Organisation, our people

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Research management team

• Prof Martin Dawson FRS, 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 Gerald Bonner, Principal Researcher
• Dr Adam Polak, Principal Researcher
• Dr Matthew Warden. Principal Researcher

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

 

• Dr Ali Anwar Macheri Abdullah, Senior Researcher
• Dr Zhuo Deng, Chuck,  Senior Researcher
• Dr James Feehan, Senior Researcher
• Dr Jan-Simon Hennig, Senior Researcher
• Dr Brynmor Jones. Senior Researcher
• Dr Alexander Lagatsky, Senior Researcher
• Dr John MacArthur, CPhys, Senior Researcher
• Dr Anthony Ojo, Senior Researcher
• Dr Vasili Savitski, Senior Researcher
• Dr Peter Schlosser. Senior Researcher
• Dr Adam Selyem, Senior Researcher
• Dr Roman Spesyvtsev, Senior Researcher

 

Research, Development and Engineering staff

• Sia Andersson, Researcher
• Natalie Bruce, Researcher
• Dr Haochang Chen, Researcher
• Rory Pringle, Mechanical Design Engineer
• Dr Rachel Elvin, Researcher
• Dr Emma Le Francois, Researcher
• Craig Hunter, Researcher
• Mateusz Mrozowski, Researcher
• Daniel McLure, Researcher
• Dr Yingjie Shao, Researcher
• Dr Nicholas Smith, Researcher
• Dr Jagadeeshwar Tabjula, Researcher
• Dr Jack Thomas, Researcher
• Dr Charikleia Troullinou, Researcher
• Dr Dong Xiao, Researcher

 

Administration and support team

• Dr David Armstrong, Business Development Manager
• Paul McCartney, Business Development Manager
• Ewan Mulhern, IT Systems Manager
• John Gillespie, IT Suport Technician
• Sarah Watters, Finance and Admin Manager
• Angela Ward, Administrator
• Kate Morton, Administrative Assitant

Fraunhofer UK Staff

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

 

University of Strathclyde staff with significant Fraunhofer relations 

• Prof Alan Kemp, RAEng/Fraunhofer Chair in Advanced Lasers
• Prof Michael Strain, RAEng Senior Research Fellowship 
• Dr Lucia Caspani, Fraunhofer Fellow in Quantum Technologies
• Dr Johannes Herrnsdorf, EPSRC Innovation 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

• Adnan
• Richard Aguiar
• Alex Blanchard
• Elise Burns
• Ross Cassells
• Steve Cohen
• Tom Dickinson
• Kamalpreet Gill
• Harry Hall
• Jordan Hill
• George Ivens
• James Jackson
• Charli Hamilton
• Ellis Kelly
• Mustafa Anwer Al Khafaji
• Eleni Margariti
• Sarah McCarthy
• Martin Monaghan
• Marek Michalowski
• Dafydd Owen Newns
• Natale Giovanni Pruiti 
• Ruaridh Smith
• Miles Toon
• Nils Wessling
• Paul White
• Zhongyi Xia
• Hichim Zimi

Summer students and interns

• Craig Millar
• Richard Aguiar

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
• Eilidh Johnston
• Natalie Bruce

 

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