COST Action ICPLASTIC (18/09/2024 - 17/09/2028)

UN IAEA CRP D15021 Assessing the Fate and Environmental Impact of Plastics in Soil and Crop Ecosystems Using Isotopic Techniques (2023-2027)

COST Action PRIORITY (19/10/2021 - 18/10/2025)

MONPLAS MSCA-860775 – H2020 ITN Research Project (01/2020-12/2023)

CanDo ICT-610472 – FP7 STReP Research Project (01/2014-08/2017)

POSITIVE ICT-257401 – FP7 STReP Research Project (09/2010-08/2013)

INTOPSENS ICT-223932 - FP7 STReP Research Project (09/2008-08/2011)

SABIO IST-026554 – FP6 STReP Research Project (01/2006-12/2008)

ePIXNET IST-004525 FP6 Network of Excellence (01/09/2004-01/09/2008)

LASERPOM FP6 CRAFT Research Project COOP-CT-2004-513275 (10/2004-10/2006)

ATOMCAD FP5 TMR Network- HPRN-CT-1999-00048 (02/2000-08/2004)

NanoFab FP4 TMR Network- ERBFMRXCT970129 (12/1997-11/2002)

CAD and verification of MM- and Submm-Wave Circuits FP4 TMR Network- ERBFMRXCT960050 (09/1996-08/2000)

Research Fellow, Aston University (2020-)

Marie Curie COFUND Research fellow, Aston University (2018-2020)

Senior Researcher “Universitat de Valencia” (2011-2017)

Researcher “KTH - Kungliga Tekniska högskolan” (2009-2010)

Senior Researcher “Universitat Politecnica de Valencia” (2006-2009)

Postdoctoral Researcher, “Universitat de Barcelona” (2004-2006)

Postdoctoral Researcher, “Sigma Plus” (2002-2004)

Postdoctoral Researcher, “Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona” (2000-2002)

Postdoctoral Researcher, “Universidad de Cantabria” (1999-2000)

Graduate Trainee, Philips Semiconductors (1998-1999)

The development of photonics based analytical technologies for both biosensing and micro and nanoplastic characterisation applications in multiple areas such as healthcare, veterinary, food quality/safety and/or the environment for significant and timely socio-economic impacts. They are principally based on ‘effective’ integration of novel photonic and plasmonic devices and structures within microfluidic systems for near proximity analyte flow and the application of innovative transduction and/or spectral analysis mechanisms, including for multi-modal analysis. This enables increased sensitivity and specificity, as well as high throughput, and in the case of biosensors also real time responses and the use of small sample/reagent volumes for low-cost assays, whilst for the analysis of micro and nanoplastics it also allows their segregation into different ‘pipelines’ of analytical sequences, including through angle resolved polarimetric SERS analysis and intrinsic fluorescence spectroscopy. The incorporation of machine learning within both application areas leads to greater throughput, accuracy and reproducibility still, whilst for the devices and structures of particular interest are those based on the use of porous membranes as substrates or templates, metal nanoparticle assemblies and quantum dot/metal nanoparticles polymer-based composites. 

CPhys, MInstP, IEEE, SPIE

Fast and specific detection of micro and nanoplastic by flowthrough plasmonic sensing - Aisha Bibi (09/20 -10/24), maximum qualification (4/11/24)

Portable and low cost photoluminesent (PL) micro- and nanoplastics detection - SYed Atif Iqrar (5/21- 4/25?)

Development of a polarimetric based optical biosensor using a freestanding porous membrane biosensing – Jesus Alvaréz Alavaréz (09/10 – 7/13), maximum qualification (17/09/13).

£2000 EPSRC IAA Impact Primer Award for doctoral candidate secondment to QUB

£10000 EPSRC Research impact acceleration fund to continue Raman software and interface development.

