- Experimental physicist with experience in broad range of materials characterisation methods covering compositional, structural, electronic property and especially magnetic and magnetotransport measurements.Current projects include: - novel tunable magnetic sensors for non-destructive testing of infrastructure (NZ government and industry cofunded)- developing rare earth nitride spintronic devices as ultrafast and scalable magnetic memory for superconducting and quantum computing, and as prototype spin injection transistors (NZ government funded)- spintronic THz wave emitter for non-destructive spectroscopy of agricultural products (NZ government funded)- spintronic and spincaloritronic properties of magnetic Heusler alloys (NZ Centre of Research Excellence funding)- self-assembled magnonic structures (NZ Centre of Research Excellence funding)- Supervisor for junior researchers and students covering undergraduate to PhD level, including project planning.- Co-author of multiple funded research grants- Interested in fundamental magnetism and spintronics research, particularly with a view toward developing prototype devices of potential use for industrial and commercial applications.Specialties: Magnetism and magnetotransport characterisation;Dilute and intrinsic magnetic semiconductors;Spin caloritronics (combined magnetic and thermoelectric effects);Magnetic nanostructures (spin valves, multilayers, nanowires)ORCID publications profile: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9926-4628SCOPUS author ID: http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.url?authorId=8565018900ResearchGate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Simon_Granville