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Jo Allen

Group publisher

Jo Allen is group publisher for the B2B and Education group of IOP Publishing. She has a degree in biological sciences from the University of Birmingham and 13 years’ experience in the publishing industry. She has worked at IOP Publishing for more than 10 years, mostly in the Physics World area.

Matin Durrani

Editor, Physics World

Dr Matin Durrani has been editor of Physics World since March 2006. He graduated with a degree in chemical physics from Bristol University, and did a PhD in polymer physics at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge. After two years as a postdoc at the Cavendish, he joined Physics World in 1994.

Dens Milne

Associate editor, Physics World

Dens Milne is associate editor of Physics World. She has been with the magazine for more than 10 years, having previously helped to publish material covering the whole spectrum of the subject from a weekly condensed-matter journal to the 2000-page reference work Twentieth Century Physics. She has a degree in physical sciences.

Hamish Johnston

Editor, physicsworld.com

Dr Hamish Johnston is editor of physicsworld.com. He did a PhD in condensed-matter physics at Canada’s McMaster University and has spent a decade editing technology magazines in the computing, vacuum-technology and wireless-communications sectors. He joined physicsworld.com in August 2006.

Michael Banks

News editor, Physics World

Dr Michael Banks is news editor of Physics World. He graduated in physics from Loughborough University having spent a year at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart, Germany. After then completing his PhD in experimental condensed-matter physics at the Max Planck Institute, he joined the team in October 2007.

João Medeiros

Features editor, Physics World

Dr João Medeiros has been features editor of Physics World since April 2008. Before that he worked as an intern editorial assistant for Seed magazine in London. He has a PhD in theoretical physics and cosmology from Imperial College London.

Margaret Harris

Reviews and careers editor, Physics World

Dr Margaret Harris is reviews and careers editor of Physics World. She studied physics at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, in the US and then did a PhD in atomic physics at Durham University in the UK. She joined the team in August 2008.

James Dacey

Reporter, physicsworld.com

James Dacey is a reporter with physicsworld.com. He graduated in natural sciences from the University of Birmingham before completing a Masters in science, culture and communication at the University of Bath. In between he worked as an English teacher in Eastern Europe and South America. He joined physicsworld.com in January 2009.

Ed Jost

Group advertising manager

Ed Jost has been working at IOP Publishing for more than seven years. He is currently the group advertising manager for Physics World and physicsworld.com. He has a degree in politics from the University of the West of England.

Chris Thomas

Recruitment advertising manager

Chris Thomas is recruitment advertising manager for Physics World. He has considerable business-to-academia and business-to-business sales and contract-management experience across a range of magazines and websites and is in his second spell at IOP Publishing. He has a degree in French and European Studies from the University of Keele.

Bernadette Bickmore

Senior sales executive, North America

Bernadette Bickmore has worked in B2B sales in numerous markets since gaining a BSc from Drexel University in 1982. Her current responsibilities include Physics World and physicsworld.com.

Katrina Davis

Senior sales executive

Katrina Davis has been working at IOP Publishing for more than three years and joined the Physics World and physicsworld.com team as a senior sales executive in July 2009.

Matthew Green

Senior sales executive

Matthew Green is a senior sales executive for Physics World and physicsworld.com. He is originally from Essex but moved to Bristol to study in 2002 and took international business and German at the University of the West of England. Before graduating in 2006 he spent a year studying and working in Germany at the Berlin School of Economics. He joined the team in July 2009.

Mattias Persson

Senior sales executive

Mattias Persson is a senior sales executive for Physics World and physicsworld.com.

Sarah Vokins

Recruitment sales executive

Sarah Vokins is a recruitment sales executive for Physics World and brightrecruits. She joined IOP Publishing in March 2008. She has a degree in German and Italian, and has spent six years working in sales in the publishing and IT sectors.

Claire Webber

Senior marketing executive

Claire Webber is senior marketing executive for Physics World. She is responsible for managing the marketing activities for physicsworld.com, Physics World and brightrecruits. She has worked in marketing roles within the publishing industry for several years, and has a degree in communication from Cardiff University and a diploma in direct and interactive marketing from the Institute of Direct Marketing.

Teresa Honey

Sales administration manager

Teresa Honey is sales administration manager for Physics World. She has worked at IOP Publishing for nearly 25 years, more than 15 of those working with the sales team. She has been involved in systems administration since 2000 and more recently in sales administration particularly, associated with various websites. Teresa supports Physics World's recruitment sales team.