Kate Robertson

Research Associate for the Project “Cluster ofExcellence‚ CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter –Attosecond control schemes for charge-directed reactivity”

 
Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL)
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
Notkestrasse 85 (building 94, room O3.024)
22607 Hamburg
Germany

Research

My research interest focuses on the use of time-resolved spectroscopic techniques to study molecular dynamics. I have a particular interest in studying biologically relevant molecules.

Since 2024
Research Associate in the Attosecond Science group DESY Photon Science Division, Hamburg, Germany. 
2021 - 2024
 
PhD Student at the University College London (UCL), London, United Kingdom.

Project: Femtosecond time-resolved spectroscopy of bioluminescence emitter and their building blocks.

2016 - 2021

Master's Study in Physics, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.

Master thesis: Photostability of pigments in paints.    

Bachelor's thesis: Experimental and software design of a transient absorption set-up.