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
David Stuart
MRC Professor of Structural Biology
I use the techniques of X-ray crystallography and X-ray microscopy to study the structural biology of viruses.
Jin-Chong Tan
Professor of Engineering Science
I lead the Multifunctional Materials & Composites (MMC) Lab, where we develop nanoporous metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)
Robert Taylor
Professor of Condensed Matter Physics
I am interested in the optical properties of materials, particularly in the areas of nanotechnology and quantum computing.
Sarah Thomas
Associate Professor
My research interests are Photonic quantum technologies, Quantum networks, Light-matter interactions, Quantum memories
Alice Thorneywork
Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry and Royal Society University Research Fellow
Our research interests lie in the areas of experimental soft matter and nanoscale systems
Claire Vallance
Professor of Physical Chemistry
We employ novel time-of-flight imaging methods to study photon-induced and electron-induced molecular fragmentation processes and to carry out chemically-resolved imaging of surfaces.
Ian Walmsley
Director of the Oxford Quantum Institute
Research interests: Quantum information and computation; quantum materials; quantum optics and ultra-cold matter
Ben Williams
Associate Professor of Engineering Science
My research group develops and applies linear and non-linear optical diagnostic techniques to solve problems in thermofluids including heat transfer, mixing and combustion.
