James Cumby

Dr James Cumby is a Senior Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry at The University of Edinburgh, School of Chemistry. His research focuses on solid state materials chemistry, with an emphasis on functional electronic and ionic properties, crystallographic data science, and structural analysis. His work involves experimental synthesis and characterization, combined with computational methods such as density functional theory (DFT) and data-mining of crystallographic databases. Dr Cumby's research explores materials with properties like magnetism, electronic and ionic conductivity, and structural changes, including negative thermal expansion. His group investigates mixed anion systems to tune physical properties and employs single crystal and powder diffraction techniques for structural analysis.

James Cumby is a researcher in the School of Chemistry and Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions at the University of Edinburgh. His work focuses on functional materials, solid state chemistry, oxyfluorides, crystallography, and data science. Cumby's research explores the structural and electronic properties of complex materials, including oxyfluorides and magnetite, with an emphasis on charge order, negative thermal expansion, and magnetic behavior. His publications cover topics such as crystallographic analysis, phase transitions, and data-driven approaches to materials science. Cumby also develops methodologies for representing and analyzing crystal structures, contributing to both fundamental and applied research in solid-state systems.