Our people

Learn about our academic experts, from their research interests to their contact details.

Dr Alberto Politi

Associate Professor

Connect with Alberto

Email: A.Politi@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 3956

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Professor Antonios Kanaras MSc, PhD, FRSC, FRSB, FInstP, FHEA

Professor

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Email: A.Kanaras@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 2466

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Dr Bruce (Jun-Yu) Ou

Lecturer in Experimental Physics

Research interests

Nano-optomechanics
Metalens for imaging and metrology
AI for nanoimaging

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Bruce (Jun-Yu)

Email: Bruce.Ou@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 3145

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Mr Christopher Timberlake

Research Fellow in Quantum Nanophysics

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Email: C.J.Timberlake@soton.ac.uk

Professor David Smith MA, DPhil

Professor

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Email: D.C.Smith@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 5823

Dr Dmitrii Dovzhenko

Research Fellow

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Email: D.Dovzhenko@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 2766

Dr Elinor Twyeffort

Senior Teaching Fellow

Research interests

quantum information and technology;
theory of quantum electromechanics;
coupled cavity networks;

Connect with Elinor

Email: E.K.Twyeffort@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 3812

Miss Erika Cortese

Senior Research Assistant

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Email: E.Cortese@soton.ac.uk

Professor Hendrik Ulbricht

Professor of Physics

Research interests

Hendrik's main research interests concern experimental tests of fundamental theories of Nature by table-top experiments but also in space. Some tests are concerned with the large mass limit of the quantum superposition principle, which forms the basis of quantum mechanics. Other experiments are concerned with testing the interplay between quantum mechanics and gravitation in the low energy limit.
The Ulbricht group performs quantum experimental research on the preparation and analysis of massive systems in non-classical states by various techniques. They pioneer so-called levitated opto- and magneto-mechanics experiments, where light and magnetic fields are used to both trap and control nano- and micro-particles in vacuum. Please see the Ulbricht group webpages for more details.

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Hendrik

Email: H.Ulbricht@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 2073

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Dr Idris Ajia

Research Fellow

Connect with Idris

Email: Idris.Ajia@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 9542

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