Professor Malcolm Joyce

Distinguished Professor & Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award Holder, Interim Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research and Enterprise)

Research Interests

Malcolm Joyce is Distinguished Professor of Nuclear Engineering at Lancaster University and interim Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Enterprise. He has a track record of over £25M in competitively sought research grants from UKRI, industry and government agencies and is author on > 350 articles.

Malcolm welcomes proposals for PhD study in the areas of radiation detection and measurement, and isotopic monitoring techniques relating to the environmental assessment of radiological consequences.

Small Scale Experiments for Tritium Breeding (SSETB)
09/01/2025 → 31/03/2026
Research

Core Equipment 2024
01/01/2025 → 30/06/2026
Research

DSI: Late-stage commercialisation for time-of-flight neutron spectrometer
01/10/2024 → 30/09/2026
Research

DSI: Late-stage commercialisation for time-of-flight neutron spectrometer
01/10/2024 → 30/09/2026
Research

Application of compact gamma-ray detectors on robotic platforms for locating radionuclides in confined spaces
01/07/2024 → 31/03/2025
Research

Application of compact gamma-ray detectors on robotic platforms for locating radionuclides in confined spaces
01/07/2024 → 31/03/2025
Research

Nuclear Fuel-debris Characterisation via Multimodal Spectroscopy and Analytics (NuFAMSA)
01/11/2023 → 31/03/2026
Research

Capture Gamma-ray Assessment in Nuclear Energy (C-GANE)
16/10/2023 → 15/10/2027
Research

Detection and quantification of water in spent fuel
02/10/2023 → 01/10/2027
Research

Advanced borehole trials for land quality monitoring applications in nuclear decommissioning
01/04/2023 → 30/09/2023
Research

Feasibility study of waste water detritiation (EPSRC IAA funded)
01/04/2023 → 31/03/2025
Research

JUNO: A Network for Japan - UK Nuclear Opportunities
01/03/2023 → 29/02/2024
Research

Radiation Hardened Robotics for Remote Inspection
01/11/2022 → 31/12/2025
Research

Process intensification of a high throughput wastewater detritiation
01/10/2022 → 31/03/2025
Consultancy

Ground Level Enhancement Event Monitor (Implementation Phase)
01/09/2022 → 31/03/2024
Research

Ground Level Enhancement Event Monitor (Implementation Phase)
01/09/2022 → 15/03/2025
Research

Autonomous Inspection for Responsive and Sustainable Nuclear Fuel Manufacture (AIRS-NFM)
06/09/2021 → 05/10/2025
Research

Ground Level Enhancement Event Monitor (GLEEM)
28/06/2021 → 27/06/2022
Research

Advancing Location Accuracy via Collimated Nuclear Assay for Decommissioning Robotic Applications
08/04/2021 → 07/01/2026
Research

RAIN Extension Stream B
01/04/2021 → 31/03/2022
Research

RAIN extension Stream A
01/04/2021 → 30/09/2021
Research

STFC IAA: Impact Acceleration Account 2021
01/04/2021 → 31/03/2022
Research

Improved Radioactive source location and characterisation via empiricial transform anaylsis
01/09/2020 → 30/09/2021
Research

AMS-UK: A UK Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Facility for Nuclear Fission Research
01/11/2019 → 31/03/2024
Research

UTGARD LAB PHASE II: A SIMFUEL FABRICATION & CHARACTERISATION FACILITY
01/11/2019 → 30/06/2023
Research

In-situ groundwater monitoring to improve identification of ground/soil contamination volumes and associated contaminated in-ground infrastructure that may remain at the Site End State (Soraia Elisio)
03/10/2019 → 29/02/2024
Research

iCASE: Electrokinetic In situ Decontamination of Entrained Radioactivity (EIDER)
01/10/2019 → 31/03/2024
Research

iCASE: Electrokinetic In situ Decontamination of Entrained Radioactivity (EIDER)
01/10/2019 → 30/09/2023
Research

Reliability Limits of Programmable Protection Systems
23/04/2019 → 30/03/2020
Research

BEIS: Knowledge Transfer Plan for Nuclear Safety, Security and Safeguards
25/02/2019 → 04/03/2020
Research

Neutron production and shielding characterisation at DCF using neutron spectroscopy and imaging device under development at Lancaster
01/10/2018 → 30/09/2019
Research

JUNO: A Network for Japan - UK Nuclear Opportunities
17/11/2017 → 16/11/2022
Research

IS 2015 - Advanced Materials
01/06/2015 → …
Research

Institutional Sponsorship 2015
01/06/2015 → 31/03/2016
Research

Industrial Doctorate Centre: Nuclear Engineering
01/10/2009 → 31/03/2018
Other

Agenda: UK - Japan Meeting and Workshop 2023/24
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

  • AIRS-NFM
  • Doctorate Centre in Nuclear Engineering
  • Energy Lancaster
  • Energy Lancaster Nuclear
  • Nuclear
  • Space Weather