The central theme of our research activities (website) lies in the development and application of modern laser spectroscopic methods to visualise and quantify dynamic chemical processes.

Applications range from environmental and chemical process sensing to biomedical applications. We have developed tools that allow the fast probing of exothermic chemistry in reactive flows and the research has been used, for example, in the design of next generation, low emission aero-engines. On a very different scale we have succeeded in visualising chemical reactions inside single living cells and our optical tools help in the understanding of molecular mechanisms of disease and in the design and testing of novel drugs.