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london centre for nanotechnology , university college london 125px british physics and chemistry 7 june 1961 spin distribution ice , magnetic monopole , magnetricity , bhp holweck -rrb- prize -lrb- 2010 -rrb- europhysics prize -lrb- 2012 bramwell-picture . jpg steven t. bramwell
 steven t. bramwell oxford university
steven t. bramwell

steven t. bramwell -lrb- born june 7 , 1961 -rrb- is a british physicist and chemist who works at the london centre for nanotechnology and the department of physics and astronomy , university college london .
he is known for his experimental discovery of spin ice with m. j. harris and his calculation of a critical exponent observed in two-dimensional magnets with p. c. w. holdsworth .
a probability distribution for global quantities in complex systems , the `` bramwell-holdsworth-pinton -lrb- bhp -rrb- distribution '' , -lrb- to be implemented in mathematica -rrb- is named after him .
in 2009 bramwell 's group was one of several to report experimental evidence of magnetic monopole excitations in spin ice .
he coined the term `` magnetricity '' to describe currents of these effective magnetic `` monopoles '' in condensed-matter systems .
bramwell studied chemistry at oxford university , obtaining his phd in 1989 .
he was a professor of physical chemistry at university college london from 2000-2009 , before moving to the department of physics and astronomy .
