Dr Richard Bowman
- Royal Society University Research Fellow (Physics & Astronomy)
telephone:
01413306403
email:
Richard.Bowman@glasgow.ac.uk
School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, G12 8QQ
Research interests
Personal webpage: https://openflexure.org/
Richard is a Royal Society University Research Fellow and proleptic Reader in Optics. His research interests centre on instrumentation, particularly microscopy and automation. He is a passionate advocate of openness in science, and leads the OpenFlexure Project, a fully motorised microscope with completely open designs and instructions. This has been replicated thousands of times around the world, in settings from maker clubs to hospitals to superresolution imaging labs. Understanding how to document and share scientific instruments such that they can be reproduced accurately in many independent labs is a crucial part of making experimental science more reproducible and trustworthy. More generally, his research group develop automated instrumentation to solve research challenges in the physical and life sciences, from nanoparticle characterisation to malaria diagnostics.
Publications
2024
Rosen, D. G., de Mello, E. S., Dhingra, S., Dawsey, S. M., Knapper, J., Bowman, R. and Anandasabapathy, S. (2024) Utility of a low-cost 3-D printed microscope for evaluating esophageal biopsies. Annals of 3D Printed Medicine, 13, 100145. (doi: 10.1016/j.stlm.2024.100145) (PMID:38405263)
2023
Bowman, R. W. (2023) Improving instrument reproducibility with open source hardware. Nature Reviews Methods Primers, 3, 27. (doi: 10.1038/s43586-023-00218-x)
Andrews, R. C. et al. (2023) Photochemical fingerprinting is a sensitive probe for the detection of synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists; toward robust point-of-care detection. Analytical Chemistry, 95(2), pp. 703-713. (doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c02529) (PMID:36599091)
2022
Diederich, B., Müllenbroich, C. , Vladimirov, N., Bowman, R., Stirling, J., Reynaud, E. G. and Andreev, A. (2022) CAD we share? Publishing reproducible microscope hardware. Nature Methods, 19(9), pp. 1026-1030. (doi: 10.1038/s41592-022-01484-5) (PMID:35508735)
Kallepalli, A. et al. (2022) Challenging point scanning across electron microscopy and optical imaging using computational imaging. Intelligent Computing, 2022, 0001. (doi: 10.34133/icomputing.0001)
2019
Chan, S., Halimi, A., Zhu, F., Gyongy, I., Henderson, R. K., Bowman, R., McLaughlin, S., Buller, G. S. and Leach, J. (2019) Long-range depth imaging using a single-photon detector array and non-local data fusion. Scientific Reports, 9, 8075. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-44316-x) (PMID:31147564) (PMCID:PMC6542841)
2016
Saglimbeni, F., Bianchi, S., Gibson, G. , Bowman, R., Padgett, M. and Di Leonardo, R. (2016) Holographic tracking and sizing of optically trapped microprobes in diamond anvil cells. Optics Express, 24(23), pp. 27009-27015. (doi: 10.1364/OE.24.027009) (PMID:27857428)
2015
Zhang, Y. , Gibson, G. M. , Hay, R., Bowman, R. W., Padgett, M. J. and Edgar, M. P. (2015) A fast 3D reconstruction system with a low-cost camera accessory. Scientific Reports, 5, 10909. (doi: 10.1038/srep10909) (PMID:26057407) (PMCID:PMC4460880)
