Personal profile
Research overview
Andrea Di Falco is professor in nano-photonics at the School of Physics and Astronomy, at the University of St Andrews. In 2010 he was awarded a fellowship from EPSRC, to develop the concept of flexible metamaterials and plasmonics at visible wavelengths. In 2019 he was awarded a ERC Consolidator grant to develop biophotonic applications of optically trapped photonic membranes. His interests cover different areas of photonics, from metamaterials to photonic crystals and applications of nonlinear optics and biophotonics.
Group website: http://synthopt.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/
Teaching activity
Prof Di Falco teaches the course of Nanophotonics at Master level. Locally he gives tutoring support, and organises and marks the experimental activity and the exams. He also supports the teaching program of the Photonics Laboratory.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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The 2026 active metamaterials roadmap
Pope, S. A., Roth, D. J., Bansal, A., Mousa, M., Rezanejad, A., Forte, A. E., Nash, G. R., Singleton, L., Langfeldt, F., Cheer, J., Henthorn, S., Hooper, I. R., Hendry, E., Powell, A. W., Souslov, A., Plum, E., Sun, K., de Groot, C. H., Muskens, O. L. & Shields, J. & 10 others, , 10 Apr 2026, In: Journal of Physics D : Applied Physics. 59, 14, 52 p., 143001.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Low-temperature fabrication of plasmonic titanium nitride thin films by electron beam evaporation
Das, A., Nanao, Y., Rajan, A., Di Falco, A. & Schulz, S. A., 30 Apr 2025, In: Journal of Physics: Photonics. 7, 2, 7 p., 025032.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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OLED illuminated metasurfaces for holographic image projection
Gong, J., Biabanifard, M., Yoshida, K., Turnbull, G. A., Di Falco, A. & Samuel, I. D. W., 27 Aug 2025, In: Light: Science & Applications. 14, 9 p., 294.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Side-polished fiber evanescent wave quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy employing dielectric coatings for evanescent field enhancement
Twomey, C. F., Biagi, G., Ruth, A. A., Ali, F., Di Falco, A., O'Faolain, L. & Walsh, A. J., 1 Dec 2025, In: Photoacoustics. 46, 100782.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Engineering waveguide nonlinear effective length via low index thin films
Jaffray, W., Ali, F., Stengel, S., Guo, Z., Schulz, S. A., Di Falco, A. & Ferrera, M., 27 Apr 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Advanced Optical Materials. Early View, 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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Data underpinning - Surface topology specic metasurface holograms
Di Falco, A. (Creator) & Burch, J. (Creator), University of St Andrews, 1 Feb 2018
DOI: 10.17630/583a258e-32cb-4a6b-826c-ab7d3b4429e2
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Epsilon-Near-Zero Metamaterials for Optoelectronic Applications (thesis data)
Li, X. (Creator) & Di Falco, A. (Supervisor), University of St Andrews, 2019
DOI: 10.17630/c87e32ae-936d-43ba-ac9d-6877197e8342, http://hdl.handle.net/10023/18938
Dataset: Thesis dataset
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Red-shifted excitation and two-photon pumping of biointegrated GaInP/AlGaInP quantum well microlasers (dataset)
Titze, V. M. (Creator), Caixeiro , S. (Creator), Di Falco, A. (Creator), Schubert, M. (Creator) & Gather, M. C. (Creator), University of St Andrews, 17 Feb 2022
DOI: 10.17630/f7fde0bc-7ca7-4634-a58e-a0844243e1d6
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A Hilbert Transform method for measuring linear and nonlinear phase shifts imparted by metasurfaces (dataset)
Schulz, S. A. (Creator), Wynne, L. (Creator) & Di Falco, A. (Creator), University of St Andrews, 4 Mar 2020
DOI: 10.17630/fe83de2f-6042-46ea-a4d6-7ee7d994e3ce
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All-optical manipulation of photonic membranes (dataset)
Askari, M. (Creator), Kirkpatrick, B. C. (Creator), Čižmár, T. (Creator) & Di Falco, A. (Creator), University of St Andrews, 26 Apr 2021
DOI: 10.17630/026e2f5a-0c28-4423-9661-d0f954a58f98
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Projects
- 13 Finished
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Holographic Integrated Photonic Platform: Holographic Integrated Photonics Platform for the Optical Analysis of Biological Samples
Di Falco, A. (PI)
1/03/24 → 31/08/25
Project: Standard
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Self-illuminating Holograms: Self-illuminating Holograms for Human-Computer Interaction
Samuel, I. (PI), Di Falco, A. (CoI) & Turnbull, G. (CoI)
1/03/23 → 28/02/25
Project: Standard
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HOLOPHRASE: HOLOPHRASE: Holographic metasurface pH sensors
Di Falco, A. (PI)
1/02/23 → 31/07/24
Project: Standard
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Suppressing SARS-CoV-2: Suppressing SARS-CoV-2 transmission in public spaces through surface engineering
Wahl, P. (PI), Di Falco, A. (CoI) & King, P. (CoI)
1/09/20 → 31/08/21
Project: Standard
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H2020 ERC CoG 2018 Amphibian: H2020 ERC CoG 2018 Amphibians
Di Falco, A. (PI)
1/02/19 → 31/01/24
Project: Standard
Activities
- 1 Editor of research journal
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Photonics and Nanostructures : Fundamentals and Applications (Journal)
Di Falco, A. (Editor)
2013 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editor of research journal