Professor Ruy Sebastian Bonilla leads the Electronic & Interface Materials Laboratory at Oxford, investigating how interfaces between electronic materials control charge transport, device performance, and stability. His lab works on advanced nanolayer materials, seeking to engineer interfaces that optimize electronic, ionic and optical behaviour in devices ranging from solar cells to quantum and neuromorphic components. A prominent focus is on passivation nanolayers (e.g. K-ion charged SiO₂) that reduce recombination losses in silicon photovoltaics, as well as understanding degradation modes at contacts and interfaces. His group also models and develops interfaces in tandem solar, perovskite/silicon devices, transparent electrodes and energy-efficient computing devices.
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.
Simon Hooker
Professor of Atomic and Laser Physics
I am interested in applications arising from the interaction of very intense laser radiation with matter.
Mark Howarth
Associate Professor
My research involves bionanotechnology and its application to cancer.
Wei Huang
Associate Professor of Engineering Science
My research interests include: (1) Synthetic biology; (2) Single cell Raman biotechnology; (3) Microbial evolution
Rob Jacobs
Facility Manger
My research interests are focused around applying state of the art instrumentation in surface science to novel problems.
