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Laboratory Personnel

Ron Roy

Ronald Roy

Principal Investigator
James Kwan

James Kwan

Principal Investigator
jason raymond

Jason Raymond

Senior Researcher
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Chun Kiat Ng (Calvin)

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

Laboratory Students

cherie wong
DPhil student

Cherie Wong, Balliol College

Cherie graduated from Durham University with a BSc (Hons) in Chemistry. Cherie progressed to read MSc (by research) in Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Oxford under the supervision of Prof. Edman Tsang to research in photocatalytic water splitting. Following the MSc degree, she is currently in Dr. James Kwan group to read a DPhil in Engineering Science to research sonochemistry and acoustic cavitation. Her research interest focus on energy-related technologies and applications.

Lillian Ngo Usadi
MSc (by research) student

Lillian Ngo Usadi, Magdalen College

Lillian Ngo Usadi graduated and commissioned from the United States Naval Academy with a BSc in electrical engineering. Awarded the Rhodes Scholarship, Lillian joined the Physical Acoustics Lab reading for an MSc in Engineering Science (by research) under the direction of Dr. Ronald Roy and Dr. James Kwan. Following her time at Oxford, Lillian will go on to join the United States Navy as a submarine officer. Her long term career goals include her pursuit of the advancement of naval science and technology.
yihaohuang
Fourth-Year project (M. Eng) student

Yihao Huang, Exeter College

"Laser-mediated cavitation nucleation with gold nanoparticles" 2022

Visiting Researchers

Rachel Yang
Visiting Postgraduate Student 2019-20

Yanye Yang

PhD candidate (Nanjing University; expected 2021) funded by Newton Fund PhD placement programme (China-UK).

Project title: “Development of dual-modality droplets for contrast-enhanced imaging and therapy applications.”

Also funded by: China Science & Technology Association 中国科学技术协会

Visiting Academics

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Departmental Visitor, Dept. of Engineering Science; 2021/22

James Joseph, University of Dundee

Dr. James Joseph is a University Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering at the School of Science and Engineering, University of Dundee. He will be working with researchers at PacLab on development of a high-speed photoacoustic imaging system. Dr. Joseph's visit is sponsored in-part by funding provided through the EPSRC Therapy Ultrasound for Drug-delivery and Ablation Research (ThUNDDAR) Research Network (https://thunddar.org/).

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Academic Visitor, Dept. of Engineering Science; Visiting Fellow, Harris Manchester College; 2018/19

E. Carr Everbach, Swarthmore College

Prof. Everbach teaches undergraduates at Swarthmore College and has many research collaborations. He has been a winner of an NSF Presidential Faculty Fellowship and the F.V. Hunt Fellowship of the Acoustical Society of America, among other honors. While on  sabbatical leave at Oxford, Prof. Everbach is beginning to delve into opto-acoustics, using light-ultrasound interactions for diagnosis and treatment.

Alumni and Former Research Group Members

Phil Anderson

Phil Anderson, PhD

Implosion of cavities in gels exposed to very strong planar shock waves.

eleanor edwards

Eleanor Edwards, PhD

Opto-acoustic sensing using photorefractive crystal detection system.
Shamit Shrivastava

Shamit Shrivastava, PhD

Rosalind Franklin Institute, Imaging with Sound and Light, Platform Development Project. 

yihaohuang

Yihao Huang, Exeter College

"Laser-mediated cavitation nucleation with gold nanoparticles," 2022.

Sophie Oldroyd, St. Edmund Hall

"An Ultrasound Exposure System for Effecting Ultrasound-Mediated Gene Transfer," 2020.

James Kirsch, Lincoln College

"3D Printing of Historical Musical Instruments," 2020.
James Cochrane

James Cochrane, Wadham College

"An acoustic cavitation reactor for quantifying the effect of cavitation on cell suspensions," 2018.
James Melia

James Melia, Balliol College

"Monitoring therapeutic ultrasound in a tissue phantom using temperature sensitive dyes," 2017.
George Carruthers

George Carruthers, St. Edmund Hall

"A very high intensity acoustic source," 2016.
Daniel Tipping

Daniel Tipping, St John’s College

"A very high intensity acoustic shock source," 2015.