Rox Middleton

I work on the physical optics of plant materials (and other biomaterials!). I look at the nanostructures that interact with light to produce colour and other optical effects in fruits, leaves, flowers. I try to understand how this happens - through characterising biomaterials, modelling optics computationally, and fabricating optical nanomaterials through biomimetic and bioreplicative engineering. 

I teach optics on the Physics Y1 Foundations of Physics course. 

I am currently seeking a PhD student candidate with an interest in biophotonics and/or fabricating optical biomaterials. If you are fascinated with how plants interact with light using nanostructures, please get in touch