Christofidou, Kathy, Professor

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Professor Kathy Christofidou

PhD, MEng, MBA

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Chair in Digital and Sustainable Metallurgy

Advanced Metals Processing Research Area Lead for Royce

Materials 4.0 CDT Industrial Liaison and Impact Lead

k.christofidou@sheffield.ac.uk

Sir Robert Hadfield Building

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Professor Kathy Christofidou
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street
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Profile

I joined the University in 2019 and was appointed Professor in Digital and Sustainable Metallurgy in 2024. I hold a PhD in Metallurgy from the University of Cambridge and an MEng degree in Aerospace Materials Engineering from Imperial College London.

My research bridges high performance alloy design and advanced manufacturing. Throughout my career I have worked at the interface between industry and academia, delivering meaningful metallurgical insights, and was recognised in 2022 by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining with the Grünfeld medal for the application of metals to industry. In further recognition of my standing I lead the Advanced Metals Processing research area for the Henry Royce Institute, the UK’s National Institute for Advanced Materials Research.

Research interests

My research bridges materials development and advanced manufacturing. The primary focus is on understanding material performance, the complex links between alloy chemistry and manufacturing in determining material properties, and the response of materials in service environments. I am particularly excited by the development of methods that incorporate our learning into accelerating alloy design and high throughput testing using machine learning approaches for the design of high-performance engineering components such as those in the aerospace, automotive, energy generation sectors and beyond.

Key research interests:

Alloy design, Physical metallurgy
Materials 4.0
ML/AI in Material Development
Additive Manufacturing
Microstructural Control

Publications

Journal articles

Livera ER, Christofidou K, Miller JR, Chechik L, Ryan D, Shrive J & Todd I (2024) . Materialia, 102163-102163.
Berry J, Snell R, Anderson M, Owen LR, Messé OMDM, Todd I & Christofidou KA (2024) . Advanced Engineering Materials.
Moffat JP, Christofidou KA, Pek ME, Jones NG, Jackson P & Stone HJ (2024) . Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 55(3), 791-802.
Boyle H, Marshall K, Epler M, Crawforth P, Christofidou K, Norgren S & Jackson M (2024) . Procedia CIRP, 123, 310-315.
Chechik L, Goodall AD, Christofidou KA & Todd I (2023) . Scientific Reports, 13.
Markanday JFS, Carpenter MA, Thompson RP, Jones NG, Christofidou KA, Fairclough SM, Heason CP & Stone HJ (2023) . Data in Brief, 109299-109299.
Chechik L, Christofidou KA, Farquhar L, Tse M, Baxter G & Todd I (2023) . Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A.
Boyle H, Norgren S, Crawforth P, Christofidou K, Boing D & Jackson M (2023) . Wear, 204786-204786.
Markanday JFS, Carpenter MA, Thompson RP, Jones NG, Christofidou KA, Fairclough SM, Heason CP & Stone HJ (2023) . Materialia, 101701-101701.
Chechik L, Christofidou KA, Markanday JFS, Goodall AD, Miller JR, West G, Stone H & Todd I (2022) . Materialia, 26.
Markanday F, Conduit G, Conduit B, Pürstl J, Christofidou K, Chechik L, Baxter G, Heason C & Stone H (2022) . Data-Centric Engineering, 3.
Bloomfield ME, Christofidou KA, Mignanelli PM, Reponen A-PM, Stone HJ & Jones NG (2022) . Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 926.
Berry J & Christofidou KA () . Materials Science and Technology.
Tse MCH, Livera ER & Christofidou KA () . Materials Science and Technology.
Driver SL, Markanday JFS, Christofidou KA, Mignanelli PM, Stone HJ & Carpenter MA () . Materials Science and Technology.
Sfikas AK, Kamnis S, Tse MCH, Christofidou KA, Gonzalez S, Karantzalis AE & Georgatis E () . Coatings, 13(6), 1004-1004.
Chechik L, Christofidou KA, Farquhar L, Tse M, Baxter G & Todd I () . Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A.
Markanday JFS, Christofidou KA, Miller JR, Livera ER, Jones NG, Pickering EJ, Li W, Pardhi Y, Jones CN & Stone HJ () . Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A.

Chapters

Christofidou KA & Schwalbe C (2024) , Encyclopedia of Condensed Matter Physics (pp. 583-600). Elsevier

Conference proceedings papers

Markanday JFS, D’Souza N, Church NL, Miller JR, Pitchforth JJC, Connor LD, Michalik S, Roebuck B, Jones NG, Christofidou KA & Stone HJ (2024) (pp 822-835)
Christofidou KA, Wilson AS, Markanday JFS, Pickering EJ, Church NL, Miller JR, Jones NG, Jones CN & Stone HJ (2024) (pp 860-870)

Preprints

Chechik L, Goodall A, Christofidou K & Todd I (2023) , Research Square Platform LLC.
Livera ER, Christofidou KA, Ryan D & Todd I () .
Chechik L, Goodall AD, Christofidou KA & Todd I () .

Professional activities and memberships

Member of the IoM3
Member of the TMS
Secretary of the TMS High Temperature Alloys Committee

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School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Professor Kathy Christofidou

Journal articles

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Conference proceedings papers

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