I am grateful to have received funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), UK, the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts (NESTA), the Nuffield Foundation and the European Commission's Seventh Framework Programme.

Microscopy with neutral helium atoms: A wide-ranging new technique for delicate samples

Principal Investigator (Collaborators: Dr. AP Jardine, Dr. J. Ellis, Dr. B. Roman & Dr. A. Hansen, University of Cambridge)

EPSRC grant EP/R008051/1 (2017-2020)

£169k

Nanostructured half-Heuslers for thermoelectric waste heat recovery

Principal Investigator (Collaborators: Dr. Jan-Willem Bos, Heriot Watt University & Prof. Keith Refson, Royal Holloway University)

EPSRC grant EP/N017218/1 (2016-2019)

£393k

Consortium for advanced materials based on spin chirality

Co-Investigator (Lead: Prof. R. Stamps, University of Glasgow)

EPSRC grant EP/M024423/1 (2015-2020)

£757k (and matched funding from JSPS of Japan)

Previous Funding

A Focused Ion Beam Microscopy Facility for Advanced Materials Analysis

Co-Investigator (Lead: Dr. I. MacLaren, University of Glasgow)

EPSRC grant EP/P001483/1 (2016-2017)

£1.081m

Integrating advanced nanomaterials into transformative technologies

Principal Investigator,

EPSRC Fellowship EP/I00419X/1 (2010-2015)

£1.04M

Interfacing Oxides (IFOX)

Co-Investigator (Lead: Prof. Theo Rasing, Radboud University, Nijmegen, & Prof. Georg Schmidt Martin-Luther-Universität,Halle-Wittenberg)

EC-FP7 grant agreement 246102 (2010-2015)

€11.3M

New multiferroic and magnetoresistive materials for information storage: emergent behaviour in complex molybdate perovskites

Co-Investigator (Lead: Dr. E. Cussen, University of Strathclyde),

EPSRC grant EP/H001751/1 (2009-2011)

£367k

Molecular-Metal-Oxide-nanoelectronicS (M-MOS): Achieving the Molecular Limit

Co-Investigator (Lead: Prof. L. Cronin, University of Glasgow),

EPSRC programme grant EP/H024107/1 (2010-2014)

£3.57M

Enabling a hydrogen economy via advanced nanomaterials: A pilot study of catalysed electrolysis of water using reduced metal oxides

Co-Investigator (Lead: Dr. Jan-Willem Bos, Heriot-Watt University)

The Royal Society of Edinburgh Scottish Crucible Project Fund 2010

Ultra-high temperature synthesis of high-performance Zintl thermoelectrics

Subcontractor (PI: Dr. Jan-Willem Bos, Heriot-Watt University)

EPSRC grant EP/J000884/1 (2011-2013)

£80k (£7.5k to Glasgow)

Small items of research equipment at the University of Glasgow

Co-Investigator (Lead: Prof. M. Padgett, University of Glasgow)

EPSRC grant EP/K031732/1 (2012-2013)

£447k

New Directions in Materials Characterisation Using Vortex Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy

Principal Investigator

EPSRC grant EP/L001969/1 (2013-2015)

£244k

INSPIRE Physical Sciences: A synergy for next generation materials science

Co-Investigator (Lead: Dr O. Cespedes, University of Leeds)

EPSRC grant EP/K036408/1 (2013-2014)

£50k