Aston University (AU) has more than 30 years of expertise in laser development and biotissue-light interaction research, and has coordinated numerous biophotonics projects. Indeed, the foundational science that GlioLighT is built upon was generated by AU, making them uniquely suited to lead GlioLighT and manufacture and develop DLT technology.
Meet our Researchers
Prof. Rafailov is head of the Optoelectronics and Biomedical Photonics Research Group in the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences at Aston University and a member of Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AIPT), one of the world’s leading photonics research centres. Prof. Rafailov joined Aston University in 2014 and since then his research has contributed to the Institute’s world-leading position in the fields of fibre and semiconductor lasers and bio-medical photonics, making impact on industry, scientific communities and society.
Dr. Dremin joined Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies as a Marie Curie Research Fellow in 2020. He is an exceptional young researcher with significant industrial experience who has already made ground-breaking contributions in the fields of biomedical sensors, biomedical optics, electronics, machine learning, Monte Carlo simulation, etc. He has several international personal grants, e.g., EDUFI Fellowship (Finland), Individual postdoctoral grant by Russian Science Foundation (Russia), prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (EU), Optica Foundation Challenge Prize (USA), etc. He has various significant national and international awards, including the Award of Nobel Prize Winner Zhores Alferov for young scientists.
Dr. Galiakhmetova is the post-doctoral researcher in the Optoelectronics and Biomedical Photonics Research Group at Aston University. Her work focuses on developing semiconductor, solid-state, and fiber lasers for biomedical applications, including disease detection and treatment. She has over ten years of experience in laser optics, photonics, optogenetics, and spectroscopy.
