Grants

Currently running grants in the BCP group

Klaas Wynne ( with: Jan Karolin, David Birch, nobody )
Sponsor: EPSRC (2009 - 2012)
Title: Two-dimensional terahertz/IR spectroscopy: a unique probe of ultrafast hydrogen-bond dynamics of liquid water and model systems
£708046

David McKee ( with: nobody, nobody, nobody )
Sponsor: NERC (2007 - 2012)
Title: Observing optically complex oceans in situ and from space : a radiative transfer approach to determining improved algorithms and uncertainties
£717365

David Birch ( with: nobody, nobody, nobody )
Sponsor: EPSRC (2008 - 2012)
Title: Doctoral Training Grant 2008 Onwards
£0

Neil Hunt ( with: nobody, nobody, nobody )
Sponsor: ERC (European Research Council) (2008 - 2012)
Title: Introducing SPRITES
£1304735.2

Neil Hunt ( with: nobody, nobody, nobody )
Sponsor: EPSRC (2006 - 2011)
Title: Two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy - a new approach to understanding enzyme chemicals - Advanced Research Fellowship
£961987

David Birch ( with: Kevin O'Donnell, Robert Martin, Klaas Wynne )
Sponsor: EPSRC (2006 - 2011)
Title: Nanometrology for molecular science, medicine and manufacture
£982007

David Birch ( with: nobody, nobody, nobody )
Sponsor: EPSRC (2006 - 2011)
Title: Optical Spectroscopies for Immuno-Biomedical Applications
£144572

David Birch ( with: Kevin O'Donnell, Robert Martin, Klaas Wynne )
Sponsor: SFC (2006 - 2011)
Title: Nanometrology for molecular science, medicine and manufacture (EPSRC-led Science and Innovation Award)
£3117968

Helen Fraser ( with: nobody, nobody, nobody )
Sponsor: STFC (2009 - 2011)
Title: PATT Linked Grant: Observational Astrochemistry @ Strathclyde
£25682.81

Jan Karolin ( with: nobody, nobody, nobody )
Sponsor: Strathclyde - Faculty of Science Starter Grant (2009 - 2011)
Title: Faculty Starter Grant
£0

Klaas Wynne ( with: Neil Hunt, nobody, nobody )
Sponsor: EPSRC (2007 - 2011)
Title: Terahertz spectroscopy of aqueous ionic solutions to understand the role of hydrogen-bond network breaking and strengthening in the Hofmeister series
£592985

Neil Hunt ( with: nobody, nobody, nobody )
Sponsor: EPSRC (2009 - 2010)
Title: Systems Biology Workshop
£0

Neil Hunt ( with: nobody, nobody, nobody )
Sponsor: EPSRC (2010 - 2010)
Title: Chemical Nanosystems
£0

Neil Hunt ( with: nobody, nobody, nobody )
Sponsor: Strathclyde- Research Enhancement Fund (2007 - 2009)
Title: Physics and Life Sciences
£0

Helen Fraser ( with: nobody, nobody, nobody )
Sponsor: EPSRC (2007 - 2009)
Title: Reg Funding
£0

David McKee ( with: nobody, nobody, nobody )
Sponsor: Royal Society of Edinburgh (2009 - 2009)
Title: RSE International Exchange Programme - IEP Poland - Incoming
£1120

Olaf Rolinski ( with: David Birch, nobody, nobody )
Sponsor: EPSRC (2006 - 2009)
Title: Yoctomole fluorescence sensing of single metal ions
£408676

Jan Karolin ( with: nobody, nobody, nobody )
Sponsor: Strathclyde - Research development fund (2009 - 2009)
Title: Enzyme-catalysed templating of biosilica
£0

Helen Fraser ( with: nobody, nobody, nobody )
Sponsor: STFC (2008 - 2008)
Title: Mapping CO in Starless Cores
£6351

