Biography
Katie holds a BA in Theoretical Physics from Trinity College Dublin and an MSc in Physics from University College London. Her PhD is focused on using Paul traps (electrical analogues of optical tweezers) to levitate particles in vacuum and expose them to a variety of fields for the purposes of probing fundamental physics at the microscale.
Thesis title
Levitated Electromechanics for Probing Fundamental Physics
Research interests
- Particle trapping
- Paul traps
- Stochastic thermodynamics
- Statistical mechanics
- Biophysics
PhD supervisor
Principal supervisor: Dr James Millen
Research
Photonics & Nanotechnology
The research in the group involves the development and applications of advanced photonic technologies and of novel nanomaterials to address modern challenges in photonic and quantum technologies, new nanostructured materials, sensing, imaging and clean energy.
Research
Photonics & Nanotechnology
The research in the group involves the development and applications of advanced photonic technologies and of novel nanomaterials to address modern challenges in photonic and quantum technologies, new nanostructured materials, sensing, imaging and clean energy.