Background
I am a physicist working in single molecule biophysics. I use deep learning techniques, combined with custom-built super-resolution optical systems, to explore and understand the complex dynamics of single molecules in living systems.
I obtained my PhD at the Cavendish Laboratory (Department of Physics) at the University of Cambridge, in the lab of Prof Ulrich Keyser. My PhD research focused on single molecule biophysics using optical tweezers and nanopores. I then worked as a postdoc in the lab of Prof Chris Abell FRS in the Department of Chemistry at Cambridge, investigating fluorescence-based microfluidic sorting of cells using dielectrophoresis.
Since 2017 I have worked in the Condensed Matter Physics sub-division of the Clarendon Laboratory here in Oxford, and have been based in the Kavli Institute for Nanoscience discovery at Oxford (https://kavlinano.ox.ac.uk) since 2021.
I am currently JRF Dobson Fellow of Molecular Biophysics at Lady Margaret Hall.
Twitter/X handle: @ojp25 (https://twitter.com/ojp25)