Dr Jay Christopher
Research Associate
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Personal statement
Personal statement
Jay Christopher completed his PhD in January 2025 with his thesis on "3D Printed Optics for Widefield and Super-Resolution Optical Microscopy" at the University of Strathclyde under the supervision of Ralf Bauer. He has since been involved in further research into 3D printed optics and optical microscopy funded through the BBSRC with Ralf Bauer and Gail McConnell.
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Prize And Awards
- Strathclyde-Stanford Quantum Growth Bridge Programme
- Recipient
- 20/11/2025
- Runner-Up for Scottish Microscopist of the Year
- Recipient
- 4/11/2025
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Doctoral Prize 2025
- Recipient
- 1/10/2025
- Best Student Paper Award
- Recipient
- 26/3/2024
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Publications
- Low-cost 3D printed optics for super-resolution multifocal structured illumination microscopy
- Christopher Jay, Rooney Liam M, Butterworth Charlie, McConnell Gail, Bauer Ralf
- Biomedical Optics Express Vol 17, pp. 769-783 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1364/BOE.583760
- Multifocal structured illumination microscopy using low-cost 3D printed optics
- Christopher Jay, Rooney Liam, Butterworth Charlie, McConnell Gail, Bauer Ralf
- Scottish Microscopy Symposium 2025 (2025)
- 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)
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Professional Activities
- Strathclyde Optical Microscopy Course 2025
- Participant
- 23/7/2025
- Paris Neuroscience Course
- Participant
- 14/5/2025
- Optics Letters (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 1/12/2024
- Optics Letters (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 9/10/2024
- Strategic Themes - Bioimaging Workshop
- Participant
- 17/9/2024
- Optics Express (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 19/8/2024
Projects
- Rank Prize Undergraduate Vacation Grant - Nicholas Young
- Bauer, Ralf (Principal Investigator) Christopher, Jay (Co-investigator)
- 02-Jan-2025 - 25-Jan-2025
- Doctoral Training Partnership 2020-2021 University of Strathclyde | Christopher, Jay
- Bauer, Ralf (Principal Investigator) Murray, Paul (Co-investigator) Christopher, Jay (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 28-Jan-2025
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Contact
Dr
Jay
Christopher
Research Associate
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Email: jay.christopher@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted