Dr. Mike Russell, Francis Michael Russell, Group of Nonlinear Physics, Universidad de Sevilla

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Dr. F. Michael Russell

Visiting Professor at the University of Huddersfield (UK)
Former Research Collaborator of the Group of Nonlinear Physics (GFNL). Department of Applied Physics I . (from 2016 to 2019).
Universidad de Sevilla, Spain (ORCID 0000-0002-1178-1784, WoS RID E-6200-2018, Scopus ID 7101905072 INSPIRE-HEP, OSTI) Email

Research positions

2018-June-- Visiting Professor at the University of Huddersfield (UK)
2016 – 2019 (May): Research Collaborator. Group of Nonlinear Physics. Department of Applied Physics I
2013 – 2016 Honorary Professor, University of Pretoria, South Africa, collaborating on properties of quodons and charge-capture by quodons.
1996 - 2013 Honorary Professor, Heriot-Watt University, Edimburgh, UK; collaborating on non-linear transport processes in solids.
1996 Retired from Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, U.K.
1991 - 1996 Honorary Professor of Physics and Technology at Peking University, China, collaborating on nonlinear solid-state physics and heat transfer technology
1989 - 1996 Science and Engineering Research Council, Seconded to Government Department of Trade and Industry, U.K:
1984 - 1989 Assistant Director, Alvey National Computer Program, U.K: Also, senior scientist at Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy.
1979 - 1984 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Co-ordinator of U.K. University research on energy.
1978 - 1979 Senior scientist, CERN.
1963 - 1978 Group leader, Rutherford High Energy Laboratory, Chilton, UK.
1961 - 1963 Visiting scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, U.S.A
1956 - 1961 Research scientist at Rutherford Laboratory. U.K.
1957: PhD in Physics, University College, London, UK. “'Power amplifier for linear accelerator and analogue study of orbital stability in spiral ridge cyclotron.”
1953 - 1956 Research scientist at Harwell Atomic Energy Establishment, U.K.
1953: B.Sc. (Special) Physics [honours], University College, London, U.K. (Bachelor of Science)
In September 2013, a conference was held in honour of Mike Russell: Quodons in Mica: nonlinear localized travelling excitations in crystals, Altea, Spain, September 18-21, 2013, and a book with the same title was subsequently published in his honour. Springer Series in Material Science. vol 221 (2015). Download frontmatter.

Recent activity as Visiting Professor of the University of Huddersfield (See previous publications and talks as a member of GFNL).

Publications:

Intrinsic localized modes in polymers and hyperconductors
FM Russell, JFR Archilla.
Low Temp. Phys 48, 12:1009-1014 (7-12-2022), https://doi.org/10.1063/10.0015109 accepted pdf [Fiz. Nizk. Temp. (ФНТ) 48,12:1143-1148 (2022) pdf]
Ballistic charge transport by mobile nonlinear excitations
FM Russell, JFR Archilla.
Phys. Status Solidi RRL. (2022) 2100420. https://doi.org/10.1002/pssr.202100420 (open access).
Localized waves in silicates. What do we know from experiments?
FM Russell, JFR Archilla, S Medina-Carrasco.
In C. H. Skiadas, Y. Dimotikalis, (eds) 13th Chaotic Modeling and Simulation International Conference, pp 721-734. CHAOS 2020. Springer Proc. Complex. Springer, Cham (2021).
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70795-8_51 , arXiv:2011.07936 [cond-mat.mtrl-sci].
Hyperconductivity in fluorphlogopite at 300 K and 1.1 T.
FM Russell, MW Russell, JFR Archilla.
EPL 127,1 (2019) 16001, https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/127/16001, pdf
Transport Properties of Quodons in Muscovite and Prediction of Hyper-Conductivity
FM Russell
In JFR Archilla, F Palmero, MC Lemos, B Sánchez-Rey and J Casado-Pascual, Editors,
Nonlinear Systems, Vol. 2. Springer, Cham (2018), pages 241-260, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72218-4_10
Infinite charge mobility in muscovite at 300K.
FM Russell, JFR Archilla, F Frutos, S Medina-Carrasco.
Europhys. Lett., 120 (2017) 46001 (6 pages) https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/120/46001 (arXiv:1801.05196 [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]).

