Pamela Thomas

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Pamela Thomas
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
Known forCondensed matter physics
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Warwick
Doctoral advisorMike Glazer

Pamela Anne Thomas is a British condensed matter physicist, and Pro Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Warwick,[1] where she leads the Ferroelectrics & Crystallography group.[2] Her work focuses on the structure and related properties of ferroelectric, piezoelectric and nonlinear optical crystals, ceramics and thin-films.[3] In September 2020, she was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Faraday Institution, an organisation which advances energy storage science and technology.[4]

Education[]

Thomas studied at Physics at the University of Oxford. She completed her DPhil, 'Optical activity in crystals' at the University of Oxford in 1987 under Professor Mike Glazer.[5]

Career[]

In 1992, Thomas was awarded the Physical Crystallography Prize of the British Crystallographic Association.[6]

From 2009–2012, Thomas was the Director of the Science City Research Alliance (SCRA) for the Universities of Birmingham and Warwick.[7] SCRA was a collaboration between the University of Birmingham and the University of Warwick, intended to provide world-leading research and knowledge support across three major platforms: advanced materials, energy futures and translational medicine.[8][9] Set up in Warwick & Birmingham, with support from the European Regional Development Fund and by Advantage West Midlands, it provided a £58 M investment in state-of-the-art equipment, housed in purpose-designed buildings with dedicated technical support and HEFCE funded (£10 M) research fellows.[10]

In 2011, Thomas was appointed the Chair of the Faculty of Science at the University of Warwick.[11] Thomas is the Pro Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Warwick,[12] and has been a Pro Vice Chancellor since 2014.[13] She served as a trustee of the Faraday Institution before being appointed its chief executive in September 2020,[14] and was previously on the board of the Alan Turing Institute where she represented the University of Warwick.[15] Thomas chaired the UK's Open Research Data Task Force,[16][17] which was established by Jo Johnson in 2016.[18]

References[]

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  2. ^ "Ferroelectrics Group, University of Warwick".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Ferroelectrics & Crystallography Group, University of Warwick". Retrieved 7 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Pam Thomas Appointed Chief Executive of Faraday Institution". The Faraday Institution. 24 September 2020.
  5. ^ "'Optical activity in crystals', P. A. Thomas, DPhil Thesis, University of Oxford".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Prizes of the Physical Crystallography Group, British Crystallography Association".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "New Director for Science City Research Alliance".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "Science City Research Alliance". University of Warwick. Retrieved 7 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "Science City Research Alliance Hosts Discovery Day". University of Birmingham. 7 January 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "University of Warwick - REF 2014 results". Research Excellence Framework. Retrieved 7 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "New Faculty Chairs 2011: Professor Pam Thomas and Professor Simon Swain".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ "Research at the University of Warwick". Retrieved 7 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ "Appointment of Pro-Vice-Chancellors, University of Warwick".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ "BOARD OF TRUSTEES". Retrieved 7 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ "Professor Stephen Jarvis appointed to the Turing's Board of Trustees".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ^ "Realising the potential: Final report of the Open Research Data Task Force" (PDF). Retrieved 7 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ "UKRI welcomes publication of open research reports". Retrieved 7 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ "Open Research Data Task Force: final report". Retrieved 7 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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