Professor Kathy Christofidou (she/her)

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

Dr Kathy Christofidou
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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
Sheffield
S1 3JD
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

  • Berry J & Christofidou KA (2025) . Materials Science and Technology, 41(11), 773-790.
  • Tse MCH, Livera ER & Christofidou KA (2025) . Materials Science and Technology, 41(8), 555-569.
  • Driver SL, Markanday JFS, Christofidou KA, Mignanelli PM, Stone HJ & Carpenter MA (2025) . Materials Science and Technology, 41(3), 199-209.
  • Livera ER, Christofidou KA, Miller JR, Chechik L, Ryan D, Shrive J & Todd I (2024) . Materialia, 36.
  • Berry J, Snell R, Anderson M, Owen LR, Messé OMDM, Todd I & Christofidou KA (2024) . Advanced Engineering Materials, 26(10).
  • 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, 48.
  • Sfikas AK, Kamnis S, Tse MCH, Christofidou KA, Gonzalez S, Karantzalis AE & Georgatis E (2023) . Coatings, 13(6).
  • Chechik L, Christofidou KA, Farquhar L, Tse M, Baxter G & Todd I (2023) . Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 54(6), 2505-2505.
  • Synnott FE, Owen LR, Jones NG, Stone HJ, Dye D, Mignanelli PM, Hardy M & Christofidou KA () . Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A.

Book chapters

  • Christofidou KA & Schwalbe C (2024) , Encyclopedia of Condensed Matter Physics (pp. 583-600). Elsevier
  • Christofidou KA & Schwalbe C (2024) , Encyclopedia of Condensed Matter Physics (pp. V5-600).

Conference proceedings

  • 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) . Superalloys 2024: Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Superalloys (pp 860-870). Champion, Pennsylvania, USA, 8 September 2024 - 8 September 2024.
Professional activities and memberships
  • Member of the IoM3
  • Member of the TMS
  • Secretary of the TMS High Temperature Alloys Committee

Links

Royce at Sheffield