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.

The dynamics of photoexcited electrons and holes can be measured on the timescale of ~100fs by using ultrafast optical spectroscopy. In my experiments I make real-time measurements of fundamental optical properties such as absorption and luminescence using pulses generated by modelocked lasers. These measurements are important from a fundamental point of view, since they provide basic information about electron-electron and electron-phonon interactions, and they are of great practical significance since the speed of these processes limits the speed ultimately obtainable in electronic and opto-electronic devices.

My main interests have been in making measurements on wide- and narrow-bandgap semiconductors and low-dimensional systems such as quantum wells, wires and dots. Topics currently being investigated include coupling of single quantum dots to photonic crystal cavities, dynamics of single quantum rings, coherent electron-hole dynamics and excitonic dynamics in wide band gap materials such as GaN and InGaN.

For more information, please visit my group website or send me an email.

Research area Materials and Devices Optical Physics Spectroscopy

Research interests Optical microcavities Quantum photonics Ultrafast spectroscopy

Department Physics

Dirk Aarts

Professor of Chemistry

We are working in soft condensed matter with a focus on the phase, interface and flow behaviour of colloidal particles.

Harry Anderson FRS

Professor of Chemistry

Our group does research in the areas of molecular materials synthesis, supramolecular chemistry, molecular recognition, polymers and dyes.

Huriye Atilgan

Postdoctoral Researcher, Henry Wellcome Fellow

Postdoctoral Researcher, Henry Wellcome Fellow Research interests: Auditory neuroscience, Auditory scene analysis, Neural circuit mechanisms of value-based decision making, Role of the claustrum in cognition (modulation, large-scale cortical communication), Use of advanced methods in neuroscience

Abhishek Banerjee

Professor of Neuroscience at Queen Mary University, London and Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow at University of Oxford

We are interested in studying neural circuit mechanisms underlying the flexibility of decision-making and how circuit dysfunctions arise in animal models of neurological disorders.

Richard Berry

Associate Professor of Physics

My research is focused on rotary molecular motors, in particular the Bacterial Flagellar Motor, which is a rotary molecular engine powered by the flow of ions across the inner, or cytoplasmic, membrane of a bacterial cell envelope.

Harish Bhaskaran

Professor of Applied Nanomaterials

I run the Advanced Nanoscale Engineering Lab.

Ruy Sebastian Bonilla

Associate Professor of Materials

My research aims to understand the interfaces between electronic materials, to develop new processing for advanced nanolayer materials, and to apply them to new and improved electronic, optical, electrochemical, and computing devices.

Martin Booth

Professor of Electrical Engineering

My research interests lie in the theory and practice of dynamic optics, particularly the use of adaptive optical elements in high resolution microscopy and ultrafast laser fabrication.

Randy Bruno

Professor of Neuroscience

My lab investigates the workings of cortical circuitry, using a combination of techniques: anatomy, intracellular recording, two-photon microscopy, optogenetics, and behavior.

Gianfelice Cinque

Diamond Light Source and University of Oxford (honorary)

My main research focus is on IR microspectroscopy in (bio)physics and biomedicine, synchrotron radiation spectroscopy and imaging, and on the development of near field IR imaging and Coherent SR THz spectroscopy techniques.