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
- Stephen Young Entrepreneurship Award
- Recipient
- 30/4/2024
- 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
- A large 3D-printed integrated lens-biprism element enhances contrast in transmission stereomicroscopy
- Rooney Liam M, Amos William B, Foylan Shannan, Christopher Jay, Butterworth Charlie, Bauer Ralf, Gould Gwyn W, McConnell Gail
- Microscopy and Microanalysis Vol 31 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1093/mam/ozaf106
- Refractive index manipulation of 3D printed lenses using ZrO2 nanoparticle doping
- Butterworth Charlie, Christopher Jay, McConnell Gail, Cunningham Margaret, Walker Dickon, Rooney Liam, Bauer Ralf
- IEEE International conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN) 2025 IEEE International conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN) 2025 IEEE/LEOS International Conference on Optical MEMS (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/OMN65869.2025.11125996
- 3D printed lenslet arrays for MEMS-enabled multifocal structured illumination microscopy
- Christopher Jay, Butterworth Charlie, Rooney Liam M, McConnell Gail, Bauer Ralf
- IEEE International conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN) 2025 IEEE International conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN) 2025 2025 International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN) (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/OMN65869.2025.11125977
- Multifocal structured illumination microscopy using low-cost 3D printed microlens arrays
- Christopher Jay, Rooney Liam, Butterworth Charlie, McConnell Gail, Bauer Ralf
- Microscience Microscopy Congress 2025 incorporating EMAG 2025 (2025)
- A 3D-printed optical microscope for low-cost histological imaging
- Christopher Jay, Craig Rebecca, McHugh Rebecca E, Roe Andrew J, Bauer Ralf, Patton Brian, McConnell Gail, Rooney Liam M
- Journal of Microscopy Vol 298, pp. 274-282 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jmi.13398
- Exploration of 3D-printed lenses in a confocal MEMS microscope concept
- Christopher Jay, Rooney Liam, Uttamchandani Deepak, McConnell Gail, Bauer Ralf
- 2024 International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN) International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN) 2024 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/OMN61224.2024.10685254
Research Interests
Miniaturised biomedical 3D imaging systems, Optical MEMS, Bio-inspired MEMS microphones, solid-state lasers, miniaturised trace gas sensors
Professional Activities
- Invited Talk - Using active micro-optics and 3D-printed optics in microscopy
- Speaker
- 29/10/2025
- Invited speaker for Strathclyde Optical Microscopy Course 2025
- Speaker
- 23/7/2025
- IEEE International conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN) 2025 (Event)
- Advisor
- 13/7/2025
- Journal of Optical Microsystems (Journal)
- Associate Editor
- 7/1/2025
- Strategic Themes - Bioimaging Workshop
- Organiser
- 17/9/2024
- Invited speaker at IOP Photon 2024 conference
- Speaker
- 3/9/2024
Projects
- Development of a focus-lock module for a new commercial microscope platform (EPSRC Photonics & Quantum Accelerator)
- Bauer, Ralf (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 28-Jan-2026
- Rank Prize Undergraduate Vacation Grant - Nicholas Young
- Bauer, Ralf (Principal Investigator) Christopher, Jay (Co-investigator)
- 02-Jan-2025 - 25-Jan-2025
- 3D-printed transmissive adaptive optics for microscopy (BBSRC 23TRT)
- Bauer, Ralf (Principal Investigator) Cunningham, Margaret Rose (Co-investigator) McConnell, Gail (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
- 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
Contact
Dr
Ralf
Bauer
Senior Lecturer
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Email: ralf.bauer@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2685