Andy Schofield Explained

Andy Schofield
Term Start:	1 May 2020
Term Start2:	2015
Term End2:	2020
Salary:	£235,000 (2021–22)^[1]
Nationality:	British
Module:	Embed: yes Fields: Theoretical physics Workplaces: University of Birmingham University of Cambridge Rutgers University Alma Mater: University of Cambridge Doctoral Advisor: Joseph M. Wheatley^[2] Awards: Maxwell Medal and Prize

Andrew John Schofield (better known as Andy Schofield) is an academic and administrator who is the Vice-Chancellor of Lancaster University.^[3] A theoretical physicist, he was previously a Pro-Vice-Chancellor at the University of Birmingham and Head of its College of Engineering and Physical Sciences. As an academic, his research focus is in the theory of correlated quantum systems, in particular non-Fermi liquids, quantum criticality and high-temperature superconductivity.^{[4] [5]}

Biography

Andy Schofield was educated at Whitgift School before reading Natural Sciences at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge. In 1993, he obtained his PhD at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge and won a College Research Fellowship at Gonville and Caius.^[5] He was a postdoctoral researcher at Rutgers, New Jersey before his return to Cambridge as a Royal Society University Research Fellow.^[6] He joined the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Birmingham in 1999, became the Head of School in 2010, and was promoted in 2015 to Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Head of the College of EPS.^[7] In May 2020, Andy became the Vice-Chancellor of Lancaster University.^[8]

Awards

• The Schuldham Plate (1989), Gonville and Caius.^[5]
• Maxwell Medal and Prize (2002)^[9] for work on the emergent properties of correlated electrons.^[5]
• Fellow of the Institute of Physics (2002).^[5]

External links

• Staff page at Theoretical Physics Research Group, University of Birmingham

Notes and References

1. Web site: Financial Statements for the Year to 31 July 2022 . 19 January 2023 . Lancaster University . 41.
2. Web site: Andrew John Schofield Family Tree . Physics Tree . The Academic Family Tree . 21 September 2016.
3. Web site: Lancaster University appoints renowned theoretical physicist as its new Vice-Chancellor . www.lancaster.ac.uk . Lancaster University . 22 November 2019 . en.
4. Web site: Andy Schofield - Research Interests . Theoretical Physics Research Group . University of Birmingham . Andy . Schofield . 21 September 2016.
5. Web site: Professor Andy Schofield . University of Birmingham . 21 September 2016 . 25 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160925011309/http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/physics/schofield-andy.aspx . dead .
6. Web site: A. J. Schofield . Physics . American Physical Society . 21 September 2016.
7. Web site: University of Birmingham appoints two new Pro-Vice-Chancellors . University of Birmingham . 19 May 2015 . 21 September 2016.
8. Web site: Message from our new Vice-Chancellor . portal.lancaster.ac.uk . Lancaster University . 4 May 2020.
9. Web site: Maxwell medal recipients . Institute of Physics . 21 September 2016.