Prof Malte Gather

Prof Malte Gather

Professor

Email
mcg6@st-andrews.ac.uk

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Research areas

Biophotonics & biophysics:

  • bio-derived optical structures and devices
  • biological lasers (living lasers)
  • optical devicesÌýbased of fluorescent proteins
  • cellular biomechanics
  • nanophotonic biosensors

Organic electronics / OLEDs:

  • nano- and micro-patterning of organic semiconductors
  • OLED optics and outcoupling, nano-photonic structures
  • spectroscopy and molecular orientation
  • organic electronics in lab-on-chip systems
  • white OLEDs

Plasmonics:

  • plasmonic lasers / spasers
  • optical amplification
  • ‘molecular’ plasmonics
  • organic/inorganic hybrid systems
  • plasmonic waveguides and sensors

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PhD supervision

  • Jothi LetchumyÌýMahendra Kumar
  • RanjiniÌýSircar

Selected publications

  • Open access
    Moon, C.-K., Yasuda, Y., Kusakabe, Y., Popczyk, A., Fukushima, S., Butscher, J. F., Pathak, N., Schlecht, J., Ishihara, K., Dumele, O., Kaji, H. & Gather, M. C., 24 Apr 2026, In: Nature Communications. 17, 10 p., 3753.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    De, J., Gupta, A. K., Litvinas, D., Tenopala-Carmona, F., Lehmann, M., Gather, M. C. & Zysman-Colman, E., 7 Feb 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Advanced Functional Materials. Early View, 14 p., e28081.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Moon, C.-K., König, M., Sircar, R., Butscher, J. F., Alle, R., Meerholz, K., Pulver, S. R. & Gather, M. C., 5 Feb 2026, In: Light: Science & Applications. 15, 11 p., 104.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Witt, J., Oh, J., Marcato, T., Mischok, A., Shih, C.-J. & Gather, M. C., 9 May 2026, In: Small Structures . 7, 5, 8 p., e202600009.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Smith, W. V., Bebbington, A., Sircar, R., Gather, M. & Pulver, S., 1 Feb 2026, In: Genetics. 232, 2, iyaf268.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Sun, Y., Kronenberg, N. M., Sethi, S. K., Dash, S. N., Kovalik, M. E., Sempowski, B., Strickland, S., Raina, R., Sperati, C. J., Tian, X., Ishibe, S., Hall, G. & Gather, M. C., 1 Apr 2025, In: American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology. 328, 4, p. F578-F595 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Caixero, S., Dörrenhaus, R., Popczyk, A., Schubert, M., Kath-Schorr, S. & Gather, M. C., 19 Mar 2025, In: Nano Letters. 25, 11, p. 4467–4475

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  • Open access
    Butscher, J. F. & Gather, M. C., 4 Feb 2025, In: Applied Physics Letters. 126, 5, 6 p., 053503.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Busse, F., Booth, J. H., Kronenberg, N. M., Sun, Y., Meek, A. T., Mischok, A., Pulver, S. R. & Gather, M. C., 1 Nov 2025, In: Biomedical Optics Express. 16, 11, p. 4617-4632 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Williamson, C., Martin, C., Kumar, J. D., Lu, P., New, L. A., Wang, A. Y., Kronenberg, N. M., Gather, M. C., Reynolds, P. A. & Jones, N., 20 Jun 2025, In: iScience. 28, 6, p. 1-19 19 p., 112673.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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