Present Funding
SUPA INSPIRE research studentship. £76k. SFC, IBH and NPL. PI D Birch. 2011-15.
Nanometrology for Molecular Science, Medicine and Manufacture. £4.9M. EPSRC, SFC. PI D Birch, 11 CIs. 2006-12.
Yoctomole fluorescence sensing of single metal ions. £327k. EPSRC. PI O J Rolinski, CI D Birch. 2007-2011.
Two-dimensional terahertz/IR spectroscopy: a unique probe of ultrafast hydrogen-bond dynamics of liquid water and model systems. 623k. EPSRC. PI K Wynne, CIs D Birch and J Karolin. 2008-11.
Optical Spectroscopies for Immuno-Biomedical Applications. £805k. EPSRC. PI D Graham + 5 CIs. 2006-2011.
£2M. SPIRIT Knowledge Exchange Studentship Programme. SFC/Industry. PI A Cochrane + CI. D Birch + 7 others.
Previous Funding
Carnegie Centenary Professorship for Prof. James Gimzewski of UCLA. £40k. PI D Birch. 2009. Single molecule sensing in clinical medicine. £527k. EPSRC Adventure Fund. PIs D Birch and J Pickup (KCL/Guy’s Hospital). Co-investigators (CI) K Wynne (Physics), O J Rolinski (Physics), W E Smith (Chemistry Department) and D Graham (Chemistry), L Gnudi (KCL/Guy’s Hospital). 2003-2006. Nanometrology of colloidal particles. £450k. Royal Society–Wolfson Foundation. PI D Birch, CI K Wynne, W E Smith (Chemistry) and D Graham (Chemistry). 2004-2006. Sol-gel pore nanomorphology using FRET. £309k. EPSRC. PI D Birch, CI O Rolinski. 2004-2007. New optical sources and materials characterisation. £217k. SRIF2. PI D Birch, CI K Wynne, O Rolinski and A Cunningham (Physics). 2004-06. £360k. SRIF3. PI D Birch. Surface enhanced Kerr-effect spectroscopy of dynamics in biomolecules. £125k. Leverhulme Trust. PI K Wynne. 2004-2007. Understanding the structural and dynamic basis of kinetics in biomolecules using novel ultrafast techniqiues. £320k. EPSRC. PI K Wynne, CI D Birch, W E Smith (Chemistry) and D Graham (Chemistry). 2004-2007. Generic methods to identify mechanisms of inactivation of biocatalysis during practical operation. £405k. EPSRC Pro-Bio Faraday Partnership. PI P J Halling (Chemistry) and N C Price (Glasgow). CI D Birch, O J Rolinski and B D Moore (Chemistry). 2003-2006. £707k. SRIF3. PI D Graham. CI W E Smith and D Birch.
