Dr Philip Jones

Biography

I studied Natural Sciences at Cambridge University, followed by an MSc in Applied Optics at Imperial College, and a DPhil in Atomic & Laser Physics at Oxford University, working with Dr David Meacher on optical lattices.  I followed David to UCL where I have remained, as a postdoc with Dr Ferruccio Renzoni, and then since 2004 as a Lecturer.

In 2014 I became joint head of the new Biological Physics Group.

Research interests

My research is on optical tweezers - a way of trapping and manipulating micron-sized particles using a single, strongly focussed laser beam - and in particular applications to soft matter and the physics/life science interface.

More information is on my website

Optical Tweezers Textbook

Optical Tweezers: Principles & Applications

Philip Jones, Onofrio Maragó, Giovanni Volpe

Published by Cambridge University Press (2015)

"it is quite simply excellent"
"exemplary"
"a must for all Ph.D. students, researchers, and engineers"
"destined to become a classic"