Tony Paxton

Tony Paxton is Professor and Senior Research Investigator in the Department of Materials at Imperial College London, with affiliated Emeritus Professor status at King's College London. His research focuses on computational materials science across multiple domains including hydrogen behavior in metals, corrosion physics, and dislocation dynamics in crystalline materials.

His core interests include hydrogen embrittlement mechanisms in steel, tight-binding approximation development, and quantum mechanical modeling of material interfaces. He has led major consortia investigating hydrogen embrittlement (HEmS project) and alloy design for resource efficiency (DARE project). Current work extends to molecular processes in aqueous environments and corrosion phenomena.

His publication record demonstrates consistent focus on atomistic modeling approaches applied to hydrogen-material interactions, dislocation behavior, alloy design, and defect physics. Recent themes include machine learning potentials, magnesium alloy deformation mechanics, and quantum effects in diffusion processes.