Dr Andrew Richardson

Biography/ Background

In late 2010, Andrew moved to Adelaide and began working at the Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS) where he is active in the detection of metal ions in solution using microstructred optical fibres.

Prior to this, Andrew both worked and studied at The Niels Bohr Institute, The University of Copenhagen, Denmark. His PhD was in the field of biophysics and used optical tweezers as a force transducer to measure small forces within a cell. Some of the highlights included: optical trapping of quantum dots, calibration of tweezers in viscoelastic media and quantifying sources of noise using Allan variance.

Andrew received his MSc in Photonics from the University of St.Andrews in 2005, part of which he spent at The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) on a research project characterizing planar photonic crystal structures. In 2004 he received his BSc in Physics with honours in optoelectronics and laser engineering from Heriot Watt university, Edinburgh.

Qualifications

PhD in Biophysics, The Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark (2009).

MSc in Photonics, The University of St.Andrews, Fife, Scotland (2005).

BSc in Physics (hons), Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland (2004).

Research Interests

I am interested in using fluorescence and/or nanoparticles for chemical and biosensing within microstructured optical fibres.

I am also interested in understanding protein protein interactions both in vitro and in vivo using optical tweezers and/or confocal microscopy for force transduction and tracking.

Entry last updated: Monday, 4 Jul 2011