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Jo Allen

Head of B2B & marketing

Jo Allen is head of B2B and marketing. She has a degree in biological sciences from the University of Birmingham and more than 15 years' experience in the publishing industry, mostly STM and B2B. She first joined IOP Publishing in 1996 and has worked in advertising sales, publishing and marketing covering B2B magazines, journals, websites and partner publishing.

Susan Curtis

Publisher, Physics World and physicsworld.com

Susan Curtis is publisher of Physics World and physicsworld.com. She has a degree in physics from the University of Surrey, and has more than 15 years' experience in the publishing industry. Susan became publisher in May 2010, and earlier in her career was part of the Physics World editorial team.

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.

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.

Louise Mayor

Features editor, Physics World

Dr Louise Mayor is features editor of Physics World. She graduated with an MSci in physics from the University of Nottingham, which included a year spent at the University of Toronto in Canada. She then did a PhD in experimental surface science, also at the University of Nottingham, before joining the team in January 2010.

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.

Tushna Commissariat

Reporter, physicsworld.com

Tushna Commissariat is a reporter for physicsworld.com. She graduated form St Xavier's College, Bombay, India, with a BSc in physics before moving to London to complete an MA in science journalism. She was a summer science intern at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy. She joined physicsworld.com in April 2011.

Kate Gardner

Production editor, Physics World

Kate Gardner has been a production editor at IOP Publishing since 2006, and joined the Physics World team in January 2011. She is responsible for the production of Physics World and physicsworld.com. She previously produced technical books for Blackwell Publishing and has a degree in English from the University of Reading, UK.

Edward Jost

Group advertising manager

Edward 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.

Tom Houlden

Senior sales executive

Tom Houlden is a senior sales executive for Physics World and physicsworld.com.

Nick Watkins

Sales executive

Nick Watkins has worked in B2B sales for Citigroup and the NHS organization Skills for Health, and has several years of experience in the field. He has a degree in cultural science and media with journalism, and currently works on Physics World and physicsworld.com.

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.com. She joined IOP Publishing in 2008. She has a degree in German and Italian, and has spent six years working in sales in the publishing and IT sectors.

Stephen Jones

Recruitment sales executive

Stephen Jones joined IOP Publishing in January 2011 and is currently recruitment sales executive for Physics World and brightrecruits.com. He studied architecture at the University of the West of England, UK, and is currently studying German and Japanese.

Rebecca Massingham

Recruitment sales executive

Rebecca Massingham is a recruitment sales executive for Physics World and brightrecruits.com. She joined IOP Publishing in 2010. She has a degree in education studies, and has previously worked as a sales team co-ordinator.

Gemma Bailey

Senior marketing executive

Gemma is senior marketing executive for the Physics World portfolio. She is responsible for managing the marketing activities for physicsworld.com, Physics World, brightrecruits.com and IOPimember. She has worked in marketing roles in consumer publishing for several years, and has a degree in design management for the creative industries from Nottingham Trent University and a certificate in relationship
marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing.