Dr John Tomes

Dr John Tomes

Enfys Instrument Scientist

Department of Physics

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Profile

Date joined RB&I and previous employment

John joined Physics in September 2023 as Instrument Scientist on the Enfys project, following a year spent as Research Development Officer-Sciences with RB&I. Previously he worked at The Centre for Photonics Expertise (CPE) based in AU Physics Department.

Main responsibilities at previous employment

As Research Development Officer for Sciences, John provided support to academics in finding, developing and submitting high quality research grant applications

Education and work experience

John holds a PhD in Bio Physics. He is a former power tools design engineer.

Experience and knowledge

John has experience in interdisciplinary academic research combined with wide ranging involvement in industrial collaboration.

Main responsibilities within the Enfys Project

As Instrument Scientist, John provides support to the wider Enfys team in developing testing, validation and calibration of the Enfys infra-red spectrometer to ensure it meets its scientific objectives.

Most enjoyable part of working at Aberystwyth University

John enjoys the interaction with such a diverse group of individual researchers.

Publications

Rosetta, G, Tomes, JJ, Butters, M, Gunn, M & Finlayson, CE 2023, 'High-Angle Structural Color Scattering Features from Polymeric Photonic Structures', Crystals, vol. 13, no. 4, 622, pp. 622. 10.3390/cryst13040622
Finlayson, CE, Rosetta, G & Tomes, JJ 2022, 'Spectroscopic Ellipsometry and Optical Modelling of Structurally Colored Opaline Thin-Films', Applied Sciences, vol. 12, no. 10, 4888. 10.3390/app12104888
Rosetta, G, Gunn, M, Tomes, JJ, Butters, M, Pieschel, J, Hartmann, F, Gallei, M & Finlayson, CE 2022, 'Transparent Polymer Opal Thin Films with Intense UV Structural Color', Molecules, vol. 27, no. 12, 3774. 10.3390/molecules27123774
Wititkornkul, B, Hulme, BJ, Tomes, JJ, Allen, NR, Davis, CN, Davey, SD, Cookson, AR, Phillips, HC, Hegarty, MJ, Swain, MT, Brophy, PM, Wonfor, RE & Morphew, RM 2021, 'Evidence of Immune Modulators in the Secretome of the Equine Tapeworm Anoplocephala perfoliata', Pathogens, vol. 10, no. 7, e912. 10.3390/pathogens10070912
Tomes, JJ, Astley, S, Macaire, L, Reigate, C & Cross, R 2021, From blur to optical oasis: Image resolution improvements to speciate parasitic infections. in S Mahajan & S Reichelt (eds), Frontiers in Biophotonics and Imaging., 1187904, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 11879, SPIE, Frontiers in Biophotonics and Imaging 2021, Glasgow, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 28 Sept 2021. 10.1117/12.2601534
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