Organisation, our people

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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
• Dr Henry Bookey, Head of Department, Lasers and Laser Systems 
• Dr Loyd McKnight Head of Department, Quantum Technology 

 

Senior Research and Engineering staff

• Dr Adam Polak, Principal Researcher

 

• Barry Ferns, CEng, Senior Electronics Design Engineer
• John Leck, CEng, Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

 

• Dr Alexander Lagatsky, Senior Researcher
• Dr Gerald Bonner, Senior Researcher
• Dr Christopher Carson. Senior Researcher
• Dr James Feehan, Senior Researcher
• Dr Jun Guan, Senior Researcher
• Dr Anne-Marie Haughey, CPhys, Senior Researcher
• Dr Brynmor Jones. Senior Researcher
• Dr Zhibo Li, Senior Researcher
• Dr John MacArthur, Senior Researcher
• Dr Peter Schlosser. Senior Researcher
• Dr Adam Selyem, Senior Researcher
• Dr Vasili Savitski, Senior Researcher
• Dr Mark Scullion. Senior Researcher
• Dr Roman Spesyvtsev, Senior Researcher
• Dr Matt Warden. Senior Researcher

 

Research, Development and Engineering staff

• Dr Haochang Chen, Researcher
• Ben Fowler, Mechanical Design Engineer
• Emma Le Francois, Researcher
• Craig Hunter, Researcher
• Dr Bienvenu Ndagano, Researcher
• Dr Jack Thomas, Researcher

 

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
• Euan MacDonald, Adminstrative Assistant  

 

Fraunhofer UK Staff

• Simon Andrews, CEng, CPhys, Executive Director
• Iona Dott, CA, Head of Finance and Administration
• Dr Rachel Steeg, Project Manager (lifescience)
• Loïs  Legendre, Project Manager (renewable energy)

 

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
• Dr Johannes Herrnsdorf, EPSRC Innovation Fellowship
• Dr Michael Strain, RAEng Senior Research Fellowship 

 

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.  

 

Current Students

• Lukasz Dziechciarczyk
• Georgios Arvanitakis
• Lewis Walker
• Emma Le Francois
• Miles Toon
• Alex Blanchard
• Daniel Maclure
• Nils Weissling
• Natale Giovanni Pruiti
• Eleni Margariti
• 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