12 May 2026

Lee Benson

Lee’s academic background is in mathematics and statistical analysis. He got his PhD in 2021 from the University of Stirling on the mathematical epidemiology of waterborne infectious disease. Following his PhD, he worked as a postdoc on the National Core Study PROTECT programme for the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds, quantifying risks of […]

24 Apr 2026

Mike Towrie

Mike joined the CLF in 1989 and his research has centred on development and scientific application of lasers, detectors and spectroscopic and imaging instrumentation including the Raman Kerr-Gate.

24 Apr 2026

Marta Szynkiewicz

Marta coordinates Ultra Facility operations and manages the Chemistry and Instrumentation Laboratories.

24 Apr 2026

Emily Ross Hicken

Emily works in Ultra as graduate laboratory support, supporting the running of operations and the chemical preparation laboratory.​​​​​

24 Apr 2026

Partha Malakar

Partha obtained his PhD in physical chemistry from the Department of Chemistry of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 2017.

24 Apr 2026

Igor Sazanovich

Igor joined the CLF in 2013 to support the maintenance​ of the Ultra laboratory infrastructure, to provide visiting scientists technical and scientific support

24 Apr 2026

Greg Greetham

Greg joined the CLF at the beginning of the STFC & BBSRC funded Ultra project to develop the scientific application of ultrafast lasers and molecular dynamics spectroscopy techniques

24 Apr 2026

Emma Springate

Emma has led the Artemis group since it opened to users.