10 Facts About Julia Yeomans

Julia Yeomans has served as Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford since 2002.

Julia Yeomans was educated at the University of Oxford where she was an undergraduate student of Somerville College, Oxford, for her BA and a postgraduate student at Wolfson College, Oxford.

Julia Yeomans was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in theoretical physics in 1979.

Julia Yeomans is a professor at the Rudolf Peierls centre for theoretical physics.

Julia Yeomans's research investigates theoretical modelling of processes in complex fluids including liquid crystals, drops on hydrophobic surfaces, microchannels, as well as bacteria.

Julia Yeomans' research was presented for a younger and more general audience in Nature's Raincoats: Bio-inspired surface science at the Royal Society summer science exhibition in 2009.

In 2012, Julia Yeomans was awarded a European Research Council advanced research grant for her research proposal Microflow in complex environments.

Julia Yeomans was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2013, where her nomination reads:.

Julia Yeomans is distinguished for her development of novel numerical and analytical modelling tools to investigate a wide range of complex fluids.

Julia Yeomans was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to physics.