Dr James Edwards

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    Overview

    Profile summary

    Research interests:
    • Quantum Field Theory - The "Worldline Formalism" of QFT
    • QFT in electromagnetic and gravitational backgrounds - Strong Field QED
    • Non-perturbative aspects of QFT - especially its gauge structure
    • Numerical (Monte-Carlo) simulations of field theory processes
    • New analytic and numerical methods in path integration.
    Prior appointments:
    • 2018-2022: Assistant Professor ("Profesor Titular A") - Instituto de Física y Matemáticas 
      Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo
    • 2016-2018: Postdoctoral Fellow ("Becario") - CONACyT 
      Instituto de Física y Matemáticas 
      Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo 
    • 2015-2016: Researcher and Teaching Fellow
      Mathematical Sciences
      University of Bath

    Professional memberships

    • FHEA - Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (now Advance HE)
    • MInstP - Member of the Institute of Physics
    • Individual Member of the sigma Network
    • Member of Red-FAE (Mexican Network in High Energy Physics)
    • Member of SMF (Mexican Physics Society) in the Division for Particles and Field ("DPyC")

    Roles on external bodies

    • Member of the LUXE (Laser und XFEL Experiment) collaboration (see collaborating institutes)
    • Member of the PIF (Physics in Intense Fieds) international steering committee
    • Visiting Associate Professor - University of Warwick

    Supervised research degrees

    2022: Ivan Ahumada - M.Sci. Worldline Monte Carlo - approaching the problem of oversampling

    2022: Luis Chacon - M.Sci. Light by light scattering at one-loop order in scalar QED

    2021: Alejandro Mora - M.Sci. Photon scattering: gauge invariant amplitudes

    2020: Jose Nicasio - M.Sci.Generalisation of the LKF transformations in the worldline formalism

    2019: Cesar Mata - M.Sci, Multi-photon amplitudes

    2019: Isai Farias - M.Sci. Effective action for an arbitrary Maxwell field interacting with a quantum field

    2019: Carlos Servin - M.Sci. A spin-orbit decomposition for photon amplitudes

    2017: Maria Anabel Trejo - Ph.D. Bound states in the worldline formalism

    2016: Matt Griffith - M.Sci. Planetary motion in Einstein's theory of general relativity

    Teaching interests

    Current courses:

    • 23/24: Engineering Mathematics (ENGR104) - University of Plymouth
    • 23/24: Differential Equations (MATH2704) - University of Plymouth
    • 23/24: Complex Analysis (MATH2706) - University of Plymouth
    • 23/24: Path integrals in quantum mechanics - University of Modena

    Previous courses:

    • 22/23: Ordinary Differential Equations (MATH2603) - University of Plymouth
    • 22/23: Foundation Physics (PHYS050) - University of Plymouth
    • 22/23: Engineering Mathematics (ENGR104 / MATH190) - University of Plymouth
    • 22/23: Real and Complex Analysis (MATH2604) - University of Plymouth
    • 21/22: Ordinary Differential Equations (MATH2603) - University of Plymouth
    • 2022: Advanced Aspects of Quantum Field Theory - Universidad Michoacana
    • 2020-2021: Worldline Formalism of Quantum Field Theory -  Universidad Michoacana 
    • 2020: Quantum Field Theory II - Universidad Michoacana
    • 2020: Introduction to Quantum Field Theory -  Universidad Michoacana 
    • 2020-2021: Mathematical Methods -  Universidad Michoacana 
    • 2019: String Theory and Amplitudes -  Universidad Michoacana 
    • 2018-2019: Quantum Mechanics I -  Universidad Michoacana 
    • 2018: Lie Group Theory for Physicists -  Universidad Michoacana 
    • 2017: Thermodynamics -  Universidad Michoacana 
    • 2017: Applications of the worldline formalism in quantum field theory -  Universidad Michoacana 
    • 2015-2016: Mathematical Methods - University of Bath
    • 2015-2016: Mathematical Analysis II - University of Bath
    • 2015: Calculus for Engineers - University of Bath

    Awards and recognition for teaching:

    • 2016: Departmental Teaching Recognition Award - University of Bath
    • 2015: Best student employee of the Year - Mathlab mathematics drop-in - Durham University
    • 2015: Outstanding Support Award - Durham University

    Students graduated under my supervision:

    • 2022: Ivan Ahumada - M.Sci. Worldline Monte Carlo - approaching the problem of oversamplingNow Ph.D. University of Plymouth
    • 2022: Luis Chacon - M.Sci. Light by light scattering at one-loop order in scalar QED
      Now Ph.D. University of Cyprus
    • 2021: Alejandro Mora - M.Sci. Photon scattering: gauge invariant amplitudes
      Now Ph.D. UNAM
    • 2020: Jose Nicasio - M.Sci.Generalisation of the LKF transformations in the worldline formalism
      Now Ph.D. Universidad Michoacana 
    • 2019: Cesar Mata - M.Sci, Multi-photon amplitudes
      Now Ph.D. Universidad Michoacana 
    • 2019: Isai Farias - M.Sci. Effective action for an arbitrary Maxwell field interacting with a quantum field
    • 2019: Carlos Servin - M.Sci. A spin-orbit decomposition for photon amplitudes
    • 2017: Maria Anabel Trejo - Ph.D. Bound states in the worldline formalism
      Now Postdoc Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf 
    • 2016: Matt Griffith - M.Sci. Planetary motion in Einstein's theory of general relativity
      Now Postdoc University of Bath

    External positions

    Visiting Associate Professor, University of Warwick

    1 Nov 2024 → …

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