Biography
Nicolas Shiaelis joined St Hilda’s College as a Stipendiary Lecturer in Physics in Michaelmas Term 2024. He currently teaches first-year Mathematics, second-year Electromagnetism and Optics, and third-year Condensed Matter Physics. Prior to this, he was a Non-Stipendiary Lecturer in Physics at St Hugh’s College for three years, teaching first-year Mathematics and third-year Condensed Matter Physics.
Currently completing his DPhil in Condensed Matter Physics at the University of Oxford, Nic's research, funded by a BBSRC studentship, focuses on innovative virus detection methods, supplemented by neutron reflectometry studies of viral envelope interactions. His graduate research led to the founding of Pictura Bio Ltd, a biotech spin-out from the University of Oxford, where he helped raise over £6 million in funding.
He has co-authored high-impact publications, including papers in ACS Nano and Scientific Reports, and hold patents related to diagnostic technologies and machine learning for pathogen detection. Nic is also passionate about the intersection of physics and entrepreneurship, having delivered invited talks at the Saïd Business School and other institutions.
Positions
- Lecturer in Physics
Subjects
- Physics
Associations
