Newcastle University

School Roles and Responsibilities 

• Applied Maths Seminar Organizer
• Staff-Student Committee
  

Qualifications

• MSci, Theoretical Physics, Durham University (2001)
• PhD, Physics, Durham University (2004)

Previous Positions

• Research Associate, Atomic & Molecular Physics group, Durham University (2004-05)
• Research Associate, Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics group, University of Melbourne (2005-07)
• Canadian-Commonwealth Research Fellow, McMaster University (2007-08)
• Research Associate, Food Physics group, University of Leeds (2008-11)

Professional Qualifications and Memberships

• Chartered Physicist
• Member of the Institute of Physics
• Associate of the Higher Education Academy 

Industry

Scientific advisor to BioInnovel and MPC3 

Research Interests

• Bose-Einstein condensates and Bose-Fermi mixtures
• Bright and dark solitons
• Vortices, vortex lattices and quantum turbulence
• Dipolar interactions

• Acoustic microscopy and imaging
• Non-destructive testing
  
• Acoustic propagation in fluids and colloids

Postgraduate Supervision 

• Rob Pattinson (joint with Dr Nick Proukakis)
• Reuben Agbidi (joint with Dr Geoff Abbott, Civil Engineering)
• George Stagg (joint with Professor Carlo Barenghi)

Staff

• Dr Ged Cowburn  (April - August 2012)
  

 Teaching for 2011/2012

• MAS8114: Topics in Modern Applied Mathematics
• MAS1142/2142: Modelling with Differential Equations
  
