Daniel joined NPL in 2014 and now provides scientific leadership and coordination for the dimensional metrology group. He came from an academic background in the field of plasmonics and nanooptics where he attained the degree of PhD in Physics at the Queen’s University of Belfast. He has held postdoctoral research positions at both Queen’s University of Belfast and King’s College London. Prior to joining NPL, Daniel was a visiting Professor at the University of North Florida.
Daniel is a Chartered Physicist, Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society, and Member of the Institute of Physics, the European Microscopy Society, the European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology, and a Sustaining Member of the American Society for Precision Engineering. He is currently vice chair of the European Metrology Network (EMN) for Advanced Manufacturing.
Areas of interest
Daniel’s work at NPL is focussed on the development, implementation, and maintenance of NPL’s dimensional measurement capability for the provision of world leading measurement services, advanced calibration products, and delivery of high impact collaborative research & development projects.
Daniel has a wide interest in the underpinning physical phenomena of state-of-the-art sensor technologies and the exploitation of these for dimensional metrology in response to current and emerging trends/needs in the Advanced Manufacturing sector. His research on novel sensor systems for dimensional metrology aims to facilitate the ongoing transition of NPL’s dimensional traceability infrastructure and industrial metrology systems away from traditional methods towards highly automated, fast, reliable, traceable, and smart metrology technologies that are digitalised and fit for vertical integration within the smart factories of the future.
As vice chair of the EMN for Advanced Manufacturing, Daniel is also committed to ensuring a coordinated European metrology system through the development of a strategic research agenda and the facilitation of a programme of exciting, industrially relevant research projects that address real stakeholder needs and deliver on the goals of zero defect, zero delay, zero surprise, and zero waste in manufacturing.
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