Environmental Physics Group
This is an IOP special interest group, which is a community of IOP members focused on a particular discipline, application or area of interest.
Special interest groups allow members to connect and share knowledge and ideas. The IOP funds groups to deliver a range of activities including events, prizes and bursaries. All of our groups are driven by members.
About the group
Environmental physics is the application of the principles of physics to the natural environment. As a special interest, member-driven group, our members are drawn from sectors of the physics community as diverse as geomagnetism and agriculture.
Physics cannot be considered in isolation when considering environmental problems. It does, however, play a pivotal role in:
- local and global monitoring
- understanding the world we live in
- recognising our effect on the planet
What the group does
Our role is to:
- promote physics in the environmental sciences
- provide a forum for the discussion of physics as it applies to the environment
- encourage the development and application of physical methods to environmental research
- promote the education and training of physicists in the environmental sciences through meetings and contacts with educationalists at all levels
Joining an IOP special interest group
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Net Zero in 3 competition
Explain net zero to high-school students in a video or podcast in just three minutes, in this alternative essay competition from the IOP’s Energy and Environmental Physics groups.
Group physics competition
Our annual essay competition recognises excellence in communicating the significance, value and rewards of engaging with environmental physics.
Find out more about the annual essay competition, including previous winners.
Group events
Find group events on the website or in our current newsletter (PDF, 534KB).
Newsletter
- Newsletter, September 2023 (PDF, 263KB)
- Newsletter, July 2021 (PDF, 377KB)
- Newsletter, July 2020 (PDF, 432KB)
- Newsletter, May 2019 (PDF, 534KB)
- Newsletter, January 2018 (PDF, 579KB)
- Newsletter, February 2017 (PDF, 7.81MB)
- Newsletter, Summer 2014 (PDF, 12,241KB)
- Newsletter, Spring 2014 (PDF, 0.98MB)
- Newsletter, Summer 2013 (PDF, 965KB)
- Newsletter, Spring 2013 (PDF, 965KB)
- Newsletter, Autumn 2012 (PDF, 720KB)
- Newsletter, Spring 2012 (PDF, 580KB)
Committee and contact
| Category | Name | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chair | Dr Hugh Deighton, CSci CPhys FInstP | 2024 | 2028 |
| Secretary | Professor Alan Drew, MInstP | 2021 | 2025 |
| Treasurer | Professor Patrick Goodman, FInstP | 2023 | 2027 |
| Ordinary Member | Mr Exodus Chun-Long Sit, MInstP | 2024 | 2028 |
| Ordinary Member | Dr Ben Festus, MInstP | 2023 | 2027 |
| Ordinary Member | Dr Lori-Ann Foley, MInstP | 2024 | 2028 |
| Ordinary Member | Dr Martin Goodchild, CPhys MInstP | 2023 | 2027 |
| Ordinary Member | Mr Joshua Perkins | 2024 | 2028 |
| Early Career Physicist | Mr Matthew Minter, MInstP | 2021 | 2025 |
| Early Career Physicist | Dr Tobias Thornes, MInstP | 2021 | 2025 |
- Email: [email protected]