2020 |
June 2020Imaging and Machine Vision Europe write a piece centered on our recent developments. |
2019 |
October 2019Start Effective Leadership training with Dorrier Underwood. |
October 2019Presented 'Understanding Colour for Industrial Applications' at The Enlighten Conference. |
July 2019We have a holiday in Canada. |
May 2019Presented 'The Technology Behind Food Safety' at the Photonik Kolloquium. |
April 2019We win the Queens Award for Innovation. |
2018 |
June 2018Presented 'Food Futures' at Food Futures Conference. |
April 2018 |
April 2018My son is born. |
January 2018Presented 'Physics of Optical Sorting in the Food Industry' at Physics in Food Manufacturing Conference. |
2017 |
November 2017Sortex F with PolarVison released to market. |
July 2017Photos from our trip to Canada. |
April 2017Complete Leading Teams for Emerging Leaders, London Business School. |
March 2017Complete Project Management Practitioner, Smallpeice. |
2016 |
December 2016We win the Bühler Innovation Challenge. |
October 2016Sortex E1E is released to market. |
August 2016We buy our first house in the city of Chelmsford. |
June 2016Presented 'Lighting Considerations for Spectral Sorting' at Physics in Conference on Hyperspectral Imaging for Industry. |
June 2016Complete Strategic Roadmapping course, University of Cambridge. |
May 2016Presented 'Lighting and Detector Considerations for Spectral Sorting' at IMEC Technology Forum. |
April 2016Photos from our honeymoon trip to Cyprus. |
March 2016I get married to the lovely Jana. |
March 2016Complete People Management Skills for New Supervisors and Team Leaders, Hemsley Fraser. |
March 2016I get promoted to Head of Sensor Development at Bühler UK Ltd. |
2015 |
December 2015Photos from the Kew Christmas Lights. |
August 2015Two weeks travelling in Canada, see more photos here. |
July 2015Photos from the finish of the Tour de France. |
April 2015BioVision camera released to market. |
February 2015Complete Radiation Protection Supervisor Training. |
January 2015Update to photos of London. |
2014 |
October 2014Completed a one week training course in Optical System Design using Zemax. |
August 2014Photos from a trip to Paris. |
June 2014Photos from a holiday on the Kennet And Avon Canal. |
June 2014Attained 100% in the on-line course Machine Learning through Coursera (Stanford University). |
May 2014Mapping gigahertz vibrations in a plasmonic-phononic crystal |
March 2014Attain a Professional Development Award from the Royal Academy of Engineering. |
2013 |
July 2013Computational characterization of reflectance confocal microscopy features reveals potential for automated photoageing assessment |
March 2013A modular design of low-background bioassays based on a high-affinity molecular pair barstar:barnase |
February 2013Mapping gigahertz vibrations in a plasmonic-phononic crystal |
2012 |
December 2012A week travelling in Canada, see more photos here. |
August 2012Photos from a holiday in Madrid. |
July 2012Complete Laser Safety Officer Training. |
April 2012A week's holiday in Cairns. |
2011 |
November 2011Scar tissue classification using nonlinear optical microscopy and discriminant analysis |
November 2011Real-time imaging of acoustic rectification |
November 2011Characterization of optical properties of ZnO nanoparticles for quantitative imaging of transdermal transport |
September 2011Start work as a Research Engineer at Buhler Sortex. |
August 2011Ultrafast Vibrations of Gold Nanorings |
August 2011Update: Research page. |
August 2011Update: photo page. |
August 2011Pharmacological Characterization of a Recombinant, Fluorescent Somatostatin Receptor Agonist |
August 2011Retroemission by lens arrays for high intensity, high contrast imaging of upconverting phosphors |
January 2011Barstar:barnase - a versatile platform for colloidal diamond bioconjugation |
2010 |
November 2010Three weeks travelling around New Zealand. |
June 2010Non-specific cellular uptake of surface-functionalized quantum dots |
February 2010Optical generation of surface acoustic waves guided at the linear boundary between two thin films |
2009 |
November 2009Vibrations of microspheres probed with ultrashort optical pulses |
November 2009A week travelling around Tasmania. |
May 2009A week travelling around the North Island of New Zealand. |
April 2009Nano plasmonic and phononic interactions Presentation given at the University of Queensland. |
March 2009Update: Australia travel pages. |
2008 |
November 2008I start work as a Post Doc in the Optical Biomedical Imaging and Sensing Group at Macquarie University. |
August 2008A month travelling around Japan and South Korea. |
May 2008A week travelling around the more rural Japanese island of Shikoku, see more photos here. |
January 2008Give a talk on The Japanese Seasons as part of my Japanese communication course. |
2007 |
November 2007A weeks holiday in the Kansai region of Japan, see more photos here. |
September 2007See photos from my Mt Fuji trip. |
September 2007Gave an invited talk at the Solid State Devices and Materials conference on Plasmonic Crystals and Nanophotonics Sensing Devices. |
July 2007Vibrational Properties of Gold Nanorings |
May 2007Topological Study of Gold Nanorings |
April 2007For the Japanese Golden Week I travelled some of the Tohoku region, see more photos here. |
January 2007Strong Coupling between Localized Plasmons and Organic Excitons in Metal Nanovoids, Selected to appear in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology. |
2006 |
December 2006Mie plasmon enhanced diffraction of light from nanoporous metal surfaces, |
December 2006Localized and delocalized plasmons in metallic nanovoids, |
December 2006Oscillations of Gold Nanorings |
December 2006Localized and delocalized plasmons in metallic nanovoids, |
December 2006Strong Coupling between Localized Plasmons and Organic Excitons in Metal Nanovoids, |
August 2006I start work as a Post Doc in the Research Group of Quantum Matter Physics at Hokkaido University. |
March 2006Strong coupling of light to flat metals via a buried nanovoid lattice: the interplay of localized and free plasmons, |
February 2006I head off on my Round the World Trip. |
February 2006I become Dr Kelf. Get a copy of my thesis. |
January 2006Whispering Gallery Mode Emission at Telecommunications-Window Wavelengths Using PbSe Nanocrystals Attached to Photonic Beads, |
2005 |
November 2005Angle-Resolved Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering on Metallic Nanostructured Plasmonic Crystals, Pubished in Nano Letters. |
October 2005Sculpted substrates for SERS,
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September 2005Plasmonic bandgaps and Trapped Photons on Nanostructured Metal Surfaces, |
September 2005Strong Coupling in Plasmonic Systems |
September 2005Plasmonic bandgaps and Trapped Photons on Nanostructured Metal Surfaces, |
August 2005Electrochemical SERS at a structured gold surface |
June 2005Plasmon Mixing in Nano-cavities |
June 2005Anisotropic surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)
on nanostructured plasmonic crystals |
May 2005Plasmon Mixing |
April 2005Ray Optics in Nanostructured Mirrors: Wave or Particle? |
January 2005Wetting of Regularly Structured Gold Surfaces |
January 2005Mesophotonics use SERS technology in Klarite Raman enhancing substrate. |
2004 |
October 2004Chameleon Metals - Optical Response of Nano-Structured Metallic Surfaces |
September 2004Light-Matter Interactions on Nano-Structured Metal Surfaces |
July 2004Tunable Resonant Optical Microcavities by Self-Assembled Templating |
May 2004Interaction of Light on Nano-Structured Metals |
April 2004Light Matter Interactions on Nano-Structured Metallic Surfaces |
April 2004Whispering Gallery Modes of Quantum Dot Spheres |
2003 |
November 2003Electric Fields above Nano-Structured Surfaces |
August 2003Investigating Nano-structured Materials |
January 2003TimKelf.com comes online. |