Associate Professor with experience of leading industrial and research council/government funded research projects at national and international level. Graduated 26 PhD students. H-index 30. Over 200 publications in journals and refereed conferences. Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).
Research Interests include: Graphene and polymer functional polymer materials for sensors and devices.
Optical and Photonic Instrumentation: Optical fibre technology and photonic materials for sensors and devices, ranging from functional chemically sensitive optical coatings, to laser inscribed photonic and conducting structures in transparent materials that affect their optical and electronic properties.
Optical Materials: Advanced functional materials, and their optical, materials and chemical properties for structures and devices. Nano-electronics, materials characterisation and analytical methods.
Medical technologies: Sensor instrumentation and measurement for healthcare. Strongly multidisciplinary and include photonic guided wave tomography for health care technology for monitoring older people at risk of falling, rehabilitation, gait and mobility analysis using pattern recognition and signal analysis.
Manufacturing & Process analytics: Industrial/manufacturing processes using laser and photonic technologies for sensors and devices. Key enabling technologies, including laser, additive and subtractive manufacturing.
Environmental Monitoring & Sustainable Engineering: Sensing of environmental parameters, pH, moisture, turbidity, chemicals in soil, water for agricultural and marine applications. Recycling of polymers and plastics, microplastics separation.