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Physics research in DCU

Research activities in the School of Physical Sciences cover fundamental and applied experimental work and are complemented by theoretical studies. Funding is from state, industry and the EU. A lively and cosmopolitan body of research workers comprises up to twenty five students and ten post-doctorates from ten or more countries. Research Centres in the School of Physical Sciences Physics research at DCU encompasses plasmas, atomic physics and laser plasmas, computation physics (applied to plasmas), optical sensors, semiconductors and astrophysics, astronomy and surface physics. Much of the work is carried out in collaboration with researchers elsewhere in the European Union.

Our Vision:

To achieve, by 2013, a nationally leading and internationally competitive position in niche physics education and research fields which is both highly visible and widely recognised.

Our Mission:

To achieve clear and significant improvements in education and research quality at third and fourth levels from undergraduate recruitment to postdoctoral formation during NDP2.

Research Groups and Centres

The following research groups are associated with the School of Physical Sciences:

• Astrophysics Group
• Centre for Laser Plasma Research (CLPR)
• Guided Wave Optics
• Microsystems Group
• Optical Sensors Laboratory (OSL)
• Plasma Research Laboratory (PRL)
• Semiconductor Spectroscopy Laboratory (SSL)
• Sensor Platforms
• Surfaces and Interfaces Research Laboratory (SIRL)
• Physics Education Group (CASTeL)

Two of the four research centres approved for funding in DCU – the National Centre for Plasma Science & Technology, NCPST (www.ncpst.ie) and the Biomedical Diagnostics Institute, (www.bdi.ie) – are operating under the direction of School professors and, overall, more than 75% of School staff participate in these programmes.