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Senior Lecturer
School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dr Philip Hands is a Senior Lecturer at the Institute for Integrated Micro and Nano Systems, within the School of Engineering, at the University of Edinburgh, UK. He has a PhD (2003) in Physics, from Durham University, UK, and subsequent postdoctoral experiences at the Universities of Durham and Cambridge. In 2012 he was awarded a prestigious Chancellor's Fellowship from the University of Edinburgh, where he has since continued his research and academic career. In addition to leading his research group, Philip is the Deputy Degree Programme Manager for Electronics and Electrical Engineering. He is also the Edinburgh lead for the Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Applied Photonics, and the Deputy Edinburgh Director for the CDT in Intelligent Sensing and Measurement..
Philip's research interests are in the electronic and photonic applications of soft nano-materials, especially liquid crystals (LCs). His primary research area is the development of LC lasers, and their applications in biomedical imaging and holographic displays. He was runner-up for the ERA Foundation Entrepreneurship Award from the Royal Academy of Engineering (2012) for his co-invention of printed laser technology, and subsequently co-founded the company Ilumink, developing unique optical signatures for anti-counterfeiting. Philip recently won the University of Edinburgh's Principal's Innovation Award (2020) for further technology advances, including diode-pumped LC lasers, and is currently seeking collaborators to develop commercial opportunities of this low-cost and tuneable micro-laser technology.
Philip also has expertise in adaptive-focus LC lenses, and their applications in adaptive optics, optical tweezing, and 3D displays. Prior to his work in LCs, he worked with piezoresistive polymer nanocomposite materials, and still maintains a research activity in flexible electronics and sensors. Recently he developed a new fabrication method for the scalable manufacture of wireless and wearable flexible pressure sensors, and is exploring their use in clinical and sports applications.
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Wednesday, May 11, 2022
3:30 PM – 3:50 PM