3), 033625-1-033625-8.
    • Pattinson RW, Parker NG, Proukakis NP. A Phenomenological Model of the Growth of Two-Species Atomic Bose-Einstein Condensates. In: 22nd Annual International Laser Physics Workshop. 2014, Prague, Czech Republic: Institute of Physics Publishing.
    • Watson NJ, Johal RK, Glover Z, Reinwald Y, White LJ, Ghaemmaghami AM, Morgan SP, Rose FRAJ, Povey MJW, Parker NG. . Materials Science and Engineering C: Materials for Biological Applications 2013, 33(8), 4825-4832.
    • Pattinson RW, Billam TP, Gardiner SA, McCarron DJ, Cho HW, Cornish SL, Parker NG, Proukakis NP. . Physical Review A 2013, 87(1), 013625.
    • Parker NG, Povey MJW. . Food Hydrocolloids 2012, 26(1), 99-107.
    • Parker NG, Smith DA. . Physical Review A 2012, 85(1), 013604.
    • Parker NG, Allen AJ, Barenghi CF, Proukakis NP. . Physical Review A 2012, 86(1), 013631.
    • Huynh NT, He D, Hayes-Gill BR, Crowe JA, Walker JG, Mather ML, Rose FRAJ, Morgan SP, Parker NG, Povey MJW. . Journal of Biomedical Optics 2012, 17(2), 026014.
    • Watson N, Povey M, Corona E, Benedito J, Parker N. . IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 2012, 42(1), 012006.
    • Holmes MJ, Parker NG, Povey MJW. . Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2011, 269(1), 012011.
    • Taylor LB, van Bijnen RMW, O'Dell DHJ, Parker NG, Kokkelmans SJJMF, Martin AM. . Physical Review A 2011, 84(2), 021604.
    • Parker NG, Mather ML, Morgan SP, Povey MJW. . Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2011, 269(1), 012019.
    • Parker NG, Mather ML, Morgan SP, Povey MJW. . Biomedical Materials 2010, 5(5), 055004.
    • Parker N, Proukakis N, Adams C. . Physical Review A 2010, 81(3), 033606.
    • van Bijnen RMW, Parker NG, Kokkelmans SJJMF, Martin AM, O'Dell DHJ. . Physical Review A 2010, 82(3), 033612.
    • Parker NG, Nelson PV, Povey MJW. . Measurement Science and Technology 2010, 21(4), 045901.
    • Parker NG, Ticknor C, Martin AM, O'Dell DHJ. . Physical Review A 2009, 79(1), 013617.
    • Cornish SL, Parker NG, Martin AM, Judd TE, Scott RG, Fromhold TM, Adams CS. . Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 2009, 238(15), 1299-1305.
    • van Bijnen RMW, Dow AJ, O'Dell DHJ, Parker NG, Martin AM. . Physical Review A 2009, 80(3), 033617.
    • Parker NG, Martin AM, Adams CS, Cornish SL. . Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 2009, 238(15), 1456-1461.
    • Parker NG, O'Dell DHJ. . Physical Review A 2008, 78(4), 041601.
    • Rab M, Cole JH, Parker NG, Greentree AD, Hollenberg LCL, Martin AM. . Physical Review A 2008, 77(6), 061602.
    • Martin AM, Parker NG, van Bijnen RMW, Dow A, O'Dell DHJ. . Laser Physics 2008, 18(3), 322-330.
    • Parker NG, Martin AM, Cornish SL, Adams CS. . Journal of Physics B 2008, 41(4), 045303.
    • Ticknor C, Parker NG, Melatos A, Cornish SL, O'Dell DHJ, Martin AM. . Physical Review A 2008, 78(6), 061607.
    • Jamaludin NA, Parker NG, Martin AM. . Physical Review A 2008, 77(5), 051603.
    • Corro I, Parker NG, Martin AM. . Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 2007, 40(18), 3615-3628.
    • van Bijnen RMW, O'Dell DHJ, Parker NG, Martin AM. . Physical Review Letters 2007, 98(15), 50401.
    • Parker NG, Cornish SL, Adams CS, Martin AM. . Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 2007, 40(15), 3127-3142.
    • Parker NG, Adams CS. . Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 2006, 39(1), 43-55.
    • Parker NG, van Bijnen RMW, Martin AM. . Physical Review A 2006, 73(6), 061603.
    • Parker NG, Adams CS. . Physical Review Letters 2005, 95(14), 45301.
    • Parker NG, Proukakis NP, Barenghi CF, Adams CS. . Physical Review Letters 2004, 93(13), 130408.
    • Parker NG, Proukakis NP, Barenghi CF, Adams CS. . Physical Review Letters 2004, 92(16), 160403-1.
    • Proukakis NP, Parker DJ, Frantzeskakis NG, Adams CS. . Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics 2004, 6(5), S380.
    • Parker NG, Proukakis NP, Leadbeater M, Adams CS. . Physical Review Letters 2003, 90(22), 220401.
    • Parker NG, Proukakis NP, Leadbeater M, Adams CS. . Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 2003, 36(13), 2891-2910.

