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Wilson Poon

Photo of Professor W C K Poon, FRSE, FInstP
Professor W C K Poon, FRSE, FInstP

Professor W C K Poon, FRSE, FInstP

Position
Emeritus Professor
Category
Academic staff
Location
James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB)
Room 2617
  • Email: W.Poon [at] ed.ac.uk
  • Tel: +44 (0)131 650 5297
  • Personal home page

School research affiliations

Wilson is a member of the following School research institute and research areas:

Research institute

  • Institute for Condensed Matter and Complex Systems

Research areas

  • Physics of Living Matter
  • Soft Matter Physics

PhD project opportunities

Wilson currently offers the following PhD project opportunities:

  • Bacteria Motility in Complex Media
  • Bringing Order to a ‘Zoo’ of Colloidal Gels
  • Communal Living for Bacteria
  • How do Dense Suspensions Flow?
  • Measuring particle size in messy systems using machine learning for sustainable (re)formulation
  • The physics of active colloids

Recent news

Wilson has featured in the following recent School news stories:

  • Bacteria: helping life after death
  • Where physics meets Renaissance beauty regimes
  • Award recognition for Professor Wilson Poon
  • Viruses are facing a new charge
  • Industry partnership to improve understanding of automotive catalyst support and diesel particulate production
This article was last updated on Nov 6, 2025.
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