Centre for Applied PhotonicsOur key people include:
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Research management team
- Prof Martin Dawson, Head of Centre (joint appointment with University of Strathclyde, Distinguished Professor at the Institute of Photonics)
- Dr John-Mark Hopkins, Deputy Head of Centre
- Dr David Stothard, Head of Department, Lasers and Laser Systems, Theme Leader
- Dr Henry Bookey, Head of Department, Lasers and Laser Systems, Theme Leader, (Energy and Guided Wave Optics)
- Dr Loyd McKnight Head of Department, Theme Leader (Quantum Technology)
Senior Research and Engineering staff
- Dr Alexander Lagatsky, Senior Researcher
- Dr Adam Polak, Senior Researcher
- Barry Ferns, Senior Electronics Design Engineer
- John Leck, CEng, Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
University of Strathclyde staff with significant Fraunhofer relations
- Prof Alan Kemp, RAEng/Fraunhofer Chair in Advanced Lasers
- Dr Lucia Caspani, Fraunhofer Fellow in Quantum Technologies
Research, Development and Engineering staff
- Dr Gerald Bonner, Researcher
- Dr Christopher Carson. Researcher
- Dr Haochang Chen, Researcher
- Dr James Feehan, Researcher
- Ben Fowler, Mechanical Design Engineer
- Dr Jun Guan, Researcher
- Dr Anne-Marie Haughey, CPhys, Researcher
- Craig Hunter, Researcher
- Dr Brynmor Jones. Researcher
- Dr Zhibo Li, Researcher
- Dr Massimiliano Proietti, Researcher
- Dr John MacArthur, Researcher
- Dr Bienvenu Ndagano, Researcher
- Dr Peter Schlosser. Researcher
- Dr Adam Selyem, Researcher
- Dr Vasili Savitski, Researcher
- Dr Mark Scullion. Researcher
- Dr Roman Spesyvtsev, Researcher
- Dr Xiaobin Sun, Researcher
- Dr Jack Thomas, Researcher
- Dr Matt Warden. Researcher
Senior Honorary Fellows
- Prof Hans-Joachim Wagner, Fraunhofer IAF
- Prof Malcolm Dunn, University of St Andrews, We note with great sadness that Prof Dunn passed away in March 2021. He was a gentleman and scientist of the highest regard.
Administration and support team
- Dr David Armstrong, Business Development Manager
- Paul McCartney, Business Development Manager
- Lisa Flanagan, Centre Manager
- Ewan Mulhern, IT Systems Manager
- Lisa Shields, Administrator
Fraunhofer UK Staff
- Simon Andrews, CEng, CPhys, Executive Director
- Iona Dott, CA, Head of Finance and Administration
- Dr Rachel Steeg, Project Manager
Current Students
- Lukasz Dziechciarczyk
- Georgios Arvanitakis
- Lewis Walker
- Emma Le Francois
- Miles Toon
- Alex Blanchard
- Daniel Maclure
- Nils Weissling
- Natale Giovanni Pruiti
- Eleni Margarite
- Francesca Farrell
- Nicholas Smith
- Eilidh Johnston
- Natalie Bruce
- Mustafa Anwer Al Khafaji
- Tom Dickinson
- Ellis Kelly
- Paul White
- James Jackson
- Ruaridh Smith
- Paulius Jonasus
- Harry Hall
- Marek Michalowski
Former PhD/EngD Students
- Daniel Kane
- Thomas Ewan Bennett
- Julio Rodriguez
- Guiseppe Cantarella
- Lea Herring
- Ricardo Casula
- Paul Hill
- Craig Hunter
- Adam Polak
- James Morris
- James Brooks
- Jamie Coyle
- Jack Thomas
- Neil Stevenson
Former Summer students and interns
- Sandra Enderle
- Ella Hoffman
- Ina aidam
- Niklas van Kempen
- Severin Ramstoetter
- Simon Hickman
- Christina Lehmann
- Florian Mueller
- Antonello Matteo
- Xan Lei
- Annika Mueller
- Alba Paniagua Diaz