Professor Dr. Walther Schwarzacher
Education
M.A., Ph.D.(Cantab.)
Biography
Professor Schwarzacher is a Professor of Physics and Dean Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). Prof. Schwarzacher has a wealth of experience in senior academic roles in the UK. He has served as a Professor of Physics at the University of Bristol since 2005. His research interests span a variety of topics in electrochemistry, nanoscale physis, materials physics, and ice nucleation which is an important process for environmental and atmospheric studies. He also held the position of Chair of the Electrodeposition Division of the Electrochemical Society from 2005 to 2007.
Having published widely, Professor Schwarzacher has mentored more than thirty PhD students and is a firm proponent of interdisciplinary research. He has been awarded a School of Physics Teaching Award thrice. As part of his priorities for the School of Science and Engineering at LUMS, and derived from his own multifaceted interests, he has already shown deep interest in launching new areas and deepening interconnections between existing strengths in the School.
Professor Schwarzacher has an established career in building international networks in research and learning. With an experience spanning over multiple continents, he has built learning groups of research students through an international mentoring programme that he designed and developed at Bristol and for which he received the University Education Award. In his role as the Graduate Dean at the Bristol School of Physics, he has been a major proponent of student welfare and the growth of new research opportunities for graduate students. He was also a member of Bristol University's Senate.
