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. In order to evaluate the performance of ultrafast electronic systems we have to develop new methods for analysing electromagnetic signals. Much of the work in the group to date has centred on the development of new techniques with which to investigate circuit performance at >100GHz speeds where conventional circuit analysis techniques are impossible to implement.

We are also actively engaged in the development of metamaterial devices for a variety of high frequency applications including NMR microscopy, Ultra High Q RF filters and Ground penetrating Radar. We are currently developing methods to design metamaterial devices to break the Abbe limit and utilize the interactions between microwave signals and living tissue to perform medical imaging. Another important research area is the development of magnetic metamaterials for contactless data transfer and for power distribution. These two capabilites will enable a host of applications and technologies including wireless power for electronic devices and systems and the replacement of backplanes and wired connections between integrated circuits themselves.

Please visit my research pages or send me an email to find out more.

Research area Materials and Devices Optical Physics

Research interests Metamaterials Photovoltaics Ultrafast optics

Department Engineering Science

David Stuart

MRC Professor of Structural Biology

I use the techniques of X-ray crystallography and X-ray microscopy to study the structural biology of viruses.

Jin-Chong Tan

Professor of Engineering Science

I lead the Multifunctional Materials & Composites (MMC) Lab, where we develop nanoporous metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)

Robert Taylor

Professor of Condensed Matter Physics

I am interested in the optical properties of materials, particularly in the areas of nanotechnology and quantum computing.

Sarah Thomas

Associate Professor

My research interests are Photonic quantum technologies, Quantum networks, Light-matter interactions, Quantum memories

Alice Thorneywork

Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry and Royal Society University Research Fellow

Our research interests lie in the areas of experimental soft matter and nanoscale systems

Claire Vallance

Professor of Physical Chemistry

We employ novel time-of-flight imaging methods to study photon-induced and electron-induced molecular fragmentation processes and to carry out chemically-resolved imaging of surfaces.

Ian Walmsley

Director of the Oxford Quantum Institute

Research interests: Quantum information and computation; quantum materials; quantum optics and ultra-cold matter

Ben Williams

Associate Professor of Engineering Science

My research group develops and applies linear and non-linear optical diagnostic techniques to solve problems in thermofluids including heat transfer, mixing and combustion.