Hannah Smithson

Professor of Experimental Psychology

Professor Hannah Smithson's research examines the neural and perceptual mechanisms underlying vision, especially colour and material perception. She uses psychophysical experiments, high-resolution retinal imaging (adaptive optics ophthalmoscopy) and computer-rendered stimuli to probe how signals from the three cone types are combined, compared and transformed in the visual system, and how our brain maintains constancy of hue, brightness and gloss under changing illumination. Her group also investigates temporal dynamics of visual processing and applications to display technology and visual disorders.

Research area Imaging

Research interests Adaptive optics Microscopy

Department Department of Experimental Psychology

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.