Dr Graham S McDonald

Our UK Research Assessment Outcome

Some great news from our participation in the UK's official Research Assessment Exercise
can be found within Salford Physics News.

Qualifications

BSc (Glasgow), PhD (Strathclyde), MInstP

History

81-85 University of Glasgow
85-89 University of Strathclyde (PhD)
89-92 University of Strathclyde
92-93 Free University of Brussels, Belgium
93-97 Imperial College London
97-98 University of Leiden, the Netherlands
98-99 Imperial College London
99- -- University of Salford

Responsibilities

Reader in Physics (Joule Physics Laboratory)
Research Centre Head (Materials & Physics Research Centre)
Head of First Year (Physics)

2013/2014 Lectures

Mathematics for Physics
Mathematics and Computing
Pure & Applied Mathematics for Physics
Pure & Applied Mathematics and Computing
Electronics & Optoelectronics [Optoelectronics semester]
Mathematical Methods & Applications [Mathematical Methods semester]

Projects

Yr 3 Final Year Project Supervisor
Yrs 3 & 4 MPhys Projects Supervisor
MSc & PhD Projects Supervisor

Tutor

Personal Tutor to all levels
Year Tutor

Research Interests

Complexity & Nonlinear Science
Materials Science
Astrophysics & Cosmology
Teaching & Learning
Laser & Photonics, in particular:

- Laser resonator theory, fractal lasers, quantum noise and microlasers
- Ultra-broadband multi-frequency Raman generation
- Self-trapping, optical collapse and non-paraxial effects (eg Helmholtz solitons)
- Non-diffraction and self-imaging
- Spatial/temporal solitons and optical vortices
- Lasers and mode-locking
- Transverse beam effects and optical pattern formation (including fractals)