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 Business Unit, Lasers and Laser Systems
- Dr Henry Bookey, Head of Business Unit, Lasers and Laser Systems
- Dr Loyd McKnight Head of Business Unit, 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 Ali Anwar Macheri Abdullah, 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 Yingjie Shao, Researcher
- Dr Hend Sroor, 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
- Dr Jonathan McKendry, Research Fellow
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
- • Alex Blanchard
- • Natalie Bruce
- • Ross Cassells
- • Steve Cohen
- • Tom Dickinson
- • Harry Hall
- • Jordan Hill
- • George Ivens
- • James Jackson
- • Eilidh Johnston
- • Paulius Jonusas
- • Ellis Kelly
- • Mustafa Anwer Al Khafaji
- • Daniel Maclure
- • Eleni Margariti
- • Marek Michalowski
- • Dafydd Owen Newns
- • Natale Giovanni Pruiti
- • Ruaridh Smith
- • Nicholas Smith
- • Miles Toon
- • Nils Weissling
- • Paul White
- • Zhongyi Xia
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
- • Georgios Arvanitakis
- • Lukasz Dziechciarczyk
- • Francesca Farrell
- • Craig Hunter
- • Emma Le Francois
- • Jack Thomas
- • Lewis Walker
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