Professor Jason Robinson FIMMM
Professional Career
October 2020 - Head of the Department of Materials Science (Joint), University of Cambridge
October 2019 - Professor of Materials Physics
October 2016 - University Reader
January 2015 - University Lecturer
October 2011 - Director of Studies in Materials Science, St John's College
October 2011 - College Lecturer and Teaching Fellow, St John’s College
October 2011 - Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Cambridge
October 2008 - October 2011: Junior Research Fellow, St John’s College
General Contributions (External; past & present)
- FEMS Junior EUROMAT Scientific Committee
- Editor-in-Chief, JOSC, Springer Nature (2023 -)
- Chair of Norway's QuSpin Advisory Board (2023 -)
- Governor of the Stephen Perse Foundation (2020 -2023)
- Member of Norway's QuSpin Advisory Board (2018 -)
- Member of the EPSRC Peer Review College (2012 -)
- Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports, Springer Nature (2018 - )
- Guest Editor, Special Issue on Topological Insulators, APL Materials (2015)
General Contributions (University of Cambridge; past & present)
- Committee on Benefactions and External and Legal Affairs (2024 -)
- Manager of the Schiff Foundation Fund (2022/23, 2023/24, -)
- Royce Technology Platform Lead (2022 - 2025)
- Vice-Chancellor's Deputy for the Schiff Foundation Fund (2020 - 2023)
- Chair of the Department of Materials Science EDI Committee (2020 -)
- Maxwell Centre Steering Committee (2020 -)
- School of Physical Sciences Needs Committee (2020 -)
- School of Physical Sciences Academic Promotions Panel (2020 -)
- Faculty Board for the School of Physical Sciences, Physics and Chemistry (2020 -)
- Maths for NST Syllabus Committee (2018 - 2020)
- University Graduate Funding Competition Committee (2016 - 2021)
- Member of the School of Physical Sciences Graduate Education Committee (2013 -)
General Contributions (Department; past & present)
- Secretary of Research Committee (2017 - 2020)
- Manager of the National X-ray Facility (2019 -)
- Radiation Protection Officer in Materials Science (2019 -)
- Deputy Responsible Officer in charge of graduate complaints (2016 -)
- Director of the MASt in Materials Science (2015 - 2021)
- Director of Graduate Education, Department Materials Science & Metallurgy (2013 -)
General Contributions (St John's College; past & present)
- College Council (2024 - )
- Tutor for Computer Science & MML (2022 - )
- Audit Committee (2018 - 2020)
- Tutor in St John's College for Archeology, Architecture, Asian Studies, Education, History of Art, Music (2017 - 2020)
- College Council (2016 - 2020)
- Junior Research Fellowship Competition Committee (2011 -)
- Natural Sciences Tripos Committee (2011 - )
- Director of Studies in Materials Science (2011 - )
Conference Organisation
2023
- International Workshop on Superconductivity and Magnetism in Two Dimensional Films and Heterostructures
Simon Bending, Jason Robinson, Sara Dale, Joe Wilcox
Bath, UK (August/September)
2022
- OSS 2022
Vietri sul Mare, Italy (November) - IOP meeting CRIM: Superconducting Spintronics in Low Dimensions
Virtual (September)
2021
- Oxide Superspin 2021 “OSS2021” Hybrid Workshop
Kyoto, Japan (December)
2020
- Topological superconductivity in Quantum Materials
Johannes Gutenberg University, Meinz, Germany (October)
2019
- Oxide Superspin Workshop OSS2019
Seoul National University (SNU)
Programme Committee Member, South Korea (June)
- Nonequilibrium superconductivity and spintronics
Royal Society Theo Murphy Scientific Meeting
Kavli Royal Society Centre (March)
2018
- Superconducting Spintronic Mini Conference
Lead Organiser, Cambridge (June) - OSS International School
Advisory Committee, Sapporo, Japan (August) - Oxide Superconducting Spintronics Workshop (OSS18)
Programme Committee, Amalfi, Italy (April) - Superconducting Spintronics and Majorana Physics
British Council Meeting, Lead Organiser, Cambridge (March)
2017
- Oxide Superspin 2017 (OSS2017)
EPSRC-JSPS Workshop, Co-organiser with Prof. Yoshi Maeno Kyoto (November) - Exotic New States in Superconducting Devices: The Age of the Interface
Lead organiser with Dr Sebastian Bergeret, Mainz, Germany (September)
2014
- Quantum Cambridge
Winter School, Oxford, UK (March) - Emergence of exotic new states at interfaces with superconductors
Royal Society Theo Murphy International Scientific Meeting
Lead organiser, Kavli Royal Society Centre (March)
Research Grants
- 2024
- RTP-Led National Technical Platform for Materials Innovation (NTPMI)
- RTP-Led National Technical Platform for Materials Innovation (NTPMI)
- 2023
- Ever Resource Ltd Industry Grant
- Sabian Industry Grant
- 2022
- Ever Resource Ltd Industry Grant
- Royce Technology Platform Grant
- 2021
- Royce Equipment Grant for a Quantum Design VSM
J Robinson, X Moya, N Mathur N Stelmashenko - Quantum Motion Industry Grant (4 years) to develop silicon quantum dots
- Leverhulme Trust Grant
- Royce Equipment Grant for an Ion Gun
J Robinson, X Moya, N Mathur N Stelmashenko
- Royce Equipment Grant for a Quantum Design VSM
- 2018
- Royal Society Enhancement Grant (3 years)
- British Council UK-Israel Synergy Programme Grant (1 year)
- 2017
- International network to explore novel superconductivity at advanced oxide superconductor/magnet interfaces and in nano devices (5 years), EPSRC-JSPS Core-to-Core Grant
- Nanoscale coherent hybrid devices for superconducting quantum technologies (5 years), European Commission COST Action (CA16218)
- Time-resolved gate-based sensing for scalable silicon-based quantum computing (1 year), Winton Trust (Pump Prime) with Dr Alessandro Rossi (Cavendish, Cambridge)
- 2016
- Superconducting Spintronics (3 years), Royal Society
- Superspin (5 years), EPSRC Programme Grant
- 2014
- A spectroscopic study of spin-polarised superconductor proximity effects (3 years), Leverhulme Trust International Network
- Revealing quantum magnetism at oxide interfaces (3 years), Leverhulme Trust collaboration with Prof. Atature (Cavendish)
- Probing oxide interfaces via diamond-based nano-MRI (1 year), Winton Trust (Pump Prime) with Prof. Atature (Cavendish, Cambridge)
- 2012
- Superconductor-Topological Insulator junctions (2 years), Royal Society
- 2011
- All-Oxide Superconductor / Ferromagnet junctions (3 years), Leverhulme Trust collaboration with Prof. Mark Blamire (Materials, Cambridge)
- Superconductor / Topological Insulator Junctions (2 years), Royal Society
- Superconducting Spintronics (5 years), Royal Society Research Fellow
Awards & Prizes
2011 Elected a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM)
2011 Royal Society University Research Fellowship
2010 Institute of Physics Brian Pippard Prize.
2008 Elected to a Junior Research Fellowship at St John's College, Cambridge
2004 Bessemer Medal (Imperial College)
2003 The Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers Scholarship for Master-level research at the MIT