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Qualifications

BSc (Hons) Physics Manchester

Dip Adv Stud Sci, Manchester

PhD Manchester

CPhys

Special Interest Groups

• ManOCTNet

Research Groups

• Photon Physics

Research Institutes

• Photon Science

Dr Mark Dickinson graduated in Physics from the University of Manchester in 1981 and carried on to research into multi-oscillator ring laser gyroscopes for his PhD in 1984. He was appointed as lecturer in the School of Physics and Astronomy in 1989. His research covers a number of areas, the core of which is Laser Physics. More recently he has been specialising in medical and biological applications of lasers. Recent projects include laser tweezing, blood flow measurements in the microcirculation, laser nerve stimulation for human pain studies, optical coherence tomography and a range of dental applications for lasers. He has worked in collaboration with a number of medical/dental groups and has been involved with industrial partners, including University spin-off companies. Dr Dickinson is an author, member and one of the key organisers of the new Photon Science Institute at the University of Manchester.

My research interests include medical, dental and biological applications of lasers and photonics. This includes applications for therapy and diagnostics. Currently my main areas of work are in Optical Cohrerence Tomography, Laser Tweezers and Human Pain Stimulation.

• Advanced Materials in Medicine

• Digital Futures

• Christabel Pankhurst Institute

• Photon Science Institute

• Imaging the microvasculature using nailfold capillaroscopy in patients with coronavirus disease-2019; A cross-sectional study

Wilkinson, S., Wilkinson, J., Grace, A., Lyon, D., Mellor, M., Yunus, T., Manning, J., Dinsdale, G., Berks, M., Knight, S., Bakerly, N., Gebril, A., Dark, P., Herrick, A., Taylor, C., Dickinson, M. & Murray, A., 1 May 2025, In: Microvascular Research. 159, 104796.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Quantification of palmar and digital epidermal thickness and sweat duct density: Epidermal thickness and sweat duct density in palmar skin.

Jones, E., Mughal, H. N., Moscalu, R., Columb, M., Duff, C., Dickinson, M., Reid, A. J. & Murphy, R. N. A., 14 May 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Clinical Anatomy.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Development of a measuring app for systemic sclerosis-related digital ulceration (SALVE: Scleroderma App for Lesion VErification)

Davison, A. K., Krishan, A., New, R. P., Murray, A., Dinsdale, G., Manning, J., Hall, F., Pauling, J. D., Vail, A., Kearney, K., Patrick, H., Hughes, M., Dixon, W., Dickinson, M., Taylor, C. & Herrick, A. L., 19 Jul 2024, In: Rheumatology (Oxford, England).
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Antibacterial effects in blood irradiated with a polychromatic device mediated through reactive oxygen species: possible involvement of haem

Willmott, T., Humphreys, G., Chappell-Jones, K., Dickinson, M., Lu, J. R., Hamblin, M. R., Dark, P. & McBain, A. J., 29 Mar 2023, In: Letters in Applied Microbiology. ovad041.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Exploring associations between skin, the dermal microbiome, and ultraviolet radiation: advancing possibilities for next-generation sunscreens

Smith, M. L., O’Neill, C. A., Dickinson, M. R., Chavan, B. & McBain, A. J., 23 Jun 2023, In: Frontiers in Microbiomes. 2, 1102315.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Communicating Physics through the Royal Society

Mao, S. (Participant), Rattenbury, N. (Participant), Maffei, B. (Participant), Dickinson, C. (Participant), Gleeson, M. (Participant), Dierking, I. (Participant), Dickinson, M. (Participant), Novoselov, K. (Participant), Geim, A. (Participant), Flavell, W. (Participant), Binks, D. (Participant), Spencer, T. (Participant), Fuller, M. (Participant), Avison, A. (Participant), Duerdoth, I. (Participant), Wengler, T. (Participant), Oh, A. (Participant), Soldner-Rembold, S. (Participant), Schwanenberger, C. (Participant) & Petridis, K. (Participant)
Impact: Economic, Technological, Attitudes and behaviours, Awareness and understanding

• Transfer of laser research and development to spin-out companies, Lynton Lasers Ltd and Laser Quantum Ltd

King, T. (Participant), Dickinson, M. (Participant), Exley, J. (Participant), Charlton, A. (Participant), Berry, A. (Participant), Gloster, L. A. W. (Participant), Cox, A. (Participant), Lane, S. (Participant) & Coleman, D. (Participant)
Impact: Technological, Economic

• Temperature and evaporative water loss of leaf-sitting frogs: the role of reflection spectra

Herrerias Azcue, F. (Creator), Blount, C. (Creator) & Dickinson, M. (Creator), University of Manchester, 1 Nov 2016
DOI: 10.15127/1.305404, https://www.escholar.manchester.ac.uk/api/datastream?publicationPid=uk-ac-man-scw:305404&datastreamId=Frog_Simulator.ZIP and 4 more links, https://www.escholar.manchester.ac.uk/api/datastream?publicationPid=uk-ac-man-scw:305404&datastreamId=Thermoregulation_Modelling.ZIP, https://www.escholar.manchester.ac.uk/api/datastream?publicationPid=uk-ac-man-scw:305404&datastreamId=Data_and_Images.ZIP, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/bio.021113 uk-ac-man-scw:277121 , http://uk-ac-man-scw:277121 (show fewer)
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