2,464€ Erasmus+ funding for doctoral candidate secondment to IPHT and QUB

£100,343 AIPT capital funding for an angle resolved polarimetric Raman micro spectrometer

£9500 Research England priming fund for doctoral candidate secondment to QUB

3.9M€ H2020 MSCA ITN project MONPLAS, 2020-2023 – Awarded/Management of whole project and legal principle researcher or PR (Aston)

4.0M€ FP7 ICT project CanDo, 2014-2017 – Awarded/Management of whole project and legal principle researcher or PR (UV)
Q-Nanotics (Spanish Ministry of Education) project, 2012-2015 – Proposal contribution, awarded/legal PR - head of group (UV)
2.9M€ FP7 ICT project POSITIVE, 2010-2014 – Awarded/Management of whole project and legal PR (UV)
10K€ VINNOVA award, 2010 – Awarded grant, legal PR - head of group (KTH)
2.6M€ FP7 ICT project INTOPSENS – Awarded/Management of whole project, legal PR - head of group (KTH)
SINADEC (Spanish Ministry of Education) project, 2009-2011 - Proposal contribution, awarded/PR - head of group/PR (UPV)
2.4M€ FP6 IST project SABIO – Management of whole project
6.0M€ FP6 IST NoE ePIXnet JRA Sensors – Partner manager
NANOPOLAR (Spanish Ministry of Education) project, 2006-2009 – Proposal contribution, awarded/PR - head of group/PR (UB)

2022 –  Graduate course: Interdisciplinary research, results and grant writing module (Aston University)

2020-2022 EE3OEL and AP4OEL Optoelectronics Module leader (Aston University)

2015, 2016 – Supervision of Physics for Biologists laboratory (University of Valencia)

2008-2009 - ‘GCSE’ and ‘A’ Level tutoring at British Private School

1998 - Support role in preparing and running Masters laboratory on materials selection

1997 - Support role in preparing and running Masters laboratory on materials selection

1996 - Support role in preparing and running Masters Workshop on crystallography

1995-1996 - Support role in preparing and running Masters laboratory on microscopy

1995 - Support role in preparing and running a computation analysis workshop

1994 - Support role in preparing and running various 1^st year physics laboratories

1993 - Support role in preparing and running various 1^st year physics laboratories

FEHA

Postgraduate Certificate Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (Distinction) – Aston University in 2019

Assistant professor/lecturer accreditation

Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency (AQU) – Since 2018

Spanish National Agency for Evaluation of Quality & Accreditation (ANECA) – Since 2016

Project Reviewer

Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020 (EIC Pathfinder, MSCA IF 2020, NMBP 2020, MSCA IF 2017, MSCA FETOpen 2017, MSCA FETOpen 2015, MSCA FETOpen 2014).

Nanoscience projects in the “Blanc programme” of the French National Research Agency (ANR).

EPSRC International Travel Grant

 PhD Thesis Examined

Nanophotonic biosensor based on surface Plasmon interference – Peter Debackere, 15/12/09

Editorial/Conference Program Committee Membership

• Sub editor for Journal of Hazardous Materials:Plastics
• Editorial board member of the International Journal of Foods and Biosystems Engineering
• International Program Committee member of Allsensors 2016-Present
• International Program Committee member of Photoptics 2015-2019
• International Program Committee member for International Conference on Sensors Engineering and Electronics Instrumental Advances (SEIA) 2015-present
• Scientific Committee of International Conference on Food and Biosystems Engineering 2015, 2017
• International program committee member of Eurosensors

Session chair

• World Congress of Biosensors 2023 (1), Photonics West 2016 (1), Photoptics 2015 (1), Biodetection and Biosensors 2015 (1), ICNM 2015 (1) and ICNM 2014 (2).

Journal Articles Reviewed

Biosensors, Chemical Society Reviews. Soft Matter, Journal of Materials Chemistry, Lab on a Chip, New J. Chemistry, J. Lightwave Technology, Optics Express, Optics Letters, Sensors, Open Optics, physica status solidi (a), IEEE Photonics Journal.

