Dr Ross Gillanders

Senior Research Fellow

Phone: +44 (0)1334 46 3036
Email: rg89@st-andrews.ac.uk

Research areas

With a background in water quality sensor development in industry and academia, my current research is primarily focused on explosive vapour detection by optical sensing for landmines and IEDs. In the Organic Semiconductor Centre we develop and characterise conjugated polymer films that are sensitive to nitroaromatic molecules such as TNT. My main focus is in developing the instrumentation to take these advanced materials into the field, and improving selectivity and specificity for target molecules.

Other active research interests include:

Sol-gel coatings for molecular imprinting
Detection of explosive molecules in aqueous environments
Pesticide sensing
Preconcentration materials and techniques for trace chemical sampling and detection
Use of honeybees in environmental sensing
Sensor arrays.

Selected publications

Open access

Honeybee-based biohybrid system for landmine detection
Filipi, J., Stojnić, V., Muštra, M., Gillanders, R. N., Jovanović, V., Gajić, S., Turnbull, G. A., Babić, Z., Kezić, N. & Risojević, V., 10 Jan 2022, In: Science of the Total Environment. 803, 9 p., 150041.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Biomonitoring for wide area surveying in landmine detection using honeybees and optical sensing
Gillanders, R. N., Glackin, J. ME., Babić, Z., Muštra, M., Simić, M., Kezić, N., Turnbull, G. A. & Filipi, J., Jun 2021, In: Chemosphere. 273, 8 p., 129646.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Comparison of UV-A photolytic and UV/TiO₂ photocatalytic effects on Microcystis aeruginosa PCC7813 and four microcystin analogues: a pilot scale study
Menezes, I., Capelo-Neto, J., Pestana, C. J., Clemente, A., Hui, J., Irvine, J. T. S., Nimal Gunaratne, H. Q., Robertson, P. K. J., Edwards, C., Gillanders, R. N., Turnbull, G. A. & Lawton, L. A., 15 Nov 2021, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 298, 11 p., 113519.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open access

Thermal desorption of explosives vapour from organic fluorescent sensors
Ogugu, E. B., Gillanders, R. N. & Turnbull, G., 2 Dec 2021, In: Chemistry Proceedings. 5, 1, 6 p., 11.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Explosives detection by swabbing for improvised explosive devices
Glackin, J. M. E., Gillanders, R. N., Eriksson, F., Fjällgren, M., Engblom, J., Mohammed, S., Samuel, I. D. W. & Turnbull, G., 5 Oct 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Analyst. 8 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sensing of explosive vapor by hybrid perovskites: effect of dimensionality
Harwell, J. R., Glackin, J. M. E., Davis, N. J. L. K., Gillanders, R. N., Credington, D., Turnbull, G. & Samuel, I. D. W., 10 Jul 2020, In: APL Materials. 8, 9 p., 0771106.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Biological Method (Bees) for Explosive Detection
Gillanders, R. N. & Turnbull, G. A., 2019, Explosives Detection: Sensors, Electronic Systems and Data Processing. Capineri, L. & Turmus, E. (eds.). 1 ed. Springer, (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Fluorescence-based sensors and preconcentration techniques for buried explosives detection
Gillanders, R. N., Glackin, J. M. E., Filipi, J., Kezic, N., Samuel, I. D. W. & Turnbull, G. A., 17 Oct 2019, 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 8871738. (2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Open access

Honeybee activity monitoring in a biohybrid system for explosives detection
Simić, M., Gillanders, R. N., Avramović, A., Gajić, S., Jovanović, V., Stojnić, V., Risojević, V., Glackin, J., Turnbull, G. A., Filipi, J., Kezić, N., Muštra, M. & Babić, Z., 2019, CMBEBIH 2019: Proceedings of the International Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering, 16 ̶̶ 18 May 2019, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Badnjevic, A., Škrbić, R. & Gurbeta Pokvić, L. (eds.). Cham: Springer, p. 185-192 (IFMBE Proceedings; vol. 73).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Open access

Preconcentration techniques for trace explosive sensing
Gillanders, R. N., Glackin, J. M. E., Filipi, J., Kezic, N., Samuel, I. D. W. & Turnbull, G. A., Mar 2019, In: Science of the Total Environment. 658, p. 650-658
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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