Summary
John Buckeridge is a Senior Lecturer in Energy Engineering and Materials Devices with over a decade of experience using computational physics to probe charge-carrier interactions with defects in semiconductors and energy materials. Trained at University College Cork (BSc, PhD), he developed expertise in density functional theory, molecular mechanics and QM/MM methods during a long postdoc at UCL, focusing on defect structures relevant to next-generation solar cells and high-power electronics. Since 2019 he has translated that research-driven modelling into teaching and applied engineering at London South Bank University, where he was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2020. Known for bridging fundamental condensed-matter theory with practical device materials, he combines code development and advanced simulation techniques to improve predictive modelling of materials performance. An Irish physicist based in London, he brings both deep academic rigour and hands-on computational toolbuilding to problems in energy conversion and power electronics.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics at University College Cork