Helen Fraser ( with: nobody, nobody, nobody )
Sponsor: Non Applicable (2008 - 2008)
Title: Comparison of Gas and Solid Phase CO Distribution in Molecular Cores
£5400.64

David McKee ( with: nobody, nobody, nobody )
Sponsor: Royal Society of Edinburgh (2008 - 2008)
Title: RSE International Exchange Programme: IEP Poland - Incoming
£0

Alex Cunningham ( with: nobody, nobody, nobody )
Sponsor: Strathclyde - Research Contract (2007 - 2008)
Title: Research Enhancement Initiatives Award
£0

Klaas Wynne ( with: Dino Jaroszynski, nobody, nobody )
Sponsor: EPSRC (2004 - 2008)
Title: A comparison of the THz-frequency vibrational spectra of (chiral) liquids obtained through ultrafast IR and Raman spectroscopies
£0

Klaas Wynne ( with: David Birch, nobody, nobody )
Sponsor: Leverhulme Trust (2004 - 2007)
Title: Surface-enhanced ultrafast Kerr-effect spectroscopy of dynamics in biomolecules
£0

Helen Fraser ( with: nobody, nobody, nobody )
Sponsor: STFC (2007 - 2007)
Title: Iram No88-07 Mapping CO in Starless Cores
£5621

Helen Fraser ( with: nobody, nobody, nobody )
Sponsor: STFC (2007 - 2007)
Title: JCMT M07BU25A Mapping CO in Starless Cores
£6419

David McKee ( with: nobody, nobody, nobody )
Sponsor: NERC (2004 - 2007)
Title: Postdoctoral Fellowship - Development and validation of next generation algorithms for interpretation of remote sensing signals from shelf seas: a radiance transfer approach
£0

Helen Fraser ( with: nobody, nobody, nobody )
Sponsor: PPARC (2007 - 2007)
Title: PATT T & S - Molecules from Beneath the Surface of Enceladus
£4800

Klaas Wynne ( with: David Birch, nobody, nobody )
Sponsor: EPSRC (2004 - 2007)
Title: Understanding the structural and dynamic basis of kinetics in biomolecules using novel ultrafast Raman techniques
£0

David Birch ( with: Olaf Rolinski, nobody, nobody )
Sponsor: EPSRC (2004 - 2007)
Title: Sol-gel pore nanomonphology using fluorescence resonance energy transfer
£0

