James Drummond

Professor James Drummond is a leading theoretical physicist affiliated with the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Southampton. His research spans quantum field theory, string theory, and integrable systems, with a focus on scattering amplitudes and holography.

He is a member of the Southampton High Energy Physics (SHEP) group and the Southampton Theory Astrophysics and Gravity (STAG) Research Centre, contributing to interdisciplinary projects on particle physics, cosmology, and gravity. His recent work addresses quantum gravity, AdS/CFT correspondence, and mathematical structures in field theory.

Research Interests

• Quantum field theory
• String theory
• Scattering amplitudes
• Integrable systems
• Holography
• Mathematics of quantum field theory

Awards

• ERC Consolidator Grant (648630, 2015-2021)

Advising: Supervising current PhD students in physics, including Matthew Anthony Ward, Pratyusha Chowdhury, Rowan Wright, Matthew Joseph Rochford, and Yuheng Lin.

Labs & Teams: Active in the SHEP and STAG research groups, collaborating on projects funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council and European Union grants.