Dr Jessica Boland
Senior Lecturer in Functional Materials and Devices at University of Manchester
Interest groups
Material interest groups
2D Materials. Molecular Materials. Semiconductors and Photonics. Solid State Defects. Spin and Topology.
Thematic interest groups
Advocacy and Policy. Industry and Knowledge Transfer. International Engagement. Outreach and Education. Training and Skills Base.
Equipment
Cryogenic Ultrafast Scattering-type Terahertz-probe Optical-pump Microscopy (CUSTOM) facility: https://gow.epsrc.ukri.org/NGBOViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/T01914X/1 Optoelectronic characterisation on nanometre (<30nm) length scales, ultrafast (<1 ps) timescales and cryogenic (<10K) temperatures.
Scientific focus and expertise
terahertz spectroscopy and microscopy for optoelectronic characterisation
Materials
topological insulators, Dirac/Weyl semi-metals and III-V nanowires
Quantum technologies
quantum materials and imaging