Conference partipation

Generation of Quodons in Tokamak Fusion Reactors.
FM Russell
JT2023: 25th International Conference on the Jahn Teller Effect: Vibronic coupling and Jahn Teller Effects in Polyatomic Systems..
York University, Canada, May 14-18, 2023. Virtual Conference.
Talk by FM Russell (abstract)
Charge transport in materials by mobile nonlinear inter-atomic interactions called quodons FM Russell.
CMD29-2022: the 29th Conference of the Condensed Matter Division of the European Physical Societey. Organized by IOP Institute of Physics (UK).
Special Session LONE 2022: Localized Nonlinear Excitations in Condensed Matter. Theory and Experiments.
Manchester, UK, 21-26/08/2022. (CMD29 Book of Abstracts p 376, LONE 2022 Book of Abstracts p5).
Invited talk by FM Russell (abstract).
Organization of mini-coloquium LONE 2022: Localized Nonlinear Excitations in in Condensed Matter. Theory and Experiments.
In CMD29: The 29th General Conference of the Condensed Matter Divison of the European Physical Society (EPS) and the Institute of Physics (IOP).
Manchester, UK, August 21-26, 2022, .
Organizing and scientific commitee: JFR Archilla (chair), J Bajars, JC Eilbeck, Y Doi, M Kimura, FM Russell. .
Organization of LCM 2021: Localization in Condensed Matter. CMD 29 on line series for
CMD29: The 29th General Conference of the Condensed Matter Divison of the European Physical Society (EPS) and the Institute of Physics (IOP).
Organizers: JFR Archilla, JC Eilbeck, Y Doi, M Kimura, FM Russell. November 17-18, 2021. Book of Abstracts.
Performance of an hyperconducting wire.
FM Russell.
LCM 2021: Localization in Condensed Matter. CMD29 on line series.
CMD 29: 29th General Conference of the Condensed Matter Divison of the European Physical Society (EPS) and the Institute of Physics (IOP)
Invited talk by FM Russell (abstract).
Localized waves in silicates. What do we know from experiments?
JFR. Archilla, FM Russell, S Medina-Carrasco.
CHAOS 2020, 13th International Conference on Non Linear Analysis and Modeling: Theory and Applications
Florence (virtual), Italy, June 9-12, 2020. Book of Abstracts, page 14. Program, page 7.
Talk by JFR Archilla (title slide, abstract).
Hyperconductivity in layered silicates of the mica group
FM. Russell, MW Russell, JFR Archilla, S Medina-Carrasco, MM Orta
VRAA: V Reunião Anual sobre Argilas Aplicadas, Franca, Brasil, August 29-30, 2019 (program)
In Anais da V Reunião Anual sobre Argilas Aplicadas, 28-30 Agosto, 2019, Franca, Brasil, p 75
Poster and short talk by S Medina-Carrasco (Abstract, poster)
Experiments and questions on hyperconductivity and quodons
FM. Russell..
JSLoc 2019: Japanese-Spanish Symposium on Energy Localization in Nonlinear Lattices.
Sevilla, September 23-28, 2019.
Invited virtual talk by FM Russell (title slide)
Mica group structure and hyperconductivity.
FM Russell, MW Russell, S. Medina-Carrasco, JFR Archilla, F Frutos.
JSLoc 2019: Japanese-Spanish Symposium on Energy Localization in Nonlinear Lattices.
Sevilla, September 23-28, 2019.
Invited talk by S. Medina-Carrasco (title slide).

Professional activities: 1975-Present: Managing Director of Turbon International Ltd., U.K.

Personal information : He likes hiking, playing tennis, downhill skiing and solving technical problems. He enjoys building houses as can be seen in some personal pictures.