WIPFAB, University of Southampton

WIPFAB

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Prof James S Wilkinson 
Principal Investigator

James S Wilkinson

 

James S Wilkinson leads this European Research Council Grant on “Wideband Integrated Photonics for Accessible Biomedical Diagnostics” and is responsible for overall scientific direction and project management.

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Dr Senthil M Ganapathy
Principal Research Fellow

 

Senthil leads the mid-infrared (MIR) materials discovery and MIR device characterisation. He established and manages the MIR waveguide characterisation facility.

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Dr David J Rowe 
Research Fellow

 

Dave works on translating novel photonics into lab-on-a-chip devices for biomedical applications. He is particularly interested in mid-infrared spectroscopies and point-of-care diagnostics. 

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Dr Alina Karabchevsky 
Research Fellow

 

Alina explores theoretically and establishes experimentally a surface enhanced absorption due to the near- and mid-infrared light interaction with novel materials and nanostructures on integrated-on-chip devices for point of care applications.

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Mr Jonathan Butement 
PhD Student

 

Integrated microflow cytometer immunoassays

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Mr Zilong Wang 
PhD Student

 

Zilong is developing Surface Enhanced Raman Spectrocopy (SERS) chips for Point-of-care (PoC) diagnostics. He is under supervision of Prof James S Wilkinson and Prof Philip N Bartlett.

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Ms Vinita Mittal
PhD Student

 

Vinita's research is focussed on the fabrication of integrated photonic devices using novel materials for the mid infrared region, for biomedical diagnostic applications.

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