
Dr. Kay Brandner
School of Physics and Astronomy
University of Nottingham
Nottingham NG7 2RD
United Kingdom
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E-Mail: kay.brandner[at]nottingham.ac.uk

SHORT CV
Since 2024
UKRI Future Leaders Fellow and Associate Professor, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
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2023 - 2024
UKRI Future Leaders Fellow and Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
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2020 - 2023
UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
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2019 - 2020
Postdoc with Keiji Saito, Keio University, Japan
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​​2015 - 2019
Postdoc with Christian Flindt, Aalto University, Finland
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2011 - 2015
PhD in Theoretical Physics with Udo Seifert, University of Stuttgart, Germany (Thesis)
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2006 - 2011
Diploma in Physics, University of Stuttgart, Germany
UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship Renewal
UK Research and Innovation, Feb 2024 - Jan 2027, Grant No. MR/Y003845/1
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​EPSRC Standard Research Grant (Co-I)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Sep 2021 - Sep 2025, Grant No. EP/V031201/1
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UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship
UK Research and Innovation, Feb 2020 - Jan 2024, Grant No. MR/S034714/1
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Nottingham Research Fellowship
University of Nottingham, Feb 2020 - Jan 2023
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JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research in Japan
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Sep 2019 - Jan 2020, Grant No. P19026
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Research Post as Postdoctoral Researcher (Personal Fellowship)
Academy of Finland, Sep 2016 - Aug 2019, Grant No. 296073
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DAAD Short-Term Scholarship for PhD Students
German Academic Exchange Service, Oct 2014 - Jan 2015, Grant No. 91545709
CO-ORGANIZED MEETINGS
December 2022, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Bridges Between Quantum and Classical Non-Equilibrium Physics
November 2022, Stellenbosch, South Africa ​​
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5th Nottingham Workshop on Quantum Non-Equilibrium Dynamics
November 2023, Nottingham, United Kingdom