Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry and Royal Society University Research Fellow
Our research focuses on transport phenomena in soft matter and nanoscale systems. In particular, we work with experimental models built from colloids, microfluidics, optical tweezers, solid-state nanopores and DNA nanotechnology to achieve a fundamental understanding of dynamics in interacting many-body systems from the single particle level up. A significant component of this work involves bright field microscopy, and an important strand of our research is to use our highly-controlled experiments as a testbed for new image and data analysis techniques that can find application in more complex systems. By comprehensively identifying transport mechanisms across length scales, our results have application in the development of new nanofluidic devices for molecular sensing or iontronics. https://thorneyworklab.web.ox.ac.uk/research
Robin Cleveland
Professor of Engineering Science
My research is in the area of acoustics, primarily focused on biomedical acoustics with applications in both diagnostics and therapeutics.
Stuart Conway
Professor of Organic Chemistry
The focus of our research is the development of selective molecular probes to enable investigation of certain biological systems.
Gavin Dalton
Professor of Astrophysics
I am working on wide‐field imaging and fibre‐fed spectroscopy instrumentation in visible and near‐infrared astronomy, both in instrument construction and science exploitation.
Jason Davis
Professor in Chemistry and University Reader
Our research bridges fundamental chemistry with real-world application, with a growing focus on translational diagnostics and molecular sensing.
Nynke Dekker
Professor
Our long-term goal is to understand how molecular motors work together with accessory factors in the copying of DNA or RNA
Steve Elston
Professor of Engineering Science
My present research interests are mainly in the field of novel liquid crystal materials and applications, within which I undertake both theoretical and experimental work.
Nigel Emptage
Professor of Pharmacology
Our research in neuroscience is supported by the development of novel optical imaging tools, particularly through high resolution microscopy.
Julian Fells
EPSRC Research Fellow
My research is focuses on the development of new sensor technology using laser-written Fibre Bragg gratings
Stephen Fletcher
Professor of Chemistry
My research is in the area of synthetic organic chemistry. About half of my group works on projects related to photonics.
Marco Fritzsche
Professor of Biophysical Immunology (Innovation Investigator Track)
My research focuses on the understanding of the mechanobiology of the human immunity.
