Centre for Applied PhotonicsOur key people include:
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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 Vasili Savitski, Senior Researcher
- Dr Peter Schlosser. Senior Researcher
- Dr Adam Selyem, Senior Researcher
- Dr Roman Spesyvtsev, Senior Researcher
Research, Development and Engineering staff
- Dr Salman Ahmed, Researcher
- Dr Sia Andersson, Researcher
- Dr Natalie Bruce, Researcher
- Dr Haochang Chen, Researcher
- Rory Pringle, Mechanical Design Engineer
- Dr Rachel Elvin, Researcher
- Dr Emma Le Francois, Researcher
- Craig Hunter, Researcher
- Dr Imogen Morland, Researcher
- Dr Amy McWilliam, Researcher
- Dr Mateusz Mrozowski, Researcher
- Dr Daniel MacLure, Researcher
- Dr Carolyn O'Dwyer, 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
- Loïs Legendre, Project Manager (renewable energy)
- Fraser Anderson, Researcher, (renewable energy)
- Dr Rachel Steeg, Head of EBiSC (lifescience)
- Ben Robinson, EBiSC Administrative Assistant,
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
- Anjana Garesh
- Charli Hamilton
- Ann-Kathrin Holzmann
- Aisha Kanwal
- Ellis Kelly
- Mustafa Anwer Al Khafaji
- Eleni Margariti
- Sarah McCarthy
- Martin Monaghan
- Marek Michalowski
- Dafydd Owen Newns
- Natale Giovanni Pruiti
- Sean Quinn
- Ruaridh Smith
- Miles Toon
- Nils Wessling
- Paul White
- Zhongyi Xia
- Hichim Zimi
Summer students and interns
- Craig Millar
- Isabel Scott
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
- Craig Millar
- Richard Aguiar