John S. Biggins

Contact
TCM Group
Cavendish Laboratory
JJ Thomson Avenue
Cambridge CB3 0HE
United Kingdom

Contact
Division C
Engineering Dept
Trumpington St,
Cambridge CB2 1PZ
United Kingdom

jsb56@cam.ac.uk
+44 (0) 1223 7 60502

Curriculum Vitae

May 2022-present	Associate professor of Applied Mechanics at Cambridge University Engineering Department. Teach IB Lagrangian mechanics and variational methods.
Apr 2020-present	UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, held in Cambridge University Engineering Department.
Apr 2020-present	Fellow of Corpus Christi College. Director of studies in engineering and pastoral tutor.
Oct 2017-2022	Assistant professor of Applied Mechanics at Cambridge University Engineering Department. Teach IB Lagrangian mechanics and variational methods.
Oct 2014-2018	Lecturer and 1851 Research Fellow at the Cavendish Laboratory. Taught first year oscillations and third year theoretical physics 1.
Oct 2014-2018	Fellow of Trinity Hall. Director of studies in physics and graduate mentor.
Oct 2012-Jul 2014	Research Fellowship at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Work in the Cavendish Laboratory's Theory of Condensed Matter Group.
Oct 2010-July 2012	1851 Royal Commission Research Fellowship. Worked with L. Mahadevan at Harvard's Applied Math Lab.
Oct 2007 - Jul 2010	Ph.D. at Cavendish Laboratory, supervised by Mark Warner focussing on the elasticity of liquid crystal elastomers. Extensive collaboration with Kaushik Bhattacharya, including an extended visit to Caltech.
Oct 06 - Jun 07	MSci, Natural Sciences (Theoretical Physics), Cambridge. Top of year.
Oct 03 - Jun 06	BA, Natural Science (Experimental & Theoretical Physics), Cambridge. Top of year.



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