Amy Gandy

Dr. Amy Gandy is a Senior Lecturer in Nuclear Materials Engineering at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield, where she has been affiliated since 2011. She was previously a Lecturer in Nuclear Engineering at the same department (2015-2019) and a Research Associate (2011-2015). She holds a PhD from the University of Salford and the University of Poitiers, France (2009), and an MPhys in Physics and Space Technology from the University of Salford (2003).

• Qualifications: MPhys (2003), PhD (2009)
• Current Role: Senior Lecturer (2020–present)
• Previous Roles: Lecturer (2015–2019), Research Associate (2011–2015)

Amy’s research centers on understanding radiation-induced damage and recovery mechanisms in poly-crystalline oxide-based materials and advanced multicomponent alloys for nuclear fission and fusion. She specializes in electron microscopy (including in-situ ion irradiation and thermal annealing), X-ray diffraction, and spectroscopic methods to characterize materials. Her work includes developing low-activation high entropy alloys and Li-ceramics for nuclear applications.

Article Trends: Amy’s recent publications focus on high entropy alloys, radiation damage tolerance, ion implantation effects, and ceramic wasteforms. Her work spans materials characterization, computational modeling, and interdisciplinary collaborations with institutions like CCFE and NNL.

• Scientific Awards: Rising Star award (Frontiers in Materials, 2018)

Advising: Amy supervises PhD students Dhinisaben Patel (processing routes for HEAs), Samuel Waters (ceramic breeder materials), Enrique Casanas Montesdeoca (Li-ceramics), and Kavi Sharma (AGR cladding behavior). She collaborates with PDRA Dr. Hamed Shahmir on HEAs.

Professional Activities: Amy serves on the Royal Society’s International Exchanges Committee, the EPSRC Fusion Advisory Board, and the editorial team for the UK Fusion Materials Roadmap. She co-led the Horizon 2020 FIT4NANO COST Action and leads the project Development of Radiation Damage Resistant High Entropy Alloys (EPSRC, EP/R021864/1).