Randy Bruno

Professor of Neuroscience

Professor Randy M. Bruno is a neuroscientist at Oxford whose research seeks to decipher how the cerebral cortex is assembled from diverse cell types into functional circuits that mediate behaviour. His lab employs in vivo electrophysiology, cellular imaging, targeted manipulations, and computational modelling-particularly using the rodent whisker-barrel system-to probe how information flows across cortical layers and how thalamic inputs shape cortical computation. His lab is particularly interested in imaging dendrites in awake animals to understand the role of this subcellular structure in behaviour.

Matthew Fuchter

Professor of Chemistry

My research group focus is on functional molecules, chiral materials, and photoswitchable systems with applications across materials science, medicine and sustainable technologies

Gianluca Gregori

Professor of Physics

My research interests are: Laboratory Astrophysics; Fusion energy; Quantum plasmas; Fundamental physics with high-power lasers

Chao He

Associate Professor of Engineering Science

My research interests include polarisation optics, biomedical microscopy and vectorial imaging

Laura Herz

Professor of Physics

My research is focused on investigating nanostructured molecular and inorganic semiconducting materials

Doug Higgs

Emeritus Professor, Consultant Physician

We use state-of-the-art laboratory and computational approaches to understand how mammalian genes are switched on and off during development and differentiation and how this goes awry in human genetic diseases.

Felix Hofmann

Professor of Engineering Science

I’m interested in the effect of defects on material properties, ranging from single atom defects, such as vacancies and interstitials, to extended defects, such as dislocations, to macroscopic defects, for example cracks and voids.