Spectroscopy

We use spectroscopy for a wide variety of sensing in many different scenarios, across length scales from the very small in ultrafast single molecule spectroscopy; to monitoring the combustion process in engines; to providing detailed spectra of stars and galaxies in astrophotonic applications.

People

Laura Herz

Professor of Physics

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

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.

Philipp Kukura

Professor of Physical Chemistry

My research is concerned with the development and application of spectroscopic and imaging tools designed to visualise, study and eventually control dynamic processes in chemistry and biology.

Stuart Mackenzie

Professor of Chemistry, Head of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory

My research in photonics revolves around the development of novel spectroscopic techniques applied to a variety of interesting scientific problems.

Grant Ritchie

Professor of Chemistry

My research interests lie in ultrasensitive absorption spectroscopy and optical manipulation.

Jason Smith

Professor of Photonic Materials and Devices

Our research focuses on the optical and electronic properties of solid state nanostructures for applications such as optoelectronics devices, quantum information processing and photovoltaics.

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.

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.

Ben Williams