Research areas
Biophotonics & biophysics:
- bio-derived optical structures and devices
- biological lasers (living lasers)
- optical devices based of fluorescent proteins
- cellular biomechanics
- nanophotonic biosensors
Organic electronics / OLEDs:
- nano- and micro-patterning of organic semiconductors
- OLED optics and outcoupling, nano-photonic structures
- spectroscopy and molecular orientation
- organic electronics in lab-on-chip systems
- white OLEDs
Plasmonics:
- plasmonic lasers / spasers
- optical amplification
- ‘molecular’ plasmonics
- organic/inorganic hybrid systems
- plasmonic waveguides and sensors
More on http://gatherlab.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk.
PhD supervision
- Jothi Letchumy Mahendra Kumar
- Ranjini Sircar
Selected publications
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Open access
CRB2 depletion induces YAP signaling and disrupts mechanosensing in podocytes
Sun, Y., Kronenberg, N. M., Sethi, S. K., Dash, S. N., Kovalik, M. E., Sempowski, B., Strickland, S., Raina, R., Sperati, C. J., Tian, X., Ishibe, S., Hall, G. & Gather, M. C., 1 Apr 2025, In: American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology. 328, 4, p. F578-F595 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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DNA sensing with whispering gallery mode microlasers
Caixero, S., Dörrenhaus, R., Popczyk, A., Schubert, M., Kath-Schorr, S. & Gather, M. C., 19 Mar 2025, In: Nano Letters. 25, 11, p. 4467–4475Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
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Engineering mechanical resonances of magnetoelectric transducers
Butscher, J. F. & Gather, M. C., 4 Feb 2025, In: Applied Physics Letters. 126, 5, 6 p., 053503.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Highly transparent elastic optical microcavities for interferometric mapping of cell mechanics
Busse, F., Booth, J. H., Kronenberg, N. M., Sun, Y., Meek, A. T., Mischok, A., Pulver, S. R. & Gather, M. C., 1 Nov 2025, In: Biomedical Optics Express. 16, 11, p. 4617-4632 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Reduced nephrin tyrosine phosphorylation impairs podocyte force transmission and accelerates detachment in disease
Williamson, C., Martin, C., Kumar, J. D., Lu, P., New, L. A., Wang, A. Y., Kronenberg, N. M., Gather, M. C., Reynolds, P. A. & Jones, N., 20 Jun 2025, In: iScience. 28, 6, p. 1-19 19 p., 112673.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Schlieren texture and topography induced confinement in an organic exciton-polariton laser
Le Roux, F., Mischok, A., Tenopala-Carmona, F. & Gather, M. C., 18 Jan 2025, In: Nature Communications. 16, 10 p., 811.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Simultaneous multi-resonant thermally activated delayed fluorescence and room temperature phosphorescence from biluminescent nitrogen-containing indolocarbazoles
Lee, O. S., McKay, A. P., Cordes, D. B., Warriner, S. L., Gather, M. C. & Zysman-Colman, E., 14 May 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Advanced Science . Early View, 16 p., e03175.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Absolute quantum efficiency measurements of electrochemiluminescent devices through electrical impedance spectroscopy
Moon, C. & Gather, M. C., 30 Jul 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Advanced Optical Materials. Early View, 2401253.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A highly stable and efficient organic microcavity polariton laser
Witt, J., Mischok, A., Le Roux, F. & Gather, M. C., 19 Mar 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: MRS Communications. 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A multi-modal microscope for integrated mapping of cellular forces and Brillouin scattering with high resolution
Meek, A. T., Busse, F., Kronenberg, N. M., Dinh, S. V., Berghaus, K. V., Booth, J. H., Scarcelli, G. & Gather, M. C., Apr 2024, In: Journal of Physics: Photonics. 6, 2, 14 p., 025012.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review