• MAS3091: Group Project
• Tutor for MAS1041: Mathematical Methods A
  

• Pattinson RW, Billam TP, Gardiner SA, McCarron DJ, Cho HW, Cornish SL, Parker NG, Proukakis NP. Equilibrium solutions for immiscible two-species Bose-Einstein condensates in perturbed harmonic traps. Physical Review A 2013, 87(1), 013625.
• Watson N, Povey M, Corona E, Benedito J, Parker N. Acoustic microscopy in the food industry. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 2012, 42(1), 012006.
• Huynh NT, He D, Hayes-Gill BR, Crowe JA, Walker JG, Mather ML, Rose FRAJ, Morgan SP, Parker NG, Povey MJW. Application of a maximum likelihood algorithm to ultrasound modulated optical tomography. Journal of Biomedical Optics 2012, 17(2), 026014.
• Parker NG, Allen AJ, Barenghi CF, Proukakis NP. Coherent cross talk and parametric driving of matter-wave vortices. Physical Review A 2012, 86(1), 013631.
• Parker NG, Smith DA. p-wave stabilization of three-dimensional Bose-Fermi solitons. Physical Review A 2012, 85(1), 013604.
• Parker NG, Povey MJW. Ultrasonic study of the gelation of gelatin: phase diagram, hysteresis and kinetics. Food Hydrocolloids 2012, 26(1), 99-107.
• Parker NG, Mather ML, Morgan SP, Povey MJW. A preliminary study of acoustic propagation in thick foam tissue scaffolds composed of poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid). Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2011, 269(1), 012019.
• Huynh NT, He D, Hayes-Gill BR, Crowe JR, Walker JG, Mather ML, Rose FRAJ, Parker NG, Povey MJW, Morgan SP. Application of a maximum likelihood algorithm to ultrasound modulated optical tomography. In: Proceedings of SPIE, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing. 2011, San Francisco, California, USA: SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering.
• Huynh NT, Parker NG, He D, Ruan H, Hayes-Gill BR, Mather ML, Crowe JA, Rose FRAJ, Povey MJW, Morgan SP. Characterisation of tissue scaffolds using optics and ultrasound. In: Proceedings of SPIE, Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing. 2011, San Francisco, California, USA: SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering.
• Taylor LB, van Bijnen RMW, O'Dell DHJ, Parker NG, Kokkelmans SJJMF, Martin AM. Synthetic magnetohydrodynamics in Bose-Einstein condensates and routes to vortex nucleation. Physical Review A 2011, 84(2), 021604.
• Holmes MJ, Parker NG, Povey MJW. Temperature dependence of bulk viscosity in water using acoustic spectroscopy. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2011, 269(1), 012011.
• Parker NG, Nelson PV, Povey MJW. A versatile scanning acoustic platform. Measurement Science and Technology 2010, 21(4), 045901.
• van Bijnen RMW, Parker NG, Kokkelmans SJJMF, Martin AM, O'Dell DHJ. Collective excitation frequencies and stationary states of trapped dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates in the Thomas-Fermi regime. Physical Review A 2010, 82(3), 033612.
• Parker N, Proukakis N, Adams C. Dark soliton decay due to trap anharmonicity in atomic Bose-Einstein condensates. Physical Review A 2010, 81(3), 033606.
• Parker NG, Mather ML, Morgan SP, Povey MJW. Longitudinal acoustic properties of poly(lactic acid) and poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid). Biomedical Materials 2010, 5(5), 055004.
• Parker NG, Martin AM, Adams CS, Cornish SL. Bright solitary waves of trapped atomic Bose-Einstein condensates. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 2009, 238(15), 1456-1461.
• van Bijnen RMW, Dow AJ, O'Dell DHJ, Parker NG, Martin AM. Exact solutions and stability of rotating dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates in the Thomas-Fermi limit. Physical Review A 2009, 80(3), 033617.
• Cornish SL, Parker NG, Martin AM, Judd TE, Scott RG, Fromhold TM, Adams CS. Quantum reflection of bright matter-wave solitons. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 2009, 238(15), 1299-1305.
• Parker NG, Ticknor C, Martin AM, O'Dell DHJ. Structure formation during the collapse of a dipolar atomic Bose-Einstein condensate. Physical Review A 2009, 79(1), 013617.
• Jamaludin NA, Parker NG, Martin AM. Bright solitary waves of atomic Bose-Einstein condensates under rotation. Physical Review A 2008, 77(5), 051603.
• Ticknor C, Parker NG, Melatos A, Cornish SL, O'Dell DHJ, Martin AM. Collapse times of dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates. Physical Review A 2008, 78(6), 061607.
• Parker NG, Martin AM, Cornish SL, Adams CS. Collisions of bright solitary matter waves. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 2008, 41(4), 045303.
• Martin AM, Parker NG, van Bijnen RMW, Dow A, O'Dell DHJ. Instabilities and vortex-lattice formation in rotating conventional and dipolar dilute-gas Bose-Einstein condensates. Laser Physics 2008, 18(3), 322-330.
• Rab M, Cole JH, Parker NG, Greentree AD, Hollenberg LCL, Martin AM. Spatial coherent transport of interacting dilute Bose gases. Physical Review A 2008, 77(6), 061602.
• Parker NG, O'Dell DHJ. Thomas-Fermi versus one- and two-dimensional regimes of a trapped dipolar Bose-Einstein condensate. Physical Review A 2008, 78(4), 041601.
• Parker NG, Jackson B, Martin AM, Adams CS. Vortices in Bose-Einstein Condensates: Theory. In: Kevrekidis, P.G., Frantzeskakis, D.J., Carretero-González, R, ed. Emergent Nonlinear Phenomena in Bose-Einstein condensates: Theory and Experiment. Berlin, Germany: Springer, 2008, pp.173-190.
• Parker NG, Cornish SL, Adams CS, Martin AM. Bright solitary waves and trapped solutions in Bose-Einstein condensates with attractive interactions. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 2007, 40(15), 3127-3142.
• Parker NG, Proukakis NP, Adams CS. Dark Soliton Dynamics in Confined Bose-Einstein Condensates. In: Chen, L.V, ed. Focus on Soliton Research. New York: Nova Publishing, 2007, pp.1-49.
• van Bijnen RMW, O'Dell DHJ, Parker NG, Martin AM. Dynamical instability of a rotating dipolar Bose-Einstein condensate. Physical Review Letters 2007, 98(15), 50401.
• Corro I, Parker NG, Martin AM. Rotation of an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate with and without a quantized vortex. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 2007, 40(18), 3615-3628.
• Parker NG, van Bijnen RMW, Martin AM. Instabilities leading to vortex lattice formation in rotating Bose-Einstein condensates. Physical Review A 2006, 73(6), 061603.
• Parker NG, Adams CS. Response of an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate to a rotating elliptical trap. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 2006, 39(1), 43-55.
• Barenghi CF, Parker NG, Proukakis NP, Adams CS. Decay of quantised vorticity by sound emission. In: Journal of Low Temperature Physics: International Symposium on Quantum Fluids and Solids (QFS). 2005, University of Trento, Povo, Italy: Springer New York LLC.
• Parker NG, Adams CS. Emergence and decay of turbulence in stirred atomic bose-einstein condensates. Physical Review Letters 2005, 95(14), 45301.
• Proukakis NP, Parker DJ, Frantzeskakis NG, Adams CS. Analogies Between Dark Solitons in Atomic Bose-Einstein Condensates and Optical Systems. Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics 2004, 6(5), S380.
• Parker NG, Proukakis NP, Barenghi CF, Adams CS. Controlled vortex-sound interactions in atomic Bose-Einstein condensates. Physical Review Letters 2004, 92(16), 160403-1.
• Proukakis NP, Parker NG, Barenghi CF, Adams CS. Coupling between topological excitations and the background sound field in atomic Bose-Einstein condensates. In: Laser Physics: 12th Annual International Laser Physics Workshop. 2004, Hamburg, Germany: MAIK Nauka - Interperiodica.
• Parker NG, Proukakis NP, Barenghi CF, Adams CS. Dynamical instability of a dark soliton in a quasi-one-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensate perturbed by an optical lattice. In: Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics. International Workshop on Theory of Quantum Gases and Quantum Coherence. 2004, Levico, Italy: Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd.
• Parker NG, Proukakis NP, Barenghi CF, Adams CS. Parametric Driving of Dark Solitons in Atomic Bose-Einstein Condensates. Physical Review Letters 2004, 93(13), 130408.
• Parker NG, Proukakis NP, Leadbeater M, Adams CS. Deformation of Dark Solitons in Inhomogeneous Bose-Einstein Condensates. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 2003, 36(13), 2891-2910.
• Parker NG, Proukakis NP, Leadbeater M, Adams CS. Soliton-Sound Interactions in Quasi-One-Dimensional Bose-Einstein Condensates. Physical Review Letters 2003, 90(22), 220401.