Research team
Role & responsibilities
Prof. Oleg Kolosov
(Physics, LU)
Prof. Oleg Kolosov holds a Chair in Nanoscience at LU Physics Department focussing on nanoscale measurements of physical properties of semiconductors, low-dimensional materials, and soft matter. He served as a Director of Innovation at Silicon Valley Symyx Technologies and was a scientific advisor for Lancaster spin-off Anasys Instruments–a world leader of spectrochemical SPM, now part of Bruker. He was a PI on multiple EPSRC and EU research grants and currently leads a Graphene Flagship and UKRI Faraday Institution projects. He is a recipient of Materials for World Class Manufacturing Award, STA and JSPS Senior Fellowships (Japan), and three Royal Society Paul Instrument Fund Awards. He was the founding Director of LU Material Science Institute, and of Lancaster spin-off Materials Analysis and is a deputy chair of the SPM section of Royal Microscopical Society.
Principal investigator (PI), project lead, lead HiWiN user contact in areas – Mid-IR, 2D and advanced materials, mechanical, electrical, thermal and thermoelectric properties studies.
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Email: o.kolosov@lanactser.ac.uk
Dr. Rajasekhar Medapalli
(Physics, LU)
Dr. Rajasekhar Medapalli is currently working as a Research Fellow at the department of physics, Lancaster University. His research mainly focuses on ultrafast spectroscopy and all-optical control of (magnetic-) materials at nanometre length scale. He worked as a faculty at NIT-Andhra Pradesh, India (2019-2021) and postdoctoral researcher at Center for Memory and Recording Research, University of California San Diego, USA (2014-2019). Dr. Medapalli obtained his PhD from Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, The Netherlands. He is also a member of scientific advisory team for Navariti Innovation – an IoT based products and solutions company.
Project Research Fellow (RF), HiWiN implementation and coordination of user experiments, lead HiWiN user contact in areas – optical/terahertz spectroscopy, terahertz devices, all-optical switching, and magnetic materials.
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Email: r.medapalli@lancaster.ac.uk
Dr. Rostislav Mikhaylovskiy
(Physics, LU)
Dr. Rostislav Mikhaylovskiy leads the ultrafast spectroscopy team at the department of physics, Lancaster University. His research interests straddle the line between magnetism and photonics and cover investigation of the mechanisms allowing ultrafast (one trillionth of a seconds and faster) coupling between light and magnetically ordered media. Particularly, He aims to reach a regime of optical writing of information in magnets with minimally possible dissipation of energy.
Co-investigator (CI), lead HiWiN user contact in areas – Terahertz, ultrafast spintronics, magnonics, and metamaterials.
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Dr. Samuel Jarvis
(Physics, LU)
Dr. Samuel Jarvis leads the Atomic Imaging and Single Atom Chemistry group at Lancaster and directs activity in the Nanoscale Materials Microscopy ‘pod’ in the ultra-low-noise Lancaster IsoLab. His research focuses on applying atomic scale imaging techniques to address major challenges in atomically precise functional 2D and 3D molecular materials. This research spans UHV molecular self-assembly, on-surface chemistry, single atom catalysts, organic thermoelectric and energy materials, 2D material heterostructures, antifouling and antimicrobial surfaces, and ultra-high resolution SPM imaging.
Co-investigator (CI), lead HiWiN user contact in areas – surface science, molecular electronics, and self-assembly.
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Prof. Nigel J. Fullwood
(Biomedical and Life Sciences, LU)
Dr. Nigel J. Fullwood is a biophysicist using advanced imaging techniques including SPM, XRD, Raman and FT-IR imaging, confocal and cryo-microscopy. On former EPSRC project, he developed a highly successful photothermal imaging/spectroscopy of biomaterials. He has over 100 publications with an h-index of 40 and has authored Nature Protocols guides on IR and Raman spectroscopy.
Co-investigator (CI), lead HiWiN user contact in areas – biological and biomedical studies, stem cells, cornea and collagen tissues, and in-vitro biological models.
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HiWiN research leads
Prof. Peter Weightman, (THz and MIR of cancer cells), Physics, University of Liverpool, UK
Dr. Michele Siggel-King, (SNOM of biological materials), Physics, University of Liverpool, UK
Prof. Thierry Taliercio, (MIR plasmonics and spectroscopy), Université of Montpellier, France
Prof. Dr Britta Redlich, (Infrared and THz Spectroscopy), FELIX, The Netherlands
Dr. Samuel Jarvis, (Catalysts and surface chemistry), Physics, Lancaster University, UK
Dr. Rostislav Mikhaylovskiy, (THz and quantum devices), Physics, Lancaster University, UK
Dr. Nigel J. Fullwood, (mid-IR/THz study of cells) Biomedical & Life Sci, Lancaster University, UK
Prof. Oleg Kolosov, (2D materials and heterostructures), Physics, University of Liverpool, UK
Dr. David Allsop, (Amyloid nanomedicines), Biomedical & Life Sciences, Lancaster University, UK
Dr. Akram Alomainy, (THz Antennas), Queen Mary University of London, UK
Prof. Andrew M. Beale, (Single particle catalysis) University College London, UK
Dr. Jessica L. Boland, (Functional Materials), The University of Manchester, UK
Dr. Gregory Chass, (Cements, CO2 mineralisation), Chemistry, Queen Marry University of London, UK
Dr. Riccardo Degl’Innocenti, (plasmonics, 2D- metamaterials), Engineering, Lancaster University, UK
Dr. Robert Donnan, (Terahertz Engineering), Engineering, Queen Marry University of London, UK
Dr. Roy Goodacre, (Bacteria and their rolls), Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, UK
Prof. Johnjoe McFadden, (THz – Living Cells), Health & Medical Sci, University of Surrey, UK
Prof. Ben Murdin, (Si and Ge qubits), Physics, University of Surrey, UK
Dr. Mira Naftaly, (THz metrology and spectroscopy), National Physics Lab, UK
Prof. Amalia Patane, (2D functional materials), University of Nottingham, UK
Prof. Marco Peccianti, (THz photonic materials), University of Surrey, UK
Prof. YaoChun Shen, (THz imaging), Electrical Engineering and Electronics, University of Liverpool. UK
Prof. Lidija Siller, (CO2 capture), Engineering, Newcastle University, UK
Prof. Neil Telling, (Biominerals, magnetism), Bioengineering, Keele University, UK
Dr. Ryan Wang, (Heterogeneous catalysis), Chemical Engineering, University College London, UK
Dr. Bin Yang, (Terahertz devices), Engineering, University of Chester, UK
Prof. Rob Young, (2D quantum optics and quantum security) Physics, Lancaster University, UK
Prof. Nikolay Zheludev, (Metamaterials), Physics, University of Southampton, UK
Prof. Yang Hao, (Antennas and Electromagnetics), Engineering, Queen Marry University of London, UK
Dr. Sergio Ioppolo, (Surface catalysis), Electronic Engineering, Queen Marry University of London, UK
Dr. Olga Kazakova, (IR, electrical and thermal transport of 2D materials), National Physics Lab, UK
Dr. Hungyen Lin, (2-D Materials), Electronic Engineering, Lancaster University, UK
Prof. Martin R. S. McCoustra, (Nanoparticle catalysis), Heriot‐Watt University, UK
Dr. Jemma Kerns, (Raman & IR techniques), Lancaster University, UK