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
Steve Sheard
Associate Professor of Engineering Science
My research interests are in the general area of optoelectronics, including integrated circuit based surface emitting laser devices, optically controlled smart tags, and optical sensors.
Jason Smith
Professor of Photonic Materials and Devices
Our research focuses on the optical and electronic properties of solid state nanostructures for applications such as optoelectronics devices, quantum information processing and photovoltaics.
Robert Smith
Associate Professor
My research interests involve ultracold atoms
Hannah Smithson
Professor of Experimental Psychology
I use adaptive optics enabled ophthalmoscopes as a tool to investigate visual perception, aiming to answer such questions as "How do the neural circuits in human retina process colour information?".
Henry Snaith FRS
Professor of Physics
Our research is primarily focused on developing the physics and technology behind low cost photovoltaic concepts.
Shankar Srinivas
Professor of Developmental Biology
Paul Stavrinou
Associate Professor of Engineering Science
My research interests span the development of materials (organic and inorganic) for photonic applications and optoelectronic device components.
Ludmilla Steier
Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry
My research addresses solar-driven conversion of small molecules (CO₂, water) into fuels and chemicals using photo- and electrocatalysts.
Hannah Stern
Associate Professor of Materials
Our research interests are probing the photophysics, excited state dynamics and spin physics of emerging quantum optical material systems.
Chris Stevens
Associate Professor of Engineering Science
My research area is Ultrafast Electronics which is a rapidly developing field in which we explore the ultimate speed limits of electronics.
