Team Profiles

Diksha completed her PhD degree at Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), India in 2023. Her doctoral research focused on the applications of optical spectroscopies, specifically terahertz spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy, in the food industry.   She is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, working with Prof. Nick Stone, at the University of […]

William Skinner completed his PhD at the Centre for Doctoral Training in Intelligent Sensing and Measurement (CDT-ISM) at the University of Edinburgh, UK, in 2022. During his PhD he developed surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) microparticles for optical pH sensing in the cellular microenvironment of 2D and 3D Cystic Fibrosis disease models. William is currently a […]

Hessah Moteb Alotaibi, a lecturer at Shaqra University, obtained a bachelor’s degree in physics from King Saud University; after that, she specialised in biophysics. While obtaining a master’s degree from Taif University, she worked in the field of biophysics and focused on studying biological materials in the field of Nanoscience . She learning many different […]

Overview My research interests are to develop novel approaches for clinical diagnosis and prognosis of cancers (breast, colon, oesophagus, head and neck, skin) and other molecular diseases (Alzheimer’s disease). For this, I am working at the forefront of cross disciplines by combining novel spectroscopic, molecular imaging technologies and machine learning approaches (conventional and High Power […]

I am currently a research fellow in the Biomedical physics group working with Professor Nick Stone on the following EPSRC research grant: A Novel Deep Raman Spectroscopy Platform for Non-Invasive in vivo Diagnosis of Breast Cancer. This project aims to develop Raman spectroscopy as a non-invasive method for the detection and diagnosis of breast cancer. […]

Saumya obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Science (Chemistry) from St. Stephens College, University of Delhi, India. Her majors were Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics. Developing an interest in chemistry, she pursued a Masters in Chemistry, from the Indian Institute of Technology, Dhanbad, India with a specialization in Physical Chemistry. She tried learning many different techniques […]

Professor of Biomedical Imaging and Biosensing PI Prof Nick Stone holds the position of Professor of Biomedical Imaging and Biosensing at the University of Exeter. Nick has worked to pioneer the field of novel optical diagnostics within the clinical environment, recently moving from the NHS (Gloucestershire Hospitals), after almost 20 years of working closely at […]

Jed obtained his master’s degree in Physics from the University of Exeter in July 2020 before joining the RaNT team as a PhD student the following November. As an undergraduate his master’s project focused on developing an optical imaging system for detecting microplastic pollution in water. Under the supervision of Prof Nick Stone and Prof Pavel Matousek, […]

Associate Professor in Biomedical Spectroscopy PI My research is focused on the development of novel applications of vibrational spectroscopy (FTIR, Raman and Brillouin) to the biomedical sciences. I am particularly interested in the physical and chemical aspects of biological systems at a molecular level, as well their implications in health-related problems. Previously, I developed the […]

Hao obtained his master degree of photonics at the University of Jena in Germany in 2021. He worked on a research project of high-pressure Raman gas spectroscopy in Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology in Jena. Now Hao joined the BioSpec team as a PhD student from April under the supervision of Prof. Francesca Palombo and […]