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Professor Alton Horsfall holds a position at Durham University's Department of Engineering. He earned his BSc (1993) and PhD (1997) in Physics from Durham before working at the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency. A former Reader at Newcastle University, he is now a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (since 2017). His research focuses on electronic systems for extreme environments, including nuclear reactors, jet engines, and volcanoes. Notable innovations include high-temperature power electronics operating beyond 300°C and quantum physics-based electric field mapping in semiconductors. He collaborates with institutions like Heriot Watt University and industry partners such as Rolls Royce and BAE Systems. Horsfall leads the development of Solid State Transformers and has pioneered nano-scale magnetometry for cell imaging.
He has secured funding from EPSRC, Innovate UK, and major corporations, and sits on the EPSRC College and IEEE Sensors Conference Technical Programme Committee. With 27 successful PhD supervisions, he was honored as the Best Lecturer in Electrical Engineering (2014). Current projects include radiation-resistant amplifiers and high-temperature current monitors. Horsfall is Guest Editor for a special issue on Sensors for Extreme Environments in the Sensors Journal, highlighting his leadership in advancing frontier technologies.
