Joe Sanderson

Dr. Sanderson's research and that of his students focuses on the study of how matter interacts with intense Femtosecond laser pulses.

One of the ways which the interaction of matter with femtosecond laser pulses can be utilised is as a means of imaging some of the smallest fastest moving and most complex units of matter, molecules.

• Coulomb imaging of small molecules

• Mass spectrometry for nano-science applications

• Nanoparticle generation by femtosecond laser irradiation

• Devices and Analytical Methods

• Optical Systems

• Nanomaterials

• 1991 PhD Physics, University College, London, UK

• 1986 BSc Physics & Astronomy, University College, London, UK

• 2009, JSPS Fellowship

• 2003, Premiers research Excellence Award Senior

• 2012 - 2013: Making Groups Work for Large Classes and Assessing Their Impact​

• Faculty, Centre for Advanced Materials Joining

• Principal Investigator, Nano and Micro Systems Lab

• PHYS 111 - Physics 1
  • Taught in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025
• PHYS 256 - Geometrical and Physical Optics
  • Taught in 2020, 2022, 2023, 2025
• SCI 238 - Introductory Astronomy
  • Taught in 2024

* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.

• Generation of polyyne and methylpolyyne molecules from toluene by intense femtosecond laser pulse irradiation A Ramadhan, M Wesolowski, T Wakabayashi, H Shiromaru, T Fujino, ...Journal of Physics: Conference Series 635 (11), 112125 2015

• Formation of hydrocarbon species and carbon clusters through femtosecond laser ablation of cryogenic solidified methane R Karimi, A Zaidi, Y Cai, M Hajialamdari, J Sanderson, W Duley Journal of Physics: Conference Series. Vol. 635. No. 10. IOP Publishing, 2015

• Tabletop imaging using 266 nm femtosecond laser pulses, for characterization of structural evolution in, single molecule, chemical reactions H Ibrahim, B Wales, S Beaulieu, BE Schmidt, N Thiré, É Bisson. Journal of Physics: Conference Series. Vol. 635. No. 11. IOP Publishing, 2015

• Tabletop Imaging of Structural evolutions in Chemical Reactions H Ibrahim, B Wales, S Beaulieu, BE Schmidt, N Thiré, EP Fowe, É Bisson. Ultrafast Phenomena XIX. Springer International Publishing, 2015. 130-133.

• Dissociative ionization dynamics of triatomic molecules induced by soft X-rays Ali Ramadhan, Benji Wales, Isabelle Gauthier, Mike MacDonald, Lucia Zuin, Joe Sanderson Journal of Physics: Conference Series 635 (2015) 112137

• Please see Dr. Sanderson's research website for a complete listing of his publications.