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. My group is based jointly in the Department of Engineering Science and the Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour.

Common adaptive elements, such as liquid crystal spatial light modulators (SLMs) and membrane deformable mirrors, may be used for the dynamic manipulation of the properties of an incident beam of light. This has many useful applications, notably for the correction of any aberrations present in an optical system that may degrade its performance. A primary application area is the compensation of specimen induced aberrations in high resolution microscopy.

More generally I am interested in optical systems for microscopy (mainly for biomedical applications such as neuroscience), laser-based microfabrication, and related areas such as optical tweezers and optical data storage. Most of these projects involve the application of active and adaptive optics for aberration correction, beam control and enhancement of other system capabilities.

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Research area Biophotonics Imaging Materials and Devices

Research interests Adaptive optics Holography Microscopy Nanofabrication Super resolution microscopy

Department Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics Engineering Science

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.