Edgar, M. P., Gibson, G. M. , Bowman, R. W., Sun, B., Radwell, N., Mitchell, K. J., Welsh, S. S. and Padgett, M. J. (2015) Simultaneous real-time visible and infrared video with single-pixel detectors. Scientific Reports, 5, 10669. (doi: 10.1038/srep10669) (PMID:26001092) (PMCID:PMC4650679)
Welsh, S. S., Edgar, M., Bowman, R., Sun, B. and Padgett, M. J. (2015) Near video-rate linear Stokes imaging with single-pixel detectors. Journal of Optics, 17(2), 025705. (doi: 10.1088/2040-8978/17/2/025705)
2014
Radwell, N., Mitchell, K. J., Gibson, G. M. , Edgar, M. P., Bowman, R. and Padgett, M. J. (2014) Single-pixel infrared and visible microscope. Optica, 1(5), pp. 285-289. (doi: 10.1364/OPTICA.1.000285)
Bowman, R. W., Gibson, G. M. , Linnenberger, A., Phillips, D. B., Grieve, J. A., Carberry, D. M., Serati, S., Miles, M. J. and Padgett, M. J. (2014) 'Red tweezers': fast, customisable hologram generation for optical tweezers. Computer Physics Communications, 185(1), pp. 268-273. (doi: 10.1016/j.cpc.2013.08.008)
2013
Asavei, T., Nieminen, T.A., Loke, V.L.Y., Stilgoe, A.B., Bowman, R., Preece, D., Padgett, M.J. , Heckenberg, N.R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2013) Optically trapped and driven paddle-wheel. New Journal of Physics, 15(063016), (doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/15/6/063016)
Bowman, R.W., Gibson, G.M. , Padgett, M.J. , Saglimbeni, F. and Di Leonardo, R. (2013) Optical trapping at gigapascal pressures. Physical Review Letters, 110(9), Art. 095902. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.095902)
Edgar, M. P., Sun, B., Bowman, R., Welsh, S. S. and Padgett, M. J. (2013) 3D computational ghost imaging. In: Emerging Technologies in Security and Defence; and Quantum Security II; and Unmanned Sensor Systems X, Dresden, Germany, 23-26 Sep 2013, p. 889902. (doi: 10.1117/12.2032739)
2012
Cooper, G.J.T. , Bowman, R.W., Magennis, E.P., Fernandez-Trillo, F., Alexander, C., Padgett, M.J. and Cronin, L. (2012) Directed assembly of inorganic polyoxometalate-based micrometer-scale tubular architectures by using optical control. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 51(51), pp. 12754-12758. (doi: 10.1002/anie.201204405)
Gibson, G.M. , Bowman, R.W., Linnenberger, A., Dienerowitz, M., Phillips, D., Carberry, D.M., Miles, M.J. and Padgett, M.J. (2012) A compact holographic optical tweezers instrument. Review of Scientific Instruments, 83(11), p. 113107. (doi: 10.1063/1.4768303)
Phillips, D., Gibson, G.M. , Bowman, R., Padgett, M.J. , Hanna, S., Carberry, D.M., Miles, M.J. and Simpson, S.H. (2012) An optically actuated surface scanning probe. Optics Express, 20(28), p. 29679. (doi: 10.1364/OE.20.029679)
Phillips, D., Simpson, S.H., Grieve, J.A., Bowman, R., Gibson, G.M. , Padgett, M.J. , Rarity, J.G., Hanna, S., Miles, M.J. and Carberry, D.M. (2012) Force sensing with a shaped dielectric micro-tool. EPL (Europhysics Letters), 99(5), p. 58004. (doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/99/58004)
2011
Bowman, R., D’Ambrosio, V., Rubino, E., Jedrkiewicz, O., Trapani, P. and Padgett, M. (2011) Optimisation of a low cost SLM for diffraction efficiency and ghost order suppression. European Physical Journal: Special Topics, 199(1), pp. 149-158. (doi: 10.1140/epjst/e2011-01510-4)
