2020 | 
 
June 2020Imaging and Machine Vision Europe write a piece centered on our recent developments.  | 
2019 | 
 
October 2019Start Effective Leadership training with Dorrier Underwood.  | 
 
October 2019Presented 'Understanding Colour for Industrial Applications' at The Enlighten Conference.  | 
 
July 2019We have a holiday in Canada.  | 
 
May 2019Presented 'The Technology Behind Food Safety' at the Photonik Kolloquium.  | 
 
April 2019We win the Queens Award for Innovation.  | 
2018 | 
 
June 2018Presented 'Food Futures' at Food Futures Conference.  | 
 
April 2018 | 
 
April 2018My son is born.  | 
 
January 2018Presented 'Physics of Optical Sorting in the Food Industry' at Physics in Food Manufacturing Conference.  | 
2017 | 
 
November 2017Sortex F with PolarVison released to market.  | 
 
July 2017Photos from our trip to Canada.  | 
 
April 2017Complete Leading Teams for Emerging Leaders, London Business School.  | 
 
March 2017Complete Project Management Practitioner, Smallpeice.  | 
2016 | 
 
December 2016We win the Bühler Innovation Challenge.  | 
 
October 2016Sortex E1E is released to market.  | 
 
August 2016We buy our first house in the city of Chelmsford.  | 
 
June 2016Presented 'Lighting Considerations for Spectral Sorting' at Physics in Conference on Hyperspectral Imaging for Industry.  | 
 
June 2016Complete Strategic Roadmapping course, University of Cambridge.  | 
 
May 2016Presented 'Lighting and Detector Considerations for Spectral Sorting' at IMEC Technology Forum.  | 
April 2016Photos from our honeymoon trip to Cyprus.  | 
 
March 2016I get married to the lovely Jana.  | 
 
March 2016Complete People Management Skills for New Supervisors and Team Leaders, Hemsley Fraser.  | 
 
March 2016I get promoted to Head of Sensor Development at Bühler UK Ltd.  | 
2015 | 
December 2015Photos from the Kew Christmas Lights.  | 
August 2015Two weeks travelling in Canada, see more photos here.  | 
July 2015Photos from the finish of the Tour de France.  | 
 
April 2015BioVision camera released to market.  | 
 
February 2015Complete Radiation Protection Supervisor Training.  | 
January 2015Update to photos of London.  | 
2014 | 
October 2014Completed a one week training course in Optical System Design using Zemax.  | 
August 2014Photos from a trip to Paris.  | 
June 2014Photos from a holiday on the Kennet And Avon Canal.  | 
 
June 2014Attained 100% in the on-line course Machine Learning through Coursera (Stanford University).  | 
 
May 2014Mapping gigahertz vibrations in a plasmonic-phononic crystal  | 
 
March 2014Attain a Professional Development Award from the Royal Academy of Engineering.  | 
2013 | 
 
July 2013Computational characterization of reflectance confocal microscopy features reveals potential for automated photoageing assessment  | 
 
March 2013A modular design of low-background bioassays based on a high-affinity molecular pair barstar:barnase  | 
 
February 2013Mapping gigahertz vibrations in a plasmonic-phononic crystal  | 
2012 | 
December 2012A week travelling in Canada, see more photos here.  | 
August 2012Photos from a holiday in Madrid.  | 
 
July 2012Complete Laser Safety Officer Training.  | 
April 2012A week's holiday in Cairns.  | 
2011 | 
 
November 2011Scar tissue classification using nonlinear optical microscopy and discriminant analysis  | 
 
November 2011Real-time imaging of acoustic rectification  | 
 
November 2011Characterization of optical properties of ZnO nanoparticles for quantitative imaging of transdermal transport  | 
 
September 2011Start work as a Research Engineer at Buhler Sortex.  | 
 
August 2011Ultrafast Vibrations of Gold Nanorings  | 
August 2011Update: Research page.  | 
August 2011Update: photo page.  | 
 
August 2011Pharmacological Characterization of a Recombinant, Fluorescent Somatostatin Receptor Agonist  | 
 
August 2011Retroemission by lens arrays for high intensity, high contrast imaging of upconverting phosphors  | 
 
January 2011Barstar:barnase - a versatile platform for colloidal diamond bioconjugation  | 
2010 | 
 
