Welcome to SUPA

Eight Scottish universities have come together to form a research alliance in Physics. The aim is to place Scotland at the forefront of research and innovation in physics through an agreed national strategy, an inter-institutional management structure, and co-ordinated promotion and pursuit of excellence.

Adopting a coherent approach to staffing strategy, research training, research initiatives, commercialisation and funding opportunities, SUPA^™ pools and enhances Scotland's strongest physics research areas and will develop as a world leader in physics, creating the largest group of physics researchers in the UK. It is also intended as a single "front door" for potential staff, sponsors, and industrial collaborators.

Major research themes being pursued are physics and life sciences, energy, astronomy, condensed matter and materials physics, nuclear and plasma physics, particle physics and photonics.

The alliance brings together internationally leading physics research across Scotland to form the largest physics grouping in the UK.

Contact details of SUPA Executive Management

Chief Executive Officer: Jim Hough (Jim.Hough@supa.ac.uk)
Director, Graduate School: Avril Manners (Avril.Manners@supa.ac.uk)
Director, Knowledge Transfer: Roy Clarke (roy.clarke@supa.ac.uk)
Webmaster: Yen-Fu Chen (webmaster@supa.ac.uk)