12 March 2010: Our paper Universal nonexponential relaxation: Complex dynamics in simple liquids was selected JChemPhys editors’ choice as one of the most innovative and influential articles in the field of Chemical Physics in 2009. See http://jcp.aip.org/jcp/editors_choices_2009.
5 January 2010: Our paper Universal nonexponential relaxation: Complex dynamics in simple liquids was the 3rd most downloaded paper of J. Chem. Phys. in December 2009.
5 August 2009: Read more about our latest paper in JACS in Serving nanoparticle "soup".
4 August 2009: We were joined by new postdoc Marco Candelaresi.
May 2009: New ultrafast chemical physics lab is ready!
April 2009: Find out more about 2D-IR from our recent invited Tutorial Review published in Chem Soc Rev.
30/31 October 2008: The 2008 Ultrafast Chemical Physics (UCP) meeting was held at Strathclyde.
14 August 2008: Neil's ERC grant featured in two press releases: Physicists in million-euro molecular movie and Three million euros boost for engineering and science research.
10 July 2008: We were joined by new postdoc Kitsakorn Locharoenrat.
23 May 2008: Our paper "Glasslike Behavior in Aqueous Electrolyte Solutions" was selected "Editors' Choice" in the 23 May issue of the journal Science (PDF, 800kB).
12 May 2008: Groups wins £0.6M EPSRC grant "Two-dimensional terahertz–IR spectroscopy: a unique probe of ultrafast hydrogen-bond dynamics of liquid water and model systems" by KW, JOK, and DJSB.
6 May 2008: Claire Neil has been awarded the Neil McDougall Bursary in Practical Oceanography by the Scottish Association for Marine Science. This is a competitively awarded scholarship which will allow her to spend 9 weeks at Dustaffnage Marine Laboratory and participate in a month-long cruise on the Royal Research Ship James Cook in the Celtic Sea. The cruise is highly relevant to her PhD work on interactions between physical mixing and optical properties in UK shelf seas.
2 May 2008: Strathclyde will host the "International Workshop on Ultrafast Chemical Physics 2008 (UCP ‘08)" on 30/31 October 2008 to be held in the Senate/Court suite. Plenary speaker is Prof Robin Hochstrasser FRSE (University of Pennsylvania). Confirmed invited speakers are Prof Casey Hynes (CNRS, Paris and University of Colorado, Boulder), Prof Charles Schmuttenmaer (Yale), Prof Majed Chergui (Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne), Prof Mischa Bonn (AMOLF, Amsterdam), Prof Peter Hamm (University of Zurich), and Prof Thomas Elsaesser (Max Born Institute, Berlin). The workshop is organised by Angus J. Bain (UCL), David Klug (Imperial), Steve Meech (UEA), Neil Hunt (Strathclyde), and Klaas Wynne (Strathclyde).
1 May 2008: SPRITES (Structure changes in Protein Reactions via Infrared Time Evolution Spectroscopy) a € 1M ERC Starting Grant Scheme proposal submitted by Neil Hunt has been approved for funding. The project, one of only ~300 funded projects from more than 9000 Europe-wide applications, will apply a derivative of the new ultrafast laser technique of transient 2D-IR spectroscopy to study enzymatic and protein reactions in real time.
24 April 2008: Our paper "Glasslike Behavior in Aqueous Electrolyte Solutions" came out in J. Chem. Phys. A summary of the paper in simple terms (best attempt anyway) is on the page The science of syrup and traffic jams.
4 March 2008: Visiting professor Robin Hochstrasser of the University of Pennsylvania has been elected Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. This is a prestigious fellowship for scientists of great international renown and we are delighted that Robin has been honoured in this way.
25 June 2007: David McKee wins prestigious NERC Advanced Fellowship to study optical properties of shelf seas and other optically complex oceanic waters.
18 March 2007: New paper in JACS on terahertz spectra associated with a helix to coil transition in a peptide. Read more about it in the research highlight Observing ‘The Lubricant of Life’
10 January 2007: New paper on terahertz emission from nanostructured surfaces has come out in PRL. Read more about it in the research highlight nanotechnology leads to new terahertz radiation sources
25 May 2006: Dr Neil Hunt has been chosen to receive an EPSRC Chemistry Advanced Research Fellowship worth about £1M. See a picture of an excited Neil in the Ultrafast picture diary.
March 2006: Profs David Birch and Duncan Graham and collaborators managed to secure a £5M EPSRC grant to study nanometrology.
January 2006: The BCP group has two new visiting professors: Prof. Robin Hochstrasser (University of Pennsylvania) and Prof. John Pickup (King's College, London)
November 2005: The new Wolfson Molecular Nanometrology Laboratories have been completed in the Physics and Chemistry departments. See the website of the Wolfson Nanometrology Laboratories.
October 2005: New ultrafast abstracts added to the ultrafast reprints section including a Kerr paper in JPCB.
May 2005: Dalibor Panek of the Czech Technical University is visiting the group. Dalibor's work concerns single-molecule spectroscopy of dye molecules encapsulated in porous silica.
March 2005: Pictures from the Optical Probes 2005 conference in Bangalore, India, are now uploaded.
April 2005: Integration of various sites into the BCP site; things a big mess...
Summer 2004: Four new people starting in the ultrafast sub-group. We got an 18-W Verdi to pump the amplifier and an FTIR. The Wolfson Nanometrology lab will be refurbished.

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