Dr Ralf Bauer
Senior Lecturer
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Personal statement
Room: Royal College Building R2.17b
I am a Senior Lecturer and former RAEng Engineering for Development Research Fellow in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Strathclyde. I received a first class Dipl.-Ing. in Mechatronics from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, in 2010 and a PhD in MEMS enabled laser systems from the University of Strathclyde in 2013.
My research aims to develop miniaturised biomedical imaging systems based on the integration of Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) and micro-optics. My research interests in this direction include the miniaturisation and combination of multiple imaging modalities for 3D real-time monitoring of functional biomedical processes. Further research interests of mine are also further integrations of MEMS in optical systems and miniaturised sensors for biomedical applications. I am currently a member of the Optical Society (OSA) and IEEE.
Further research details can be found at http://centreformicrosystemsandphotonics.eee.strath.ac.uk/
Prize And Awards
- Best student paper award - SPIE Photonics West 2020 - MOEMS and Miniaturized Systems
- Recipient
- 2/2/2020
- Best student paper award - IEEE Optical MEMS & Nanophotonics 2019
- Recipient
- 1/8/2019
- Best poster price - Photonex Glasgow 2019
- Recipient
- 5/6/2019
- RAEng Engineering for Development Research Fellowship
- Recipient
- 1/10/2016
Publications
- Low-cost 3D printed lenses for brightfield and fluorescence microscopy
- Christopher Jay, Rooney Liam M, Donnachie Mark, Uttamchandani Deepak, McConnell Gail, Bauer Ralf
- Biomedical Optics Express Vol 15, pp. 2224-2237 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1364/BOE.514653
- Performance comparison of 3D printed photoacoustic gas sensors and a commercial quartz enhanced photoacoustic spectrometer
- Dwivedi Utkarsh, Donnachie Mark, Ilke Metin, Bauer Ralf, Lengden Michael
- IEEE Sensors Journal Vol 24, pp. 943-951 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2023.3335649
- Increasing MEMS micromirror line-scan rates through 3D-printed micro-optics
- Christopher Jay, Donnachie Mark, Uttamchandani Deepak, Bauer Ralf
- 2023 International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN) and SBFoton International Optics and Photonics Conference (SBFoton IOPC) International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN) 2023 International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN) and SBFoton International Optics and Photonics Conference (SBFoton IOPC) (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/OMN/SBFotonIOPC58971.2023.10230934
- Using 3D printed optics for fluorescence microscopy
- Christopher Jay, Rooney Liam, McConnell Gail, Bauer Ralf
- Microscience Microscopy Congress 2023 (2023)
- Remote-refocus microscopy using a MEMS piston micromirror
- Christopher Jay, Rooney Liam, Uttamchandani Deepak, Bauer Ralf
- Microscience Microscopy Congress 2023 (2023)
- Photonic systems integration for postgraduate students in the Centre for Doctoral Training in Applied Photonics
- Flockhart Gordon M H, Bauer Ralf, Lengden Michael
- Proceedings Volume 12723, Seventeenth Conference on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics: ETOP 2023 Education and Training in Optics & Photonics (ETOP) 2023, pp. 1-10 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2670785
Research Interests
Miniaturised biomedical 3D imaging systems, Optical MEMS, Bio-inspired MEMS microphones, solid-state lasers, miniaturised trace gas sensors
Professional Activities
- Invited seminar talk at University of Freiburg
- Speaker
- 18/5/2022
- EPSRC Microscale systems, sensors and devices, and machines workshop
- Participant
- 9/5/2022
- Attendance and talks at Photonics West 2022
- Speaker
- 22/1/2022
- PHASE 2022
- Organiser
- 6/1/2022
- I2MTC 2021
- Participant
- 17/5/2021
- Nature Biomedical Engineering (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 1/2021
Projects
- Innovate UK ICURe Exploit - MEMS super-resolution microscopy
- Bauer, Ralf (Principal Investigator) Tinning, Peter William (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2024
- BBSRC ICURe Explore Sept 2023 - MEMS super-resolution microscopy
- Bauer, Ralf (Principal Investigator) Tinning, Peter William (Co-investigator)
- 11-Jan-2023 - 19-Jan-2024
- Slit lamp benchmarking for Keeler UK
- Bauer, Ralf (Principal Investigator) Tinning, Peter William (Co-investigator)
- 16-Jan-2023 - 26-Jan-2024
- Developing Membrane Targeting Antimicrobial Lipo-Peptoids by Modular Peptidomimicry and High Throughput Imaging (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01) mTAPeptoid
- Lau, K. H. Aaron (Principal Investigator) Bauer, Ralf (Co-investigator)
- 18-Jan-2022 - 17-Jan-2024
- Heart Damage Caused by Cancer and Anti-cancer Drugs (Vacation Scholarship)
- Cunningham, Margaret Rose (Principal Investigator) Bauer, Ralf (Co-investigator) Currie, Susan (Co-investigator)
- 27-Jan-2022 - 19-Jan-2022
- EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account - University of Strathclyde 2022 / R220416-149
- Bauer, Ralf (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2025
Contact
Dr
Ralf
Bauer
Senior Lecturer
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Email: ralf.bauer@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2685