Pamela Thomas

Pamela Anne Thomas is a British condensed matter physicist, and former Pro Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Warwick,[1] where she leads the Ferroelectrics & Crystallography group.[2] Her work focuses on the structure and related properties of ferroelectric, piezoelectric and nonlinear optical crystals, ceramics and thin-films.[3] In September 2020, she was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Faraday Institution, an organisation which advances energy storage science and technology.[4]

This article is about the scientist. For the businesswoman, see Pamela Thomas-Graham.

Pamela Thomas
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
Known forCondensed matter physics
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Warwick
Doctoral advisorMike Glazer

Education

Thomas studied at Physics at the University of Oxford. She completed her DPhil, 'Optical activity in crystals' at the University of Oxford in 1987 under Professor Mike Glazer.[5]

Career

In 1992, Thomas was awarded the Physical Crystallography Prize of the British Crystallographic Association.[6]

From 2009–2012, Thomas was the Director of the Science City Research Alliance (SCRA) for the Universities of Birmingham and Warwick.[7] SCRA was a collaboration between the University of Birmingham and the University of Warwick, intended to provide world-leading research and knowledge support across three major platforms: advanced materials, energy futures and translational medicine.[8][9] Set up in Warwick & Birmingham, with support from the European Regional Development Fund and by Advantage West Midlands, it provided a £58 M investment in state-of-the-art equipment, housed in purpose-designed buildings with dedicated technical support and HEFCE funded (£10 M) research fellows.[10]

In 2011, Thomas was appointed the Chair of the Faculty of Science at the University of Warwick.[11] Thomas was the Pro Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Warwick,[12] and served as a Pro Vice Chancellor from 2014 to 2021.[13] She served as a trustee of the Faraday Institution before being appointed its chief executive in September 2020,[14] and was previously on the board of the Alan Turing Institute where she represented the University of Warwick.[15] Thomas chaired the UK's Open Research Data Task Force,[16][17] which was established by Jo Johnson in 2016.[18]

References
  1. "Prof. Pam A. Thomas".
  2. "Ferroelectrics Group, University of Warwick".
  3. "Ferroelectrics & Crystallography Group, University of Warwick". Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  4. "Pam Thomas Appointed Chief Executive of Faraday Institution". The Faraday Institution. 24 September 2020.
  5. "'Optical activity in crystals', P. A. Thomas, DPhil Thesis, University of Oxford".
  6. "Prizes of the Physical Crystallography Group, British Crystallography Association".
  7. "New Director for Science City Research Alliance".
  8. "Science City Research Alliance". University of Warwick. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  9. "Science City Research Alliance Hosts Discovery Day". University of Birmingham. 7 January 2011.
  10. "University of Warwick - REF 2014 results". Research Excellence Framework. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  11. "New Faculty Chairs 2011: Professor Pam Thomas and Professor Simon Swain".
  12. "Research at the University of Warwick". Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  13. "Appointment of Pro-Vice-Chancellors, University of Warwick".
  14. "BOARD OF TRUSTEES". Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  15. "Professor Stephen Jarvis appointed to the Turing's Board of Trustees".
  16. "Realising the potential: Final report of the Open Research Data Task Force" (PDF). Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  17. "UKRI welcomes publication of open research reports". Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  18. "Open Research Data Task Force: final report". Retrieved 7 March 2020.
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