Services for industry

The CLF offers a wide range of services and collaboration opportunities for our commercial and non-academic partners.

Industry access

Our proprietary access route offers confidential and guaranteed access along with a range of services, or you are welcome to apply for peer reviewed access with an academic collaborator. Whether you are looking for simple instrument access or a full consultancy approach to help address a complex R&D challenge, our expert staff can support every step.

Access to the laser facilities: research areas

Aerospace Aerospace
Automotive Automotive
Chemical Chemical
Defence and security Defence and security
Energy Energy
Environment Environment
Food and  Agritech Food and Agritech
Life sciences Life sciences
Materials and manufacturing Materials and manufacturing
Nuclear Nuclear

Key research sectors

Our experts support scientific and industrial research in these areas and more.

Laser-based technology development

Interested in developing laser-based technologies?

How to work with us

Get in touch and tell us
your challenge

Our partnerships team
will match you with an
expert in your field

We’ll work together to design a
solution using our state-of-the-art
laser facilities and technologies

Support for every step of the
process, providing you with
valuable insight for your business

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Meet the team

The Industry Partnerships team is a group of dedicated, industry applications focused scientists with expertise spanning the facilities available at the Central Laser Facility.

We are dedicated to helping industry use our state-of-the-art laser-based techniques and technologies to solve their research challenges. Bring us a problem or challenge statement and we will help to solve it.

Alix Bailie

Postdoctoral Scientist

Her work aims to understand the role that photons produced from various sources play in modulating metabolism and related biological function in mammalian cells by utilising techniques such as time-correlated single-photon counting in both a spectroscopic and microscopic (FLIM) capacity.

Archit Bhardwaj

EPAC Application Scientist

Archit is an Application Scientist, who develops computational tools and simulation workflows that support cutting-edge experimental science and industrial collaboration. His work focuses on enabling efficient modelling, data analysis, and integration of advanced instrumentation into real-world applications.

Claire Pizzey

Group Leader, Impact, Partnerships and Innovation (IPI)

Dr Claire Pizzey leads the Impact, Partnerships and Innovation activity at the CLF. She takes responsibility for development and growth of commercial strategic partnerships, all proprietary use of the facilities and overseeing the innovation portfolio of the CLF. Her role also includes impact and engagement activities at CLF, showcasing the broad range of science and […]

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