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Wyn Williams is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom and has a multidisciplinary research profile spanning biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and earth and planetary sciences. Their work chiefly addresses geomagnetism and paleomagnetism studies, complemented by research in geophysical and geoelectrical methods, geology and paleoclimatology, characterization and applications of magnetic nanoparticles, magnetic and electromagnetic effects, astro and planetary science, and magnetic properties and applications.

The scientist's recent publications reflect a focus on magnetic properties and their geological implications. Notable papers include:

  • Understanding Nonideal Paleointensity Recording in Igneous Rocks: Insights From Aging Experiments on Lava Samples and the Causes and Consequences of "Fragile" Curvature in Arai Plots (2020, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems)
  • Micromagnetic simulations of first-order reversal curve (FORC) diagrams of framboidal greigite (2020, Geophysical Journal International)
  • Chasing Tails: Insights From Micromagnetic Modeling for Thermomagnetic Recording in Non-Uniform Magnetic Structures (2022, Geophysical Research Letters)
  • Collective magnetotaxis of microbial holobionts is optimized by the three-dimensional organization and magnetic properties of ectosymbionts (2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Vortex Magnetic Domain State Behavior in the Day Plot (2024, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems)

Wyn Williams collaborates frequently with a core group of researchers, including Lesleis Nagy, Lisa Tauxe, Adrian R. Muxworthy, Greig A. Paterson, and Ualisson Donardelli Bellon. These collaborations have contributed to a sustained output of publications in a variety of respected scientific journals.

The scientist publishes recurrently in certain venues, with multiple publications in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The body of work reflects a sustained engagement in topics that relate to both the physical mechanisms underlying geomagnetic phenomena and their broader implications within earth system sciences and molecular biology contexts. Wyn Williams's interdisciplinary research bridges fields and applies paleomagnetic and geophysical techniques to address complex scientific questions related to magnetic structures and their environmental and planetary relevance.

Best Publications

  • A generalization of the demagnetizing tensor for nonuniform magnetization

    Andrew J. Newell;Wyn Williams;David J. Dunlop

  • Resolving the Origin of Pseudo‐Single Domain Magnetic Behavior

    Andrew P. Roberts;Trevor P. Almeida;Nathan S. Church;Richard J. Harrison

  • Three-dimensional micromagnetic modelling of ferromagnetic domain structure

    Wyn Williams;David J. Dunlop

  • Controlled cobalt doping of magnetosomes in vivo

    Sarah Staniland;Wyn Williams;Neil Telling;Gerrit Van Der Laan

  • Three-dimensional micromagnetic calculations for magnetite using FFT

    Karl Fabian;Andreas Kirchner;Wyn Williams;Franz Heider

  • Critical superparamagnetic/single-domain grain sizes in interacting magnetite particles: implications for magnetosome crystals

    Adrian R. Muxworthy;Wyn Williams

  • Influence of magnetostatic interactions on First-order-reversal-curve (FORC) diagrams: a micromagnetic approach.

    Adrian Muxworthy;David Heslop;Wyn Williams

  • Critical single-domain/multidomain grain sizes in noninteracting and interacting elongated magnetite particles: Implications for magnetosomes

    Adrian R. Muxworthy;Wyn Williams

  • Note on temperature dependence of exchange constant in magnetite

    Franz Heider;Wyn Williams

  • Simulation of magnetic hysteresis in pseudo-single-domain grains of magnetite

    W. Williams;David J. Dunlop

  • Stability of equidimensional pseudo-single-domain magnetite over billion-year timescales.

    Lesleis Nagy;Wyn Williams;Adrian R Muxworthy;Karl Fabian

  • Visualized effect of oxidation on magnetic recording fidelity in pseudo-single-domain magnetite particles

    Trevor P. Almeida;Takeshi Kasama;Adrian R. Muxworthy;Wyn Williams

  • Effect of magnetostatic interactions on the hysteresis parameters of single‐domain and pseudo‐single‐domain grains

    Adrian Muxworthy;Wyn Williams;Davinder Virdee

  • Micromagnetic modeling of first-order reversal curve (FORC) diagrams for single-domain and pseudo-single-domain magnetite

    Claire Carvallo;Adrian R. Muxworthy;Adrian R. Muxworthy;David J. Dunlop;Wyn Williams

  • MERRILL: Micromagnetic Earth Related Robust Interpreted Language Laboratory

    Pádraig Ó Conbhuí;Wyn Williams;Karl Fabian;Phil Ridley

  • Giant magnetofossils and hyperthermal events

    Liao Chang;Andrew P. Roberts;Andrew P. Roberts;Wyn Williams;John D. Fitz Gerald

  • Magnetostatic interaction fields in first-order-reversal-curve diagrams

    Adrian Muxworthy;Wyn Williams

  • Magnetic properties of magnetite arrays produced by the method of electron beam lithography

    James G. King;Wyn Williams;C. D. W. Wilkinson;Stephen McVitie

  • Three‐dimensional micromagnetic analysis of stability in fine magnetic grains

    Randolph J. Enkin;Wyn Williams

  • Magnetostatic interactions in a natural magnetite‐ulvöspinel system

    Michael E. Evans;David Krása;Wyn Williams;Michael Winklhofer

Frequent Co-Authors

Adrian R. Muxworthy
Adrian R. Muxworthy Imperial College London
Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski
Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski Forschungszentrum Jülich
Lisa Tauxe
Lisa Tauxe University of California, San Diego
Karl Fabian
Karl Fabian Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Andrew P. Roberts
Andrew P. Roberts Australian National University
David J. Dunlop
David J. Dunlop University of Toronto
David Heslop
David Heslop Australian National University
Richard J. Harrison
Richard J. Harrison University of Cambridge
Thomas Willum Hansen
Thomas Willum Hansen Technical University of Denmark

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