Dr Thomas Ostler

Qualifications

• BSc (University of York)
• PhD / DPhil (University of York)
• PGCert (Sheffield Hallam University)

Summary

Dr Thomas Ostler (Tom) is a lecturer in physics at the Department of Physics and Mathematics at the University of Hull. Tom completed his undergraduate degree at the University of York in theoretical physics in 2008 and stayed to complete his PhD in theoretical and computational magnetism in 2012. Tom completed three postdoctoral positions, the first of which was at The University of York. He then moved to the University of Exeter before taking up a Marie Curie Fellowship at the University of Liège, Belgium. In 2017 Tom was appointed as a physics lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University before leaving to join the Physics team at Hull in June 2022.

Tom's research focuses on the physics of magnetism and magnetic materials. He uses computational and theoretical models to investigate a broad range of device-focused materials and processes as well as more fundamental topics. He develops HPC codes for simulating magnetisation dynamics as well as using first-principles codes to investigate the electronic structure of magnetic materials.

Externally Tom is the Honorable Secretary for the Institute of Physics Magnetism Committee and is the UK committee member for an EU COST Action, MAGNETOFON.

In his spare time Tom is a junior football coach and runs a Sunday league team. He attempts to cycle and run, but often fails at both, so will revert to walking his dogs.