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John WeaverJohn Weaver studied physics at Oxford University, graduating in 1982. His PhD (Oxford University Department of Materials, graduated 1986) was in the area of scanning acoustic microscopy, with a particular emphasis on instrument development. After building a Scanning Tunneling Microscope in the Materials Department he spent 2 years at IBM Thomas J Watson Research Center, where he worked on potentiometric AFM (subsequently known as Kelvin Probe microscopy) and the scanning tunnelling thermocouple, for which he constructed the first functional instrument and developed techniques to suppress the only interesting contrast mechanism. Moving to Glasgow University in 1990, he initiated an effort in, and continues to work on the development of electron - beam lithography for the functionalisation of AFM probes. He also works on the definition of structures with critical dimensions smaller than the normal resolution limit for electron - beam lithography such as very narrow wires and lithographically defined tunneling gaps for molecular electronics. He was made Professor of Applied Nanofabrication in 2001. He likes opamps and lasers. |
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Phil DobsonPhil Dobson studied Chemistry at the University of Warwick, receiving his BSc in 1997. His PhD, also from Warwick, involved studying calcium carbonate crystalisation at the microscopic level. In 2001 he moved to Glasgow University to work on a collaborative project developing combined Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy – Atomic Force Microscopy (SECM-AFM) Probes. This was followed by work developing Scanning Thermal Microscopy (SThM) probes.In 2005 he successfully applied for a position as a Research Council UK (RCUK) Academic Research Fellow in the Faculty of Engineering. His current research interests include Carbon Nanotubes, Micro-thermodynamics and Micro-mechanics as well as continuing work in the field of AFM. |
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Dave Burt |
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Yuan Zhang |
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Kamil RudnickiKamil Rudnicki received a M.Sc. in Integrated Circuits and Systems Design from Technical University of Lodz (Poland) in 2008. He spent one semester at Universitat PolitËcnica de Catalunya in Barcelona as an Erasmus student. During the final year he took active part in a European project PERPLEXUS. This colaboration resulted in submition of his thesis on functional verification of VHDL models. After graduation he accomplished an IAESTE internship at the University of Glasgow, after which he joined the group to do his Ph.D. degree in the field of magnetic AFM. |
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Kevin Docherty |
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W. Murray Whyte |
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Lesley Donaldson |