Organisation, our people

Our key people include:

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Senior Research staff

• 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, Head of Dept. Lasers and Laser Systems
• Dr David Stothard, Deputy Head of Department, Lasers and Laser Systems 
• Dr Henry Bookey, Theme Leader, (Energy and Guided Wave Optics)
  
• Dr Alex Lagatsky, Senior Researcher
• Dr Loyd McKnight Theme Leader (Quantum Technology)
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• 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
• Barry Ferns, Senior Electronics Design Engineer
• Ben Fowler, Mechanical Design Engineer
• Dr Jun Guan, Researcher
• Dr Anne-Marie Haughey, CPhys, Researcher
• Craig Hunter, Researcher
• Dr Brynmor Jones. Researcher
• John Leck,CEng, Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
• Dr Adam Polak, Researcher
• Dr Ludwig Prade, Researcher
• Dr Massimiliano Proietti, Researcher
• Dr John MacArthur, Researcher
• Dr Peter Schlosser. Researcher
• Dr Adam Selyem, Researcher
• Dr Vasili Savitski, Researcher
• Dr Mark Scullion. 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
   

Administration and support team

• Dr David Armstrong, Business Development Manager
• Paul McCartney, Business Development Manager
• Lisa Flanagan, Centre Administrator
• Ewan Mulhern, IT Systems Manager
• Lisa Shields, Administrative Assistant

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