Member of Aston University Academic Assembly 2024-present

Member of the Aston University Senate (EPS non professorial representative 2022-2024; AA representative 2024-present)

PI representative of AIPT management group 2022-present

Committee member of Agile Workspaces Working Group at Aston University 2021-2022

Committee member of EPS Induction Working Group at Aston University 2021

Chair of Aston University AIPT Sensing Interest Group 2019-present

Committee member of Early Career Researcher (ECR) Committee at Aston University 2019-present

ECR representative for HR Excellence in Research Award Oversight Committee at Aston University 2019-2022

European Silicon Photonics Cluster Committee member

Expert in Nanofutures key node group of Design, Modelling and Testing of Materials

Student Representative of Liverpool University Engineering and Physical Sciences Graduate School Committee (1995-1998)

Secretary of Department of Materials Science and Engineering (University of Liverpool) Staff-Student Liaison Committee (1995-1998)

Faculty (Science and Engineering) representative for University Guild Council for University of Liverpool (1995-1998)

Prof. P. Bienstman, Ghent University/IMEC

Prof. L. Pavesi and Dr P. Bettotti, Trento University 

Prof. G. Hardiman and Dr C. Cao, QUB

Prof A. Russom, KTH

Prof J. Popp and C. Krafft, IPHT/Jena University

Prof. H. Ottevaere, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Dr. M-F. Dignac, Sorbonne University

Prof. S. Krause and E. Valsami-Jones, University of Birmingham

Dr. S. Cattaneo and H. Knapp, CSEM

Prof. J. Vollertsen, Aalborg University

Prof. W. Peijnenburg, Leiden University

Prof. T. Galloway and F. Vollmer, Exeter University

Dr. S. Wright, Imperial College London

Prof. A. Zyatts, King College London

Dr T. Krahn, Bayer Worldwide Healthcare

Dr. H. Becker, Microfluidic Chipshop

Dr. M-P. Denieul, Veolia

Dr. D. Reece, Renishaw

Dr. S. Luettjohann, Bruker

Dr. R.Wills, Agilent

Dr. J. Brand, Zeiss

Dr. D. Price, PerkinElmer

Dr. S. Fitzgerald, Horiba

Dr. S. Keuning, BioclearEarth

Dr. C. Hill, Brave Analytics

Dr. Maximilian Lackner, CIRCE Biotechnologies

Dr. S. McGurk, Oxford Instruments – WITEC

Dr. G. Bordos, Eurofins

Dr. Heidi Goenaga-Infante LGC Ltd

Dr. M. Unger, Photothermal Spectroscopy

Dr. A Venkateshaiah, EdenMicrofluidics

Dr. F. Huynh, Polymateria

Dr. M. Rozehnal, Lightigo

Dr. K. Klabjan, ClearOne

Dr. J. L. Guzman Malvar, Labaqua

Dr. N. Benismail, Nestlé

Dr. L. Reece, Heinz

Dr. K. Maher, Severn Trent Water

Room: NW617
Phone: 0121 204 5494
Email: [email protected]

Interested in applying for a European Postdoctoral Fellowship to carry out your research activities abroad, acquire new skills and develop your career at one of the UK’s largest photonics research centres, including secondments at strategic partners, followed by a 6-month placement at one of Europe’s leading industrial companies?

If so, and you have a promising CV, Dr Daniel Hill (PI of H2020 MONPLAS, FP7 CanDo, FP7 Positive and others) and Dr Kaiming Zhou (PI of Innovate UK project and MSCA Postdoctoral fellow host) of the Aston Institute of Photonics Technologies (AIPT) at UK’s Aston University are looking to support you in developing your application to the following call (opening on 23/4/24, closing on 11/9/24) to work on a project related to optical (hollow) fibre biosensing combined with Raman spectroscopy through machine learning for biomedical applications:

https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-postdoctoral-fellowships-2024

Among its numerous accolades, Aston University won The Times Higher Education Awards: Outstanding Entrepreneurial University" in 2020 and the Guardian’s University of the Year in 2021. AIPT is one of the largest photonics research centres in the UK, with 100+ staff and current grant funding amounting to €32M+, of which the majority comes from EU projects. AIPT’s success has been built on significant achievements in high-speed optical transmission, signal processing, wide-band amplification, nonlinear photonics, fibre grating technology, fibre lasers, bio- and medical photonics, and in various fibre optic sensing applications. AIPT has an impressive portfolio of project funding, industrial and international collaborations, five spin-out companies, highly cited research papers and 60 patents, all demonstrating excellence in the field. AIPT maintains active and fertile collaborations with industrial companies and academic institutions throughout the world through accumulating valuable experience in supervising and administrating diverse research projects, fostering new research and industrial collaborations.