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Dr Nicholas Roberts
BBSRC David Phillips Research Fellow
Dr Nicholas Roberts
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Dr Nicholas Roberts
MPhys (Manc), PