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