Organic - Inorganic - Biological

Nanoscale photophysics

About me

I am an experimental physicist studying light-matter interactions. Specifically, I try to understand how energy in the form of heat, electrons, ions, etc, flows and interacts to rationally understand and design new materials to meet the world’s demand for clean and sustainable energy.
 

Currently, I am based at the École Normale Supérieure (Kastler-Brost Lab) in Paris working on imaging in complex and scattering environments as a (long-term visiting) postdoctoral fellow.

In my spare time I enjoy traveling, playing sport (running, cycling and skiing), good food, playing the clarinet and piano, educational/social outreach and relaxing with friends.







Research highlights

Ultrafast microscopy

My PhD focused on developing and applying pump-probe microscopy to directly visualise quasi-particle dynamics on the relevant ultrafast timescales and ultrasmall lengthscales in a range of materials

Neuronal Voltage Sensing

A current focus is the development of new techniques for quantitative sensing of membrane depolarisation in live cells to better understand cellular communication

RECENT
PUBLICATIONS

My research has included uncovering a new mechanism for long-range energy transport in a range of organic semiconductors at room temperature; optical techniques for steering chemical reactions crucial for the working of photovoltaic cells; and the fundamental role played by molecular vibrations in controlling energy transfer at material interfaces.