Dr Tayebeh Mousavi is a Senior Lecturer in Engineering in the Department of Engineering, King’s College London.

Tayebeh’s research focuses on the fabrication and characterisation of advanced materials, particularly superconductors (both bulk and thin films) and two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors. Part of her research focuses on the development of joints between technological superconductors. Her research aims to establish relationships between processing, microstructure and material properties, addressing industrial challenges and improving material performance in engineering applications.

Tayebeh received her PhD from the University of Oxford, UK, in 2015, supported by a Clarendon Scholarship. Before joining King’s College London as a Lecturer in 2022, she was a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Materials at the University of Oxford. She holds a BSc in Materials Engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology and an MSc in Materials Engineering from Isfahan University of Technology.

Tayebeh has received several grants, prizes and awards, including an Innovate UK grant (2024), in collaboration with Arm and UKESF, to bridge the skills gap between UK universities and the semiconductor industry; journal highlights in Superconductor Science and Technology (2015 and 2017); the Best Contributed Paper Award at the Applied Superconductivity Conference (ASC); the Literature Review Prize from the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3); the Most Distinguished Engineering Student Award in Iran; and the Most Innovative Woman Award in Iran (2010).

Research interests

• Synthesis and manufacturing of advanced materials
• Correlation between microstructure, properties and applications of materials
• Superconducting materials (from manufacturing to applications)
• Development of superconducting joints and high-field magnets

Further information

• Research profile
• Google Scholar

Recent publications

• The effect of facet lines on critical current density and trapped field in bulk RE–Ba–Cu–O single grains
  Y Shi, T Mousavi, AR Dennis, MD Ainslie, SC Speller, CRH Grovenor, ... 
  Superconductor Science and Technology 35 (10), 105002, 2022 
• Understanding irradiation damage in high-temperature superconductors for fusion reactors using high resolution X-ray absorption spectroscopy
  RJ Nicholls, S Diaz-Moreno, W Iliffe, Y Linden, T Mousavi, M Aramini, ... 
  Communications Materials 3 (1), 1-14, 2022 
• A new MgB2 bulk ring fabrication technique for use in magnetic shielding or bench-top NMR systems
  D Moseley, D Wilkinson, T Mousavi, AR Dennis, SC Speller, JH Durrell 
  Superconductor Science and Technology 35 085003, 2022 
• Improving the connectivity of MgB2 bulk superconductors by a novel liquid phase sintering process
  GAB Matthews, T Mousavi, S Santra, CRM Grovenor, PS Grant, S Speller 
  Superconductor Science and Technology 35 (6), 065005, 2022 
• Comparison of the Microstructure and Superconducting Properties of Eu–Ba–Cu–O and Gd–Ba–Cu–O Single Grain Samples
  T Mousavi, Y Shi, J Durrell, C Grovenor, S Speller 
  IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 32 (4), 1-4, 2022 
• Development of sputtered nitrogen-doped Li1+ xAlxGe2-x (PO4) 3 thin films for solid state batteries
  T Mousavi, I Slattery, B Jagger, J Liu, S Speller, C Grovenor 
  Solid State Ionics 364, 115613, 2021 
• Superconducting joint structures for Bi-2212 wires using a powder-in-tube technique
  T Mousavi, S Santra, Z Melhem, S Speller, C Grovenor 
  IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 31 (5), 1-4, 2021 
• New nanoscale artificial pinning centres for NbTi superconductors
  T Mousavi, PS Grant, SC Speller, C Grovenor 
  Materials & Design 198, 109285, 2021 
• Fabrication of Li1+ xAlxGe2-x (PO4) 3 thin films by sputtering for solid electrolytes
  T Mousavi, X Chen, C Doerrer, B Jagger, SC Speller, CRM Grovenor 
  Solid State Ionics 354, 115397, 2020 
• Fabrication and characterization of nanostructured immiscible Cu–Ta alloys processed by high-pressure torsion
  T Mousavi, J Dai, P Bazarnik, PHR Pereira, Y Huang, M Lewandowska, ... 
  Journal of Alloys and Compounds 832, 155007, 2020
• Development of superconducting soldered joints between Bi-2212/Ag wires
  T Mousavi, T Davies, Z Melhem, CRM Grovenor, SC Speller 
  IEEE Transactions on Applied superconductivity 28 (4), 2018 
• Magnetic imaging of antiferromagnetic and superconducting phases in crystals
  J Hazi, T Mousavi, P Dudin, G van der Laan, F Maccherozzi, ... 
  Physical Review B 97 (5), 054509, 2018 
• Microstructure and properties of a CoCrFeNiMn high-entropy alloy processed by equal-channel angular pressing
  H Shahmir, T Mousavi, J He, Z Lu, M Kawasaki, TG Langdon 
  Materials Science and Engineering: A 705, 411-419, 2017 
• A new approach to fabricate superconducting NbTi alloys
  T Mousavi, Z Hong, A Morrison, A London, PS Grant, C Grovenor, ... 
  Superconductor Science and Technology 30 (9), 094001, 2017 
• Harnessing the cancer radiation therapy by lanthanide-doped zinc oxide based theranostic nanoparticles
  B Ghaemi, O Mashinchian, T Mousavi, R Karimi, S Kharrazi, A Amani 
  ACS applied materials & interfaces 8 (5), 3123-3134, 2016 
• Novel superconducting joints for persistent mode magnet applications
  T Mousavi, W Darby, C Aksoy, T Davies, G Brittles, C Grovenor, S Speller 
  MRS Advances 1 (51), 3483-3488, 2016