Professor Nynke Dekker at Oxford conducts pioneering single-molecule biophysics research aimed at understanding how DNA, RNA and their associated molecular motors function in real time. Her lab combines high-precision techniques such as single-molecule fluorescence, magnetic and optical tweezers, and integrated force-fluorescence spectroscopy to visualize the dynamics of replisome assembly, replication fork progression, and chromatin interactions. They explore replication in eukaryotes, bacteria and viruses, including how accessory proteins, nucleosomes, and obstacles impact fidelity. Her work bridges physics, biochemistry and molecular biology to yield mechanistic insight into replication and its dysregulation in disease.
Yvonne Jones is director of the Cancer Research UK Receptor Structure Research Group which is primarily focused on the structural biology of cell surface recognition and signalling complexes.
Achillefs Kapanidis
Professor of Biological Physics
My group studies mechanisms and machines of gene expression using single-molecule biophysical methods and biochemistry.
Ji-Seon Kim
Professor of Electronic Materials
My research primarily focuses on sustainable molecular semiconductors, expanding into new classes of electronic materials such as mixed electronic/ionic conductors and organic/inorganic hybrids
Adam Kirrander
Professor of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
My research interests are ultrafast imaging, quantum dynamics, and photochemistry.
Madhavi Krishnan
Professor of Physical Chemistry
Madhavi Krishnan is Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Oxford.
Axel Kuhn
Associate Professor and Reader in Physics
I run the Atom-Photon Connection group, working on quantum optics and control, applied in particular to light-matter interactions at the single-quantum level.
Philipp Kukura
Professor of Physical Chemistry
My research is concerned with the development and application of spectroscopic and imaging tools designed to visualise, study and eventually control dynamic processes in chemistry and biology.
Christoffer Lagerholm
Facility Manager
I am the facility manager of the Wolfson Imaging Centre, based in the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine. We specialise in methods of fluorescence imaging, including single molecule and super-resolution (STED, STORM/PALM).
David Lucas
Professor of Physics
I am an experimental atomic physicist working in the field of trapped-ion quantum computing. Previously I worked on cold atoms in optical lattices, and precision measurements for tests of fundamental physics.
Alexander (Alex) Lvovsky
Professor
My research interests are quantum optics, quantum information, and optical computing
