Aniekan Ukpong currently works as Senior Lecturer at the School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal. Aniekan does research as Principal Investigator in Theoretical and Computational Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. One of their current projects is 'Spin dynamics in Dirac materials.'
About
Research Experience
Academic Leader : Physics
University of KwaZulu-Natal
April 2020 - Present
I currently I manage a small team of academic physicists.
Principal Investigator
University of KwaZulu-Natal
October 2016 - Present
I run the RSA/CHPC/MATS0941 Research Program.
Senior Lecturer (Physics)
University of KwaZulu-Natal
October 2016 - Present
I teach post-graduate level Statistical Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Classical Electrodynamics and Computational Physics. I also teach undergraduate-level Modern Physics and Electromagnetic Theory..
Senior Scientist
Johnson Matthey
April 2015 - Present
I delivered core science modelling and analysis across a broad range of Johnson Matthey Materials projects.
Research Scientist
Johnson Matthey
February 2013 - Present
Research Fellow
University of Pretoria
April 2011 - Present
PostDoc
Center of Excellence in Strong Materials, University of the Witwatersrand
April 2008 - Present
Education
University of Cape Town
2004 - 2008
Theoretical and Computational Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Prizes and Awards
Award
Mar 2020
Outstanding Reviewer: Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
Scholarship
Oct 2004
Deutscher Akademischer Austash Dienst (DAAD/SDV/A/04/29923)