Research
Research grants
TaIlored Pulse excitation for TailOred Plasma chemistries
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
October 2019 - September 2022
MicroPlas: Understanding Cold Plasma control Biofilms
ROYAL SOCIETY (CHARITABLE)
September 2018 - March 2022
EPSRC Capital Award emphasising support for ECRS
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
October 2018 - March 2020
Training of a new generation of researchers in Innovative Electrochemical OXidation processes for the removal and analysis of micro-pollutants in water streams (InnovEOX)
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
October 2019 - September 2023
REALiTY: REmoving Allergens with pLasma TechnologY
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
April 2018 - September 2020
PlasmaHeal: Cold plasma to control biofilms in wound dressings and at the Wound/dressing interface
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON (UK)
July 2019 - December 2019
Establishing a Centre for Plasma Microbiology
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
April 2016 - March 2022
Reducing waste and improving quality in the food supply chain using cold plasma technology as a last decontamination hurdle on the food production line.
INNOVATE UK (UK)
August 2015 - July 2018
Nanosecond pulsed plasmas: A novel route for thin film deposition at atmospheric pressure
ROYAL SOCIETY (CHARITABLE)
April 2011 - March 2012
Small items of Research Equipment at the University of Liverpool
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
November 2012 - March 2013
63rd Gaseous Electronics Conference.
ROYAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING (UK)
October 2010
Impact Acceleration Account - University of Liverpool 2012
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
October 2012 - March 2017
Plasma mediated degradation the endocrine distupting chemicals in water.
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
January 2012 - January 2014
Micro-PADI sources for applications in 2-D chemical imaging
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
April 2011 - March 2014
Research collaborations
Professor Owen R.T. Thomas
The University of Birmingham
Collaborative experiments involving the use of atmospheric pressure plasmas to modify bio-materials.
Prof Yi-Kang Pu
Tsinghua University
10 day research vist propducing numerous publications and potential future researvh applications
Prof Stan Van den Berg
Co-Investigator on NERC grant application currently under review
Prof. George Wolff
Project partner on EPSRC grant application
Kwing-So Choi, Professor of Fluid Mechanics
The University of Nottingham
14 day research visiting investigating application of pulsed plasmas for aerodynamic flow control.
Joe Spencer
Investigate the technical feasibility and desirability of a move to DC-based ‘direct energy communities’.
James Bradley
Project 1: Develop PADI imaging techniques (by scaling-down the desorption footprint). Project 2: Develop large volume dielectric barrier discharges for modification of cell scaffolds.