Team u-Care’s experience at Orkney International Science Festival
The u-Care team head north to Kirkwall for Orkney International Science Festival in September and had a brilliant time talking all things deep UV. First, we set up our stall at the Family Day at Kirkwall Grammar School. Project manager Natalie, postdoctoral...
Postdoctoral Research Visit to Critical Care
Written by u-Care postdoctoral researcher Syam Mohan Through an NHS Lothian observer placement, I was able to spend a half day in the Critical Care Unit of the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, which was a truly enlightening experience. Dr Craven, a critical care consultant,...
u-Care are heading to Orkney International Science Festival!
The u-Care team are heading to Orkney International Science Festival this September! Join us 10am-4pm on Saturday the 9th of September at Kirkwall Grammar School for Family day. You can get involved with our interactive activities including a laser maze, ultraviolet...
Professor Rob Thomson visits Balfron High School
Rob was delighted to return to his old school, Balfron High School, for the first time since leaving nearly 27 years ago. The visit was organised as part of a careers event being held at the school. During the event, Rob talked to groups of school pupils about his...
Inspiring the next generation of scientists
U-Care researcher, Syam Mohan P.C. Mohanan, has been out to a local primary school to inspire and engage children in STEM. Here is what he had to say about his experience: "I visited Prestonfield primary school in Edinburgh for a science outreach activity. Our team...
John Travers awarded the IET A F Harvey Engineering Research Prize
John Travers, professor of physics at Heriot-Watt University and director of the Laboratory of Ultrafast Physics and Optics, has been awarded the Harvey Engineering Research Prize by the IET. This prize of £350,000 is awarded to phenomenal researchers working in the...
Getting Inside a Neurosurgeons Brain.
Sitting down with Dr Paul Brennan of the U-Care project as part of World Health Day, I was ready to pick his brain about his journey to becoming a neurosurgeon. Paul is a Reader and Honorary Consultant Neurosurgeon at the University of Edinburgh and NHS Lothian. He...
Breakthrough advancement in creating a tuneable, bright, and compact source of Deep Ultraviolet Light.
Working as part of the initial phases in the U-Care project, Professor John Travers and Research Associate Dr Christian Brahms have developed a first-of-its-kind compact tuneable high brightness laser that operates using optical soliton dynamics in gas-filled hollow...
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He is especially focused on the generation and use of bright, tuneable, and ultrashort laser pulses in the ultraviolet, both in applied contexts and experiments in fundamental science. During his PhD at Imperial College London, he also worked on X-ray high-harmonic generation, strong-field physics, and ultrafast spectroscopy.
When he is not fiddling with laser beams, he can most often be found climbing various rocks.
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EPSRC
UKRI
u-CARE Universities
Heriot-Watt University
University of Edinburgh
University of Bath
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