The constituent Schools and Departments of SUPA already contain a wealth of world quality research. The concept is to build the alliance around key research strengths on which there is multi-institutional agreement including: Astronomy & Space Physics, Condensed Matter & Materials Physics (CMMP), Energy, Nuclear & Plasma Physics, Particle Physics, Photonics, Physics & Life Sciences (PaLS).
The foundations of SUPA are (i) a Scottish Graduate School in Physics and (ii) a coordinated approach to research under a single management umbrella incorporating:
From a combination of SFC funding and our own existing resource we have recruited approximately 20 new Chairs and Lecturers, 14 SUPA Research Fellowships, and 8 competitive studentships per year, as well as the selection of an overall Chief Executive to run the enterprise, and a Director of the Scottish Graduate School in Physics. This enhanced research base will be developed under the guidance of an Advisory Board consisting of scientists selected from a range of disciplines:
SUPA Advisory Board
Prof Malcolm Longair (Cambridge, chair), Dr. Eugene Arthurs (SPIE), Prof. Ted Haensch (Munich), Prof. David Miller (Stanford), Margaret McGarry (Director, Technology Collaboration Group, Scottish Enterprise), Prof. Mike Gunn (Birmingham), Dr. Takis Hadjifotiou, Dr.Lesley Thompson, Dr. Colin Zimmerman (Nexia Solutions), Prof. Helen Gleeson (Manchester), Prof. Walter Henning (GSI Darmstadt), Dr. Stuart Fancey (SFC), Prof. Rolf Heuer(DESY).