Schultz uses two-photon calcium imaging and other optical neurotechnology to study neural population activity in vivo, with application to understanding circuit dysfunction in neurodegenerative disease and to brain-machine interfaces.

Sumner is a founding figure of the UK dark-matter direct-detection programme (ZEPLIN series, now LZ), working on liquid-xenon TPC design, radiopurity and background control for rare-event searches.

Tang develops super-resolution ultrasound imaging (localisation of microbubble contrast agents to resolve microvasculature below the diffraction limit) alongside contrast/functional ultrasound methods, applied to cancer, cardiovascular and neurological imaging.

Tarbutt co-leads the Imperial eEDM experiment using YbF molecules and runs an independent molecular array quantum computing/sensing programme. Two parallel eEDM experiments: (1) Ultracold YbF beam — 2D transverse laser cooling producing 200 μK, 2×10^5 molecules/shot, eEDM sensitivity of 1.8×10^−28 e·cm/day (near shot-noise limit); (2) YbF 3D optical lattice — aiming for 10^−30 e·cm/year, requires laser cooling to μK and loading into 3D optical lattice, using novel all-optical spin polarisation and analysis. Also leads UKRI project on testing fundamental physics using arrays of ultracold molecules (CaF in optical tweezers for two-qubit molecular gates). These experiments probe CP-violation and BSM physics at PeV energy scales through precision molecular spectroscopy.

Thompson leads the Ion Trapping Group at Imperial using RF (Paul) traps with laser-cooled Ca-40 ions and Penning traps. Research foci: (1) High-fidelity quantum logic gates — optimal control techniques for single-ion state manipulation and two-qubit gates; demonstrated >1 s coherence times via Ramsey interferometry in a Penning trap; (2) Precision spectroscopy — ytterbium ion optical clock uncertainty characterisation at 2.2×10^−18 fractional uncertainty (NPL collaboration); proposed precision laser spectrometer for highly charged ions (HCI) in cylindrical Penning traps for QED tests; (3) Axion sensing — collaborating with Devlin on the Penning-trap single-electron photon counter for axion searches; (4) Coulomb crystals — ultrahigh resolution spectroscopy of ion crystals. Past work includes SPECTRAP project at GSI Darmstadt for HCI spectroscopy.

Truppe is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Cold Matter, specialising in laser cooling of atoms and diatomic molecules using deep-UV lasers. His current focus is aluminium monofluoride (AlF) and magnesium fluoride (MgF): AlF can be produced in a bright cryogenic buffer-gas beam and rapidly optically cycled on the A¹Π↔X¹Σ⁺ transition, making it a candidate for high-density laser trapping; MgF is characterised for its A²Π↔X²Σ⁺ hyperfine structure, relevant to laser cooling. These molecules open routes to ultracold chemistry studies, precision spectroscopy, and quantum simulation. Truppe returned to Imperial as faculty after a period at the Fritz Haber Institute (ERC Starting Grant, 'CoMoFun', cold molecules for fundamental physics).

Unruh studies stellar magnetic activity, starspots and irradiance variability and their effect on exoplanet transit and radial-velocity observations, helping to characterise host stars for precise exoplanet measurements.

Vanner leads the Quantum Measurement Lab, combining experiment and theory. Key research areas: (1) Cavity quantum optomechanics — developed a theoretical framework capturing nonlinear radiation-pressure beyond the linearised approximation, showing deterministic mechanical Wigner-negativity generation; demonstrated mechanical position-squared measurements in Nature Comms (2016); thermal noise squeezing by 36 dB (Nat. Comms 2013); (2) Brillouin-Mandelstam scattering — demonstrated strong coupling to high-frequency phonons (Optica 2019); single-phonon addition/subtraction via Brillouin (PRL 2021); quantum state tomography with non-Gaussianity; (3) Hybrid quantum systems — 'displacemon' architecture (nanobeam magnetically coupled to superconducting qubit, PRX 2018) for testing objective collapse and dark matter; (4) Quantum gravity tests — proposals for testing the generalised uncertainty principle (GUP) using optomechanical protocols. UKRI QTFP fellowship.

Warren uses large near-infrared sky surveys (e.g. UKIDSS/VISTA) to discover and characterise high-redshift quasars, cool brown dwarfs and other rare populations, and works on wide-field survey design and statistics.

Wittweg works on the XENONnT liquid-xenon dark matter experiment, focusing on detector calibration, low-background techniques and rare-event/dark-matter analyses; recently joined Imperial and is establishing a new noble-liquid detector research programme.