Laurence Wilson
Senior Lecturer

Profile

Career

• 2014-present Lecturer in biophysics, University of York
• 2010-2014 Harvard University (USA), Rowland Junior Fellowship
• 2007-2010 University of Edinburgh (UK), postdoctoral researcher studying light scattering and bacterial motility
• 2003-2007 University of Edinburgh (UK), PhD on "Optical Force Measurements In Concentrated Colloidal Suspensions"
• 2002-2003 Universities of St. Andrews and Heriot-Watt (UK), MSc Photonics & Optoelectronic Devices
• 1999-2002 University of Bristol (UK), BSc Physics

University roles

• Research Data Management committee member for Physics

Research

Overview

Research Group: Condensed Matter Physics, Biophysical Sciences Institute

My research area is biophysics and bioengineering, in particular the development of new optical microscopy methods used to study microorganisms.

Projects

Techniques

• High-speed digital holographic microscopy
• Computed scattering experiments (for example, differential dynamic microscopy)
• High throughput computational image processing

Applications

• The biophysics of propulsion in swimming microorganisms
• Fluid mechanics of microswimmers such as bacteria and algae
• Collective behaviour in bacterial systems

Teaching

Undergraduate

• Heat and Matter (BSc/MPhys Year 1 core course)
• An Introduction to LabVIEW Programming (BSc/MPhys Year 2 experimental lab)
• Biophysics Tools & Techniques (guest lecture for Prof. Mark Leake's course) (MPhys year 4)
• BSc Projects: current topics in experimental biophysics
• MPhys Projects: current topics in experimental biophysics

Postgraduate

• Supervision of PhD students