Contact Lynn about postdoc positions, PhD scholarships and summer internship opportunities in the group. Our group is interdisciplinary, but most members have an undergraduate background in physics/photonics.

PhD Scholarships

PhD opportunities in Biophotonics may be available through the James Watt & DTP Scholarships for October start. The James Watt scholarships and DTPs provide full fees and stipend for 3.5 years. Contact Lynn directly, asap, but preferably by January,  to find out more about the projects and application process. 

Some examples of potential PhD projects:

PhD project 1: The integration of optical functions within microfluidic devices provides a new freedom for manipulating and studying biological samples at the micro scale. This project will develop such microfluidic devices with integrated optical components, with applications from biomedical to environmental science.

PhD project 2: Single cell manipulation applications of optical fibres:  By developing  fibre-tip components we aim to manipulate cells and aid imaging and spectroscopic analysis of biological process on the scale of a single cell.

PhD project 3: Single cell force spectroscopy using optical tweezers to measure cellular adhesion forces.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

There is currently no postdoc position available.

Summer internships

We typically have an opening for a summer internship each year. If you are a penultimate year undergraduate student or a graduating student, at any university, who would like to contribute to our research and gain some work experience, please contact Lynn in Jan/Feb to find out about vacation studentship opportunities. Previously, summer students have been financially supported by British Society of Cell Biology, Rank Prize Funds Trust, and Carnegie Trust.