J.P. Morrissey

University of Edinburgh

Researcher Co-Lead

Biography

Dr John (“J. P.”) Morrissey is Research Fellow specialising in particulate mechanics and the Discrete Element Method (DEM) at the University of Edinburgh. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh in 2013 with a thesis on “Discrete Element Modelling of Iron Ore Pellets to Include the Effects of Moisture and Fines”.

JP has continued working at the University of Edinburgh on all things DEM and has during his career has worked with numerous companies such as Altair, AstraZeneca, LKAB, Johnson MAtthey, P&G, PepsiCo, Pfizer, Siemens and Tensar.

His research interests include:

  • Mechanics of Particulate Solids
  • Computational Methods
  • Numerical Simulation
  • Experimental Methods
  • Data Analytics
  • AI/ML

Posts

Date Title Author Reading Time Description Categories

Feb 3, 2026 Past, Present and Future of Particle Technology Conference 2026 - Early-Career Researcher Competition JP Morrissey, Kevin Hanley, Catherine O’Sullivan 2 min CCC-ParaSolS to support early-career researchers to participate in PPFPT 2026. News, Events, Conference, Competition

Jan 27, 2026 CCC-ParaSolS - Year One Update JP Morrissey, Kevin Hanley, Catherine O’Sullivan 5 min Review of our first year’s activities and achievements, and vision for the future. News, Events, Resources

Jan 21, 2026 Coming Soon: Network Event 4 JP Morrissey, Kevin Hanley, Catherine O’Sullivan 1 min Our fourth network event is being planned and we hope to see you there. News, Events

Jan 12, 2026 Network Event 3 - Summary & Resources JP Morrissey, Kevin Hanley, Catherine O’Sullivan 2 min Training resources and slides now available News, Events, Resources

Nov 21, 2025 CCC-ParaSolS mini-symposium at UK ACM 2026 JP Morrissey, Kevin Hanley, Catherine O’Sullivan 3 min CCC-ParaSolS to host mini-symposium at the upcoming UKACM2026. News, Events, Conference, Competition

Nov 17, 2025 Coming Soon: Network Event 3 JP Morrissey, Kevin Hanley, Catherine O’Sullivan 1 min Our third network event is being planned and we hope to see you there. News, Events

Oct 31, 2025 CCC-ParaSolS Community Forum JP Morrissey, Kevin Hanley, Catherine O’Sullivan 3 min An online space for the community to interact outside of the physical events. News, Resources
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