Dr George Gordon
Associate Professor and UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, Faculty of Engineering
I lead a team of nine researchers working to developing miniature microscopes small enough to fit inside a needle. Our ultimate goal is to deploy cutting-edge microscopy techniques deep within the body (such as the pancreas, ovaries, and brain) to observe cells functioning in their natural environments. In other words, we want “to image where no one has imaged before”. Our work spans 3 key themes: new optical imaging techniques, new nanoengineered optical materials and clinical translation. This multidisciplinary research footprint spans physics, medicine, materials science, and AI, with applications in neuroscience, early cancer detection and precision medicine. Recent work includes AI-assisted image reconstruction via multimode optical fibres and the smallest ever device for Spatial Frequency Domain Imaging with application to gastrointestinal endoscopy.
Previously, I was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Cambridge, where I focused on developing holographic fibre endoscopes. I hold a Ph.D. in Wireless and Optical Telecommunications from Cambridge and an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Auckland. To date, I have authored over 40 publications and hold two patents
N3Centre Research Interests
- Developing neural forms of neurotechnology
- Clinical translation/application of neurotechnology
Current projects
Project title: Meta-fibres: Optical fibres with meta-surfaces for advanced optical biopsy through needles
Funding: £1.8 million, 2021-2027, UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship
Role: Principal Investigator
Project title: Brain circuits underlying attention problems after adolescent concussion.
Funding: £1.2 million, 2025-2027 UKRI Cross-Council Pilot Scheme
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Key Publications
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Zheng, R. J. Kilpatrick, D. B. Phillips and G. S. D. Gordon, “Self-attention-based non-linear basis transformations for compact latent space modelling of dynamic optical fibre transmission matrices”, [arXiv pre-print], 2024.
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C. Williams, R. Cousins, C. J. Mellor, S. E. Bohndiek and G. S. D. Gordon, “Hyperpixels: Pixel Filter Arrays of Multivariate Optical Elements for Optimized Spectral Imaging”, [arXiv pre-print], 2024.
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F. He, R. Fuentes-Dominguez, R. Cousins, C. J. Mellor, J. K. Barton and G. S. D. Gordon, “Single- and multi-layer micro-scale diffractive lens fabrication for fiber imaging probes with versatile depth-of-field”, [arXiv pre-print], 2024.
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J. Crowley and G. S. D. Gordon, “Ultra-miniature dual-wavelength spatial frequency domain imaging for micro-endoscopy,” Journal of Biomedical Optics, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 026002, Feb. 2024, 10.1117/1.JBO.29.2.026002.
Access the paper
- Y. Zheng, T. Wright, Z. Wen, Q. Yang and G. S. D. Gordon, “Single-ended recovery of optical fiber transmission matrices using neural networks”, Commun. Phys., vol. 6, pp. 306, Oct. 2023, doi:10.1038/s42005-023-01410-x.