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Royal Society University Research Fellow and Proleptic Reader, Department of Physics, University of Bath

Richard Bowman leads a research group at the University of Bath that develops new microscopes and other optomechanical instruments to answer problems in the physical and life sciences. For the last five years he has led the OpenFlexure project, developing an open-source microscope that can be built anywhere, including a study where it is manufactured in Tanzania and evaluated for malaria diagnosis there.

Experience

  • 2020–present
    Royal Society University Research Fellow and Proleptic Reader, University of Bath
  • 2018–2020
    Royal Society University Research Fellow and Proleptic Lecturer, University of Bath
  • 2017–2018
    Prize Fellow, University of Bath
  • 2015–2016
    Royal Commission 1851 Research Fellow, University of Cambridge
  • 2012–2015
    Queens' College Melsome Research Scholar, University of Cambridge