Tiffany Wood - Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae:

1. Biography
2. Publications

Biography:

2012-present Industrial Research Liaison, Edinburgh Complex Fluids Partnership, University of Edinburgh, UK
2007-2012 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Insitute of Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, Edinburgh, UK
2004-2007 Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Physical Chemistry, University of Bristol, UK
2005 Awarded PhD in Physics entitled "Optical Trapping and Liquid Crystals", University of Manchester, UK
2000 Awarded Scholarship for Post-Graduate Study, Jersey
2000 Taught G.C.S.E.level Physics, Kasama Secondary School, Zambia
1999 Awarded 2:1 Master of Physics (MPhys) University of Manchester, UK

Publications:

1. "Colloidal particles at the interface between an isotropic liquid and a chiral liquid crystal"
   Pawsey A. C., Lintuvuori J. S., Wood T. A., Thijssen J. H. J., Marenduzzo D. and Clegg P. S., Soft Matter, 8, 8422-8428, 2012.(open)
2. "A Self-Quenched Defect Glass in a Colloid-Nematic Liquid Crystal Composite"
   , Wood T.A., Lintuvuori J. S., Schofield A. B., Marenduzzo D., Poon W. C. K. , Science, 334, 79, 2011.(open)
3. "Self Organisation of Particles with Planar Anchoring in a Cholesteric Liquid Crystal"
   , Hijnen N., Wood T. A., Wilson D. and Clegg P. S., Langmuir, 26 (16), 13502, 2010.(open)
4. "Characterisation of Microparticles with driven Optical Tweezers"
   , T. A.Wood , G. S. Roberts ,S. Eaimkhong and P. Bartlett, Faraday Discussions, 137, 319, 2008.(open)
5. "Electrostatic charging of nonpolar colloids by reverse micelles"(open)
   , G. S. Roberts , R. Sanchez, R. Kemp, T.A. Wood and P. Bartlett, Langmuir, 24 (13), 6530, 2008.
6. "Direct measurement of the effective charge in nonpolar suspensions by optical tracking of single particles"(open)
   , G. S. Roberts, T. A. Wood, W. J. Frith and P. Bartlett, Journal of Chemical Physics, 126 (19), 194503, 2007.
7. "Measurement of Effective Temperatures in an Aging Colloidal Glass"(open)
   Greinert N., Wood T.A., Bartlett P., Physical Review Letters, 97, 265702, 2006.
8. "Laser manipulation in liquid crystals: an approach to microfluidics and micromachines" (open)
   Gleeson H. F., Wood T. A., Dickinson M. R., Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences, 364 (1847): 2789-2805, 2006.
9. "Mechanisms of optical angular momentum transfer to nematic liquid crystalline droplets"(open)
   Wood T. A., Gleeson H. F., Dickinson M. R. and Wright A. J., Applied Physics Letters, 84 (21): 4292-4294, 2004
10. "The transverse trapping force of an optical trap: factors affecting its measurement" (open)
    Wright A. J., Wood T. A., Dickinson M. R., Gleeson H. F. and Mullin T., Journal of Modern Optics, 50 (10): 1521-1532, 2003
11. "Investigation of the Factors Affecting the Transverse Force Measurements of an Optical Trap. Part I"
    Wood T. A., Wright A. J., Gleeson H. F., Dickinson M. R., Mullin T. and Murray A., Proceedings of the SPIE, 4634: 128-134, 2002
12. "Investigation of the Factors Affecting the Transverse Force Measurements of an Optical Trap. Part II"
    Wright A. J., Wood T. A., Gleeson H. F., Dickinson M. R., Mullin T. and Murray A., Proceedings of the SPIE, 4622: 195-203, 2002

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