Julian Fells

EPSRC Research Fellow

Julian is an EPSRC Research Fellow. He graduated from University College London in 1991 with a first class degree in Electronic Engineering with Optoelectronics. He went on to gain a Ph.D. in Quantum Well Optical Modulators from the School of Physics, University of Bath. He then moved into industry, first spending 3 years at GEC-Marconi Caswell researching optical devices, optical phased array radar systems and optical sensor systems.

He then spent 7 Years at Nortel Networks Harlow Laboratories undertaking research into high capacity optical transmission systems. Following this he became Research and Development Manager at Cambridge start-up Splashpower, pioneering wireless power for mobile devices. Subsequently he moved to QinetiQ spin-out company Stingray Geophysical as Optical Systems Manager. Here he was responsible for the development of a large scale optical sensor interrogation system for seismic imaging of oil and gas fields. Highlights of Julian's research include inventing the twin fibre grating tunable dispersion compensator and devising the first negative chirp electroabsorption modulator. This latter device is now a key component in optical telecommunications systems. At Oxford, Julian is developing new sensor technology using laser-written Fibre Bragg gratings, for which he was awarded a prestigious 5-year EPSRC Fellowship in 2020.

Research area Materials and Devices Optical Physics

Research interests Nanofabrication Optoelectronics Photonic sensors

Department Engineering Science

Dirk Aarts

Professor of Chemistry

We are working in soft condensed matter with a focus on the phase, interface and flow behaviour of colloidal particles.

Harry Anderson FRS

Professor of Chemistry

Our group does research in the areas of molecular materials synthesis, supramolecular chemistry, molecular recognition, polymers and dyes.

Huriye Atilgan

Postdoctoral Researcher, Henry Wellcome Fellow

Postdoctoral Researcher, Henry Wellcome Fellow Research interests: Auditory neuroscience, Auditory scene analysis, Neural circuit mechanisms of value-based decision making, Role of the claustrum in cognition (modulation, large-scale cortical communication), Use of advanced methods in neuroscience

Abhishek Banerjee

Professor of Neuroscience at Queen Mary University, London and Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow at University of Oxford

We are interested in studying neural circuit mechanisms underlying the flexibility of decision-making and how circuit dysfunctions arise in animal models of neurological disorders.

Richard Berry

Associate Professor of Physics

My research is focused on rotary molecular motors, in particular the Bacterial Flagellar Motor, which is a rotary molecular engine powered by the flow of ions across the inner, or cytoplasmic, membrane of a bacterial cell envelope.

Harish Bhaskaran

Professor of Applied Nanomaterials

I run the Advanced Nanoscale Engineering Lab.

Ruy Sebastian Bonilla

Associate Professor of Materials

My research aims to understand the interfaces between electronic materials, to develop new processing for advanced nanolayer materials, and to apply them to new and improved electronic, optical, electrochemical, and computing devices.

Martin Booth

Professor of Electrical Engineering

My research interests lie in the theory and practice of dynamic optics, particularly the use of adaptive optical elements in high resolution microscopy and ultrafast laser fabrication.

Randy Bruno

Professor of Neuroscience

My lab investigates the workings of cortical circuitry, using a combination of techniques: anatomy, intracellular recording, two-photon microscopy, optogenetics, and behavior.

Gianfelice Cinque

Diamond Light Source and University of Oxford (honorary)

My main research focus is on IR microspectroscopy in (bio)physics and biomedicine, synchrotron radiation spectroscopy and imaging, and on the development of near field IR imaging and Coherent SR THz spectroscopy techniques.