Bowman, R., Muller, N., Zambrana-Puyalto, X., Jedrkiewicz, O., Trapani, P. and Padgett, M. (2011) Efficient generation of Bessel beam arrays by means of an SLM. European Physical Journal: Special Topics, 199(1), pp. 159-166. (doi: 10.1140/epjst/e2011-01511-3)
Phillips, D., Simpson, S.H., Grieve, J.A., Gibson, G.M., Bowman, R., Padgett, M.J. , Miles, M.J. and Carberry, D.M. (2011) Position clamping of optically trapped microscopic non-spherical probes. Optics Express, 19(21), pp. 20622-20627. (doi: 10.1364/OE.19.020622)
Phillips, D., Grieve, J.A., Olof, S.N., Kocher, S.J., Bowman, R., Padgett, M.J. , Miles, M.J. and Carberry, D.M. (2011) Surface imaging using holographic optical tweezers. Nanotechnology, 22(28), p. 285503. (doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/28/285503)
Bowman, R., Jesacher, A., Thalhammer, G., Gibson, G. , Ritsch-Marte, M. and Padgett, M. (2011) Position clamping in a holographic counterpropagating optical trap. Optics Express, 19(10), pp. 9908-9914. (doi: 10.1364/OE.19.009908)
Bowman, R., Preece, D., Gibson, G. and Padgett, M. (2011) Stereoscopic particle tracking for 3D touch, vision and closed-loop control in optical tweezers. Journal of Optics, 13(4), 044003. (doi: 10.1088/2040-8978/13/4/044003)
Phillips, D., Carberry, D.M., Simpson, S.H., Schäfer, H., Steinhart, M., Bowman, R., Gibson, G. , Padgett, M. , Hanna, S. and Miles, M.J. (2011) Optimizing the optical trapping stiffness of holographically trapped microrods using high-speed video tracking. Journal of Optics, 13(4), 044023. (doi: 10.1088/2040-8978/13/4/044023)
2010
Bowman, R., Gibson, G. and Padgett, M. (2010) Particle tracking stereomicroscopy in optical tweezers: control of trap shape. Optics Express, 18(11), pp. 11785-11790. (doi: 10.1364/OE.18.011785)
2009
Pacoret, C., Bowman, R., Gibson, G. , Haliyo, S., Carberry, D., Bergander, A., Regnier, S. and Padgett, M.J. (2009) Touching the microworld with force-feedback optical tweezers. Optics Express, 17(12), pp. 10259-10264. (doi: 10.1364/OE.17.010259)
2008
Preece, D., Keen, S., Botvinick, E., Bowman, R., Padgett, M. and Leach, J. (2008) Independent polarisation control of multiple optical traps. Optics Express, 16(20), pp. 15897-15902. (doi: 10.1364/OE.16.015897)
Articles
Rosen, D. G., de Mello, E. S., Dhingra, S., Dawsey, S. M., Knapper, J., Bowman, R. and Anandasabapathy, S. (2024) Utility of a low-cost 3-D printed microscope for evaluating esophageal biopsies. Annals of 3D Printed Medicine, 13, 100145. (doi: 10.1016/j.stlm.2024.100145) (PMID:38405263)
Bowman, R. W. (2023) Improving instrument reproducibility with open source hardware. Nature Reviews Methods Primers, 3, 27. (doi: 10.1038/s43586-023-00218-x)
Andrews, R. C. et al. (2023) Photochemical fingerprinting is a sensitive probe for the detection of synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists; toward robust point-of-care detection. Analytical Chemistry, 95(2), pp. 703-713. (doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c02529) (PMID:36599091)
Diederich, B., Müllenbroich, C. , Vladimirov, N., Bowman, R., Stirling, J., Reynaud, E. G. and Andreev, A. (2022) CAD we share? Publishing reproducible microscope hardware. Nature Methods, 19(9), pp. 1026-1030. (doi: 10.1038/s41592-022-01484-5) (PMID:35508735)
Kallepalli, A. et al. (2022) Challenging point scanning across electron microscopy and optical imaging using computational imaging. Intelligent Computing, 2022, 0001. (doi: 10.34133/icomputing.0001)
Chan, S., Halimi, A., Zhu, F., Gyongy, I., Henderson, R. K., Bowman, R., McLaughlin, S., Buller, G. S. and Leach, J. (2019) Long-range depth imaging using a single-photon detector array and non-local data fusion. Scientific Reports, 9, 8075. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-44316-x) (PMID:31147564) (PMCID:PMC6542841)
Saglimbeni, F., Bianchi, S., Gibson, G. , Bowman, R., Padgett, M. and Di Leonardo, R. (2016) Holographic tracking and sizing of optically trapped microprobes in diamond anvil cells. Optics Express, 24(23), pp. 27009-27015. (doi: 10.1364/OE.24.027009) (PMID:27857428)
Zhang, Y. , Gibson, G. M. , Hay, R., Bowman, R. W., Padgett, M. J. and Edgar, M. P. (2015) A fast 3D reconstruction system with a low-cost camera accessory. Scientific Reports, 5, 10909. (doi: 10.1038/srep10909) (PMID:26057407) (PMCID:PMC4460880)
Edgar, M. P., Gibson, G. M. , Bowman, R. W., Sun, B., Radwell, N., Mitchell, K. J., Welsh, S. S. and Padgett, M. J. (2015) Simultaneous real-time visible and infrared video with single-pixel detectors. Scientific Reports, 5, 10669. (doi: 10.1038/srep10669) (PMID:26001092) (PMCID:PMC4650679)
Welsh, S. S., Edgar, M., Bowman, R., Sun, B. and Padgett, M. J. (2015) Near video-rate linear Stokes imaging with single-pixel detectors. Journal of Optics, 17(2), 025705. (doi: 10.1088/2040-8978/17/2/025705)
Radwell, N., Mitchell, K. J., Gibson, G. M. , Edgar, M. P., Bowman, R. and Padgett, M. J. (2014) Single-pixel infrared and visible microscope. Optica, 1(5), pp. 285-289. (doi: 10.1364/OPTICA.1.000285)
Bowman, R. W., Gibson, G. M. , Linnenberger, A., Phillips, D. B., Grieve, J. A., Carberry, D. M., Serati, S., Miles, M. J. and Padgett, M. J. (2014) 'Red tweezers': fast, customisable hologram generation for optical tweezers. Computer Physics Communications, 185(1), pp. 268-273. (doi: 10.1016/j.cpc.2013.08.008)
Asavei, T., Nieminen, T.A., Loke, V.L.Y., Stilgoe, A.B., Bowman, R., Preece, D., Padgett, M.J. , Heckenberg, N.R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2013) Optically trapped and driven paddle-wheel. New Journal of Physics, 15(063016), (doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/15/6/063016)
Bowman, R.W., Gibson, G.M. , Padgett, M.J. , Saglimbeni, F. and Di Leonardo, R. (2013) Optical trapping at gigapascal pressures. Physical Review Letters, 110(9), Art. 095902. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.095902)
Cooper, G.J.T. , Bowman, R.W., Magennis, E.P., Fernandez-Trillo, F., Alexander, C., Padgett, M.J. and Cronin, L. (2012) Directed assembly of inorganic polyoxometalate-based micrometer-scale tubular architectures by using optical control. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 51(51), pp. 12754-12758. (doi: 10.1002/anie.201204405)
Gibson, G.M. , Bowman, R.W., Linnenberger, A., Dienerowitz, M., Phillips, D., Carberry, D.M., Miles, M.J. and Padgett, M.J. (2012) A compact holographic optical tweezers instrument. Review of Scientific Instruments, 83(11), p. 113107. (doi: 10.1063/1.4768303)
Phillips, D., Gibson, G.M. , Bowman, R., Padgett, M.J. , Hanna, S., Carberry, D.M., Miles, M.J. and Simpson, S.H. (2012) An optically actuated surface scanning probe. Optics Express, 20(28), p. 29679. (doi: 10.1364/OE.20.029679)
