Dr Ross Gillanders

Senior Research Fellow

St Andrews Innovation Senior Research Fellow

Phone: +44 (0)1334 46 3714
Email: rg89@st-andrews.ac.uk

Research areas

With a background in water quality sensor development in industry and academia, my current research is primarily focused on explosive vapour detection by optical sensing for landmines and IEDs. In the Organic Semiconductor Centre we develop and characterise conjugated polymer films that are sensitive to nitroaromatic molecules such as TNT. My main focus is in developing the instrumentation to take these advanced materials into the field, and improving selectivity and specificity for target molecules.

Other active research interests include:

Sol-gel coatings for molecular imprinting
Detection of explosive molecules in aqueous environments
Pesticide sensing
Preconcentration materials and techniques for trace chemical sampling and detection
Use of honeybees in environmental sensing
Sensor arrays.

Selected publications

Open access

Optical sensing of water contaminants using organic semiconductors
Mishra, S., Ogugu, E. B., Turnbull, G. A. & Gillanders, R. N., 30 Jun 2024, 2024 IEEE international conference on flexible and printable sensors and systems (FLEPS). Marrocco, G., Mäntysalo, M., Agarwala, S. & Tee, B. (eds.). Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, 3 p. 10603635. (IEEE international conference on flexible and printable sensors and systems (FLEPS)).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF CHEMICALS USING OPTICAL SENSORS
Gillanders, R. N. (Inventor), Turnbull, G. (Inventor), Samuel, I. D. W. (Inventor) & Glackin, J. M. E. (Inventor), 20 Apr 2023, IPC No. G01N 21/64 2006.1, G01N 31/22 2006.1, G01N 21/78 2006.1, Patent No. WO/2023/062357, 11 Oct 2022, Priority date 12 Oct 2021, Priority No. 2114557.8
Research output: Patent
Open access

Fluorescence lifetime imaging for explosive detection
Matheson, A. B., Ogugu, E. B., Gillanders, R. N., Turnbull, G. A. & Henderson, R., 13 Nov 2023, In: Optics Letters. 48, 22, p. 6015-6018 4 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open access

Thermal control of organic semiconductors for trace detection of explosives
Ogugu, E. B., Gillanders, R. N., Mohammed, S. & Turnbull, G. A., 21 Nov 2023, In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 25, 43, p. 29548-2955 8 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open access

Honeybee-based biohybrid system for landmine detection
Filipi, J., Stojnić, V., Muštra, M., Gillanders, R. N., Jovanović, V., Gajić, S., Turnbull, G. A., Babić, Z., Kezić, N. & Risojević, V., 10 Jan 2022, In: Science of the Total Environment. 803, 9 p., 150041.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open access

Biomonitoring for wide area surveying in landmine detection using honeybees and optical sensing
Gillanders, R. N., Glackin, J. M., Babić, Z., Muštra, M., Simić, M., Kezić, N., Turnbull, G. A. & Filipi, J., Jun 2021, In: Chemosphere. 273, 8 p., 129646.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open access

Comparison of UV-A photolytic and UV/TiO₂ photocatalytic effects on Microcystis aeruginosa PCC7813 and four microcystin analogues: a pilot scale study
Menezes, I., Capelo-Neto, J., Pestana, C. J., Clemente, A., Hui, J., Irvine, J. T. S., Nimal Gunaratne, H. Q., Robertson, P. K. J., Edwards, C., Gillanders, R. N., Turnbull, G. A. & Lawton, L. A., 15 Nov 2021, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 298, 11 p., 113519.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open access

Thermal desorption of explosives vapour from organic fluorescent sensors
Ogugu, E. B., Gillanders, R. N. & Turnbull, G., 2 Dec 2021, In: Chemistry Proceedings. 5, 1, 6 p., 11.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open access

Explosives detection by swabbing for improvised explosive devices
Glackin, J. M. E., Gillanders, R. N., Eriksson, F., Fjällgren, M., Engblom, J., Mohammed, S., Samuel, I. D. W. & Turnbull, G., 5 Oct 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Analyst. 8 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open access

Sensing of explosive vapor by hybrid perovskites: effect of dimensionality
Harwell, J. R., Glackin, J. M. E., Davis, N. J. L. K., Gillanders, R. N., Credington, D., Turnbull, G. & Samuel, I. D. W., 10 Jul 2020, In: APL Materials. 8, 9 p., 0771106.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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