  • Authored Book

    • Barenghi CF, Parker NG. . Switzerland: Springer, 2016.

  • Book Chapters

    • Alon OE, Beinke R, Cederbaum LS, Edmonds MJ, Fasshauer E, Kasevich MA, Klaiman S, Lode AUJ, Parker NG, Sakmann K, Tsatsos MC, Streltsov AI. . In: Nagel WE; Kröner DH; Resch MM, ed. High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering ´16. Berlin: Springer, 2017, pp.79-96.
    • Parker N, Allen AJ, Barenghi C, Proukakis NP. . In: N. Proukakis, D. Snoke and P Littlewood, ed. Universal Themes of Bose-Einstein Condensation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017, pp.348-370.
    • Davis MJ, Wright TM, Gasenzer T, Gardiner SA, Proukakis NP. . In: N. Proukakis, D. Snoke and P. Littlewood, ed. Universal Themes of Bose-Einstein Condensation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017, pp.117-150.
    • Povey MJW, Watson N, Parker NG. . In: Food Microstructures: Microscopy, Measurement and Modelling. Elsevier Ltd, 2014, pp.192-222.
    • Billam TP, Marchant AL, Cornish SL, Gardiner SA, Parker NG. . In: Boris A. Malomed, ed. Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking, Self-Trapping, and Josephson Oscillations. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2013, pp.403-455.
    • Parker NG, Jackson B, Martin AM, Adams CS. . In: Kevrekidis, P.G., Frantzeskakis, D.J., Carretero-González, R, ed. Emergent Nonlinear Phenomena in Bose-Einstein condensates: Theory and Experiment. Berlin, Germany: Springer, 2008, pp.173-190.
    • Parker NG, Proukakis NP, Adams CS. . In: Chen, L.V, ed. Focus on Soliton Research. New York: Nova Publishing, 2007, pp.1-49.

  • Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

    • Wadkin L, Orozco-Fuentes S, Parker N, Shukurov S, Neganova I, Lako M. . In: 19th IUPAB and 11th EBSA Congress. 2017, Edinburgh, UK: Springer.
    • Stagg GW, Parker NG, Barenghi CF. . In: Proceedings of the 15th European Turbulence Conference (ETC 2015). 2015, Delft, The Netherlands: TU Delft.
    • Svalova A, Abbott G, Parker N, Vane C. . In: Petroleum Geostatistics 2015. 2015, Biarritz, France: European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, EAGE.
    • Allen AJ, Parker NG, Proukakis NP, Barenghi CF. . In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2014, Edinburgh, UK: Institute of Physics Publishing.
    • Pattinson RW, Parker NG, Proukakis NP. . In: 22nd Annual International Laser Physics Workshop. 2014, Prague, Czech Republic: Institute of Physics Publishing.
    • Huynh NT, Parker NG, He D, Ruan H, Hayes-Gill BR, Mather ML, Crowe JA, Rose FRAJ, Povey MJW, Morgan SP. . In: Proceedings of SPIE, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing. 2011, San Francisco, California, USA: SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering.
    • Huynh NT, He D, Hayes-Gill BR, Crowe JR, Walker JG, Mather ML, Rose FRAJ, Parker NG, Povey MJW, Morgan SP. . In: Proceedings of SPIE, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing. 2011, San Francisco, California, USA: SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering.
    • Barenghi CF, Parker NG, Proukakis NP, Adams CS. . In: Journal of Low Temperature Physics: International Symposium on Quantum Fluids and Solids (QFS). 2005, University of Trento, Povo, Italy: Springer New York LLC.
    • Parker NG, Proukakis NP, Barenghi CF, Adams CS. . In: Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics. International Workshop on Theory of Quantum Gases and Quantum Coherence. 2004, Levico, Italy: Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd.
    • Proukakis NP, Parker NG, Barenghi CF, Adams CS. . In: Laser Physics: 12th Annual International Laser Physics Workshop. 2004, Hamburg, Germany: MAIK Nauka - Interperiodica.

  • Letters

    • Prasad SB, Bland T, Mulkerin BC, Parker NG, Martin AM. . Physical Review Letters 2019, 122, 050401.
    • Bland T, Stagg GW, Galantucci L, Baggaley AW, Parker NG. . Physical Review Letters 2018, 121, 174501.
    • Mulkerin BC, van Bijnen RMW, O'Dell DHJ, Martin AM, Parker NG. . Physical Review Letters 2013, 111(17), 170402.

  • Notes

    • Wadkin LE, Holden J, Ettelaie R, Holmes MJ, Smith J, Golightly A, Parker NG, Baggaley AW. . Ecological Modelling 2024, 110634.
    • Parker N, Dyson A. . Physics World 2018, 31(7), 17-17.

  • Reviews

    • Wadkin LE, Makarenko I, Parker NG, Shukurov A, Figueiredo FC, Lako M. . Current Stem Cell Reports 2023, 9, 57-66.
    • Martin AM, Marchant NG, O'Dell DHJ, Parker NG. . Journal of Physics Condensed Matter 2017, 29(10), 103004.