Staff Lead researchers Professor Mark Spearing Vice-President (Research & Enterprise) Connect with Mark Email: S.M.Spearing@soton.ac.uk Other researchers Professor Phillip Warwick Associate Dean-Enterprise Connect with Phillip Email: pew2@soton.ac.uk Dr Mark Light Associate Professor Research interests Single crystal X-ray diffraction Powder and materials X-ray diffraction Total scattering and pair distribution function analysis Connect with Mark Email: M.E.Light@soton.ac.uk Professor Blair Thornton Professor of Marine Autonomy Research interests seafloor 3D visual reconstruction: development of deep-sea imaging hardware and processing pi… automated interpretation of data: development of AI methods for rapid scalable interpretation… robotics: development of low-cost, long endurance seafloor imaging floats and highly intellig… Connect with Blair Email: B.Thornton@soton.ac.uk Professor Hendrik Ulbricht Professor of Physics Research interests Hendrik's main research interests concern experimental tests of fundamental theories of Natur… The Ulbricht group performs quantum experimental research on the preparation and analysis of … Connect with Hendrik Email: H.Ulbricht@soton.ac.uk Dr Ioannis Zeimpekis Associate Professor Connect with Ioannis Email: izk@soton.ac.uk Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups Nanophotonics Group We perform fundamental optical physics and materials research. This is critical for the discovery and development of new and improved optoelectronic technologies. Geochemistry We use advanced facilities to perform the precise and accurate analysis of the chemical and isotopic composition of Earth materials. Quantum, Light and Matter Group Our research group examines the connections between physics, chemistry and engineering. Characterisation and Analytics Combing specialists from mass spectrometry, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction to create a world-class problem solving team. Research outputs Nikolaos Aspiotis, Katrina Morgan, Benjamin März, Knut Müller-Caspary, Martin Ebert, Edwin Weatherby, Mark Light, Kevin Chung-Che Huang, Daniel W. Hewak, Sayani Majumdar & Ioannis Zeimpekis, 2023, npj 2D Mater Appl, 7 DOI: Type: article