Phillips, D., Simpson, S.H., Grieve, J.A., Bowman, R., Gibson, G.M. , Padgett, M.J. , Rarity, J.G., Hanna, S., Miles, M.J. and Carberry, D.M. (2012) Force sensing with a shaped dielectric micro-tool. EPL (Europhysics Letters), 99(5), p. 58004. (doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/99/58004)
Bowman, R., D’Ambrosio, V., Rubino, E., Jedrkiewicz, O., Trapani, P. and Padgett, M. (2011) Optimisation of a low cost SLM for diffraction efficiency and ghost order suppression. European Physical Journal: Special Topics, 199(1), pp. 149-158. (doi: 10.1140/epjst/e2011-01510-4)
Bowman, R., Muller, N., Zambrana-Puyalto, X., Jedrkiewicz, O., Trapani, P. and Padgett, M. (2011) Efficient generation of Bessel beam arrays by means of an SLM. European Physical Journal: Special Topics, 199(1), pp. 159-166. (doi: 10.1140/epjst/e2011-01511-3)
Phillips, D., Simpson, S.H., Grieve, J.A., Gibson, G.M., Bowman, R., Padgett, M.J. , Miles, M.J. and Carberry, D.M. (2011) Position clamping of optically trapped microscopic non-spherical probes. Optics Express, 19(21), pp. 20622-20627. (doi: 10.1364/OE.19.020622)
Phillips, D., Grieve, J.A., Olof, S.N., Kocher, S.J., Bowman, R., Padgett, M.J. , Miles, M.J. and Carberry, D.M. (2011) Surface imaging using holographic optical tweezers. Nanotechnology, 22(28), p. 285503. (doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/28/285503)
Bowman, R., Jesacher, A., Thalhammer, G., Gibson, G. , Ritsch-Marte, M. and Padgett, M. (2011) Position clamping in a holographic counterpropagating optical trap. Optics Express, 19(10), pp. 9908-9914. (doi: 10.1364/OE.19.009908)
Bowman, R., Preece, D., Gibson, G. and Padgett, M. (2011) Stereoscopic particle tracking for 3D touch, vision and closed-loop control in optical tweezers. Journal of Optics, 13(4), 044003. (doi: 10.1088/2040-8978/13/4/044003)
Phillips, D., Carberry, D.M., Simpson, S.H., Schäfer, H., Steinhart, M., Bowman, R., Gibson, G. , Padgett, M. , Hanna, S. and Miles, M.J. (2011) Optimizing the optical trapping stiffness of holographically trapped microrods using high-speed video tracking. Journal of Optics, 13(4), 044023. (doi: 10.1088/2040-8978/13/4/044023)
Bowman, R., Gibson, G. and Padgett, M. (2010) Particle tracking stereomicroscopy in optical tweezers: control of trap shape. Optics Express, 18(11), pp. 11785-11790. (doi: 10.1364/OE.18.011785)
Pacoret, C., Bowman, R., Gibson, G. , Haliyo, S., Carberry, D., Bergander, A., Regnier, S. and Padgett, M.J. (2009) Touching the microworld with force-feedback optical tweezers. Optics Express, 17(12), pp. 10259-10264. (doi: 10.1364/OE.17.010259)
Preece, D., Keen, S., Botvinick, E., Bowman, R., Padgett, M. and Leach, J. (2008) Independent polarisation control of multiple optical traps. Optics Express, 16(20), pp. 15897-15902. (doi: 10.1364/OE.16.015897)
Conference Proceedings
Edgar, M. P., Sun, B., Bowman, R., Welsh, S. S. and Padgett, M. J. (2013) 3D computational ghost imaging. In: Emerging Technologies in Security and Defence; and Quantum Security II; and Unmanned Sensor Systems X, Dresden, Germany, 23-26 Sep 2013, p. 889902. (doi: 10.1117/12.2032739)
Supervision
Research Students
- Freya Whiteford
Research Assistants
- Joe Knapper
Teaching
Laboratories
- Physics 1: Laboratory (S1) PHYS1001
- Physics 1: Laboratory (S2) PHYS1001
Lectures
- Physics 1: Quantum Phenomena II PHYS1001