November 2010Three weeks travelling around New Zealand.  | 
 
June 2010Non-specific cellular uptake of surface-functionalized quantum dots  | 
 
February 2010Optical generation of surface acoustic waves guided at the linear boundary between two thin films  | 
2009 | 
 
November 2009Vibrations of microspheres probed with ultrashort optical pulses  | 
November 2009A week travelling around Tasmania.  | 
May 2009A week travelling around the North Island of New Zealand.  | 
 
April 2009Nano plasmonic and phononic interactions Presentation given at the University of Queensland.  | 
March 2009Update: Australia travel pages.  | 
2008 | 
November 2008I start work as a Post Doc in the Optical Biomedical Imaging and Sensing Group at Macquarie University.  | 
August 2008A month travelling around Japan and South Korea.  | 
May 2008A week travelling around the more rural Japanese island of Shikoku, see more photos here.  | 
January 2008Give a talk on The Japanese Seasons as part of my Japanese communication course.  | 
2007 | 
November 2007A weeks holiday in the Kansai region of Japan, see more photos here.  | 
September 2007See photos from my Mt Fuji trip.  | 
 
September 2007Gave an invited talk at the Solid State Devices and Materials conference on Plasmonic Crystals and Nanophotonics Sensing Devices.  | 
 
July 2007Vibrational Properties of Gold Nanorings  | 
 
May 2007Topological Study of Gold Nanorings  | 
April 2007For the Japanese Golden Week I travelled some of the Tohoku region, see more photos here.  | 
 
January 2007Strong Coupling between Localized Plasmons and Organic Excitons in Metal Nanovoids, Selected to appear in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology.  | 
2006 | 
 
December 2006Mie plasmon enhanced diffraction of light from nanoporous metal surfaces,  | 
 
December 2006Localized and delocalized plasmons in metallic nanovoids,  | 
 
December 2006Oscillations of Gold Nanorings  | 
 
December 2006Localized and delocalized plasmons in metallic nanovoids,  | 
 
December 2006Strong Coupling between Localized Plasmons and Organic Excitons in Metal Nanovoids,  | 
 
August 2006I start work as a Post Doc in the Research Group of Quantum Matter Physics at Hokkaido University.  | 
 
March 2006Strong coupling of light to flat metals via a buried nanovoid lattice: the interplay of localized and free plasmons,  | 
February 2006I head off on my Round the World Trip.  | 
 
February 2006I become Dr Kelf. Get a copy of my thesis.  | 
 
January 2006Whispering Gallery Mode Emission at Telecommunications-Window Wavelengths Using PbSe Nanocrystals Attached to Photonic Beads,  | 
2005 | 
November 2005Angle-Resolved Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering on Metallic Nanostructured Plasmonic Crystals, Pubished in Nano Letters.  | 
October 2005Sculpted substrates for SERS,
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September 2005Plasmonic bandgaps and Trapped Photons on Nanostructured Metal Surfaces,  | 
 
September 2005Strong Coupling in Plasmonic Systems  | 
September 2005Plasmonic bandgaps and Trapped Photons on Nanostructured Metal Surfaces,  | 
August 2005Electrochemical SERS at a structured gold surface  | 
 
June 2005Plasmon Mixing in Nano-cavities  | 
 
June 2005Anisotropic surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)
on nanostructured plasmonic crystals  | 
 
May 2005Plasmon Mixing  | 
 
April 2005Ray Optics in Nanostructured Mirrors: Wave or Particle?  | 
 
January 2005Wetting of Regularly Structured Gold Surfaces  | 
 
January 2005Mesophotonics use SERS technology in Klarite Raman enhancing substrate.  | 
2004 | 
 
October 2004Chameleon Metals - Optical Response of Nano-Structured Metallic Surfaces  | 
 
September 2004Light-Matter Interactions on Nano-Structured Metal Surfaces  | 
 
July 2004Tunable Resonant Optical Microcavities by Self-Assembled Templating   | 
 
May 2004Interaction of Light on Nano-Structured Metals  | 
 
April 2004Light Matter Interactions on Nano-Structured Metallic Surfaces  | 
 
April 2004Whispering Gallery Modes of Quantum Dot Spheres  | 
2003 | 
 
November 2003Electric Fields above Nano-Structured Surfaces  | 
 
August 2003Investigating Nano-structured Materials  | 
 
January 2003TimKelf.com comes online.  |