Professor Geetha Balakrishnan

Geetha Balakrishnan is a Professor in the Superconductivity and Magnetism Group, Department of Physics, at the University of Warwick, where she has worked since 1991. She was also a Research Fellow in the same group from 1986-1988. Geetha is an expert in the single crystal synthesis of a wide variety of materials, including superconductors, magnets, topological materials and 2D materials. She has overseen a very successful EPSRC funded programme of single crystal growth at Warwick for over 30 years. Geetha is a Fellow of the IOP since 2009 and is the Chair of the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) Commission on Crystal Growth and Characterisation of Materials. Geetha has held visiting professorships (JSPS) at RIKEN, Tokyo, SPINCNR, Italy and at the CBPF, Brazil. She was the lead for the key challenge for Materials in the recently concluded
EPSRC UK Skyrmion Project.