Dr Sebastian Gorgon

Sebastian is Research Fellow in Physics, and a Visiting Researcher at the Centre for Advanced Electron Spin Resonance at the University of Oxford. 

Biography

My first degree was in Chemical Physics at University College London, followed by a Master’s in Nanotechnology at Cambridge. I then joined the group of Prof. Sir Richard Friend for my PhD at the Cavendish Laboratory, during which I was also a Bye–Fellow and College Teaching Associate at Downing College.

Research

I am interested in materials with unusual light–matter interactions. Specifically, I am engineering carbon–based molecules towards applications in quantum information science, where they are well placed to act as miniature, ultra–precise sensors.

During my Fellowship, I lead a research programme centred on exploiting the properties of open–shell organic radicals which emit light, through which we can directly probe their quantum mechanical spin. These unique molecules offer rare advantages of room temperature operation and Lego–like tunability via chemical synthesis.