Science Faculty Research

Researchers in the Faculty of Science are engaged in cutting edge theoretical and applied research, a significant proportion of which is done in collaboration with the private sector. Working in state of the art laboratories, they carry out innovative research in areas ranging from the nano to the macro, from humans to animals to plants, and from the mathematical to the psychological. The Faculty, while it incorporates some of the UK's leading departments and research centres, is committed to strengthening its research activity for the benefit of students and the community generally.

We have identified seven areas of interdisciplinary research which demonstrate the scope and quality of the work done by our experts. Further information about our expertise in a wide range of other research specialisms can be accessed through individual departments and research centres.

Faculty Research Themes

Modelling and SimulationModelling and Simulation

Research in the Faculty encompasses a wide range of theoretical, mathematical and applied work on modelling and simulation. Particular strengths exist in the Warwick Mathematics Institute, which incorporates significant research in modelling and numerical simulation. The work of the internationally renowned Department of Statistics covers a wide range of topics in probability and statistics, both mathematical and theoretical aspects as well as applications to many different fields. Significant research is also carried out in the School of Life Sciences, the Department of Chemistry, the Department of Computer Science, the School of Engineering, the Department of Physics, the Department of Psychology and Warwick Crop Centre.

Systems BiologySystems Biology

The Warwick Systems Biology Centre (WSBC) builds on current strengths microbial, plant and medical systems biology, mathematics and bioinformatics. WSBC will develop understanding of biological systems through mathematical and computational modelling. It will be linking this modelling with the huge volume and diversity of contemporary cellular and molecular data such as that coming from high-throughput, genome-wide and imaging technologies with the objective of improving our ability to tackle many important problems and will be crucial in addressing an enormously broad range of biological and medical priorities such as disease mechanisms, pharmaceutical drug discovery, drug target validation, and horticulture and agriculture.

Energy and Sustainablity Energy and Sustainability

There is significant research expertise in various aspects of energy and sustainability in the Department of Physics, the School of Engineering, the School of Life Sciences and Warwick Crop Centre. Our strength in this area has led to the designation of energy as one of Birmingham Science City's Action Areas - Warwick is working jointly with the University of Birmingham and Advantage West Midlands in the Birmingham Science City project.

Complexity Science

Warwick has a substantial research activity and international reputation in Complexity Science. Much of this is now being coordinated under the umbrella of our Complexity Complex, including our EPSRC-funded Complexity Science Doctoral Training Centre. Warwick Mathematics Institute (WMI) is coordinating an EC NEST “Tackling Complexity in Science” network (UNInet) and is also international node of Australia’s “Complex Open Systems” network. The Department of Physics’ Astrophysics Group leads complex systems approaches to space plasmas and Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) is at the forefront of innovating tools and techniques to handle operational complexity in industry. Further strengths in Complexity Science are present in Warwick’s Mathematical Interdisciplinary Research at Warwick, the Centre for Scientific Computing, the Department of Statistics’ Centre for Research in Statistical Methodology, and the School of Life Sciences’ Ecology and Epidemiology Group.

Advanced MaterialsAdvanced Materials

Work on advanced materials is based in the Department of Physics, the School of Engineering and the Department of Chemistry and is focused on the multi-disciplinary Centre for Advanced Materials. Major themes in the Centre are the development and application of novel ceramics and glasses; the determination of their structures using advanced spectroscopies, diffraction techniques and microscopies; and micro-mechanistic studies of their mechanical, electrical or optical properties. The research projects cover a broad spectrum from fundamental studies of atomic co-ordination in glasses and ceramics to the application of ceramics in high-temperature energy-conversion systems.

Mathematical Sciences

Research in the mathematical sciences is centred on three internationally-rated departments, the Warwick Mathematics Institute, the Department of Statistics and the Department of Computer Science. We carry out a wide range of high quality, cutting edge research in our modern and well equipped facilities.

warwick_hri_research_image.jpgPlant and Microbial Sciences

Our research is based in the leading UK horticultural research institute, Warwick Crop Centre, and the highly rated School of Life Sciences. Our research is focused on approaches designed to the improvement of horticultural crops and environmental microbiology.