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
Stuart Mackenzie
Professor of Chemistry, Head of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory
My research in photonics revolves around the development of novel spectroscopic techniques applied to a variety of interesting scientific problems.
Stephen Morris
Professor of Engineering Science
I am interested in the development and fabrication of novel optoelectronic devices based upon organic and inorganic me
Peter Norreys
Professorial Research Fellow
My research interests are: high energy density plasma physics; inertial fusion; novel particle accelerators; extreme field science
Dominic O'Brien
Professor of Engineering Science
My interests lie in the field of optical communications. Through advances in visible light communications, we aim to gain improvements in the bandwidth and/or efficiency of a data network.
Armin Reichold
Reader in Particle Physics
My research interests lie in the field of optical metrology, encompassing absolute distance measurement systems and fibre based interferometry.
Moritz Riede
Professor of Soft Functional Nanomaterials
Our work focus's on organic semiconductor materials and organic photovoltaics
Grant Ritchie
Professor of Chemistry
My research interests lie in ultrasensitive absorption spectroscopy and optical manipulation.
Jens Rittscher
Professor of Engineering Science
Our research is aimed at enhancement our understanding of complex biological processes through the analysis of image data.
Patrick Salter
Associate Professor in Photonic Engineering
Dr Patrick Salter is working on using short pulse laser fabrication to manufacture new functional devices.
Ekaterina Shamonina
Professor of Engineering Science
My research covers metamaterials, electrodynamics, plasmonics, nanophotonics and microwave optics.
