The LML Team
LML's staff March 2011
LML's manfacturing facility April 2011
LML Key Staff
Dr. Nadeem Rizvi – Managing Director
Nadeem Rizvi is an experienced laser physicist who has been active in the field of lasers and laser applications for over 20 years. Nadeem holds a Ph.D. in laser physics from Imperial College London and has previously held research positions at the Central Laser Facility of the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, the Institute of Optics (Madrid) and the Optoelectronics Research Centre (University of Southampton). Nadeem was a member of the senior technical staff at Exitech Limited (Oxford) from 1994 to 2003 where he was responsible for the development of numerous laser micromachining techniques and applications. He left Exitech in 2003 to start the IBMM Laser Micromachining Centre at the University of Wales Bangor, the success of which led directly to the formation of LML.
Dr. Julian Burt – Systems & Development Manager
Julian Burt has a background in electronic engineering and has been active in the area of microengineering and microfabrication for the past 20 years. Julian has a Ph.D. from the University of Wales, Bangor in the field of bioelectronics and has had a successful research career in the development of Laboratory-on-a-Chip technology. As well as working with LML, Julian also holds a senior lectureship at the University of Wales, Bangor where he leads the microengineering and lab-on-a-chip research activities and runs the university's MSc course in Nanotechnology and Microfabrication.
Dr. Andy Goater – Principal Development Engineer
Andy Goater has a Ph.D. in the field of bioelectronics from the University of Wales, Bangor and has worked on a number of post-doctoral research projects specialising in microfabrication using a wide range of techniques. Andy was previously employed as the First Technical Officer of the Institute of Bioelectronic and Molecular Microsystems in Bangor and was also a key project researcher on the Optical Biochips project. He has also lectured for 3 years in the M.Sc. course in Nanotechnology and Microfabrication run by the University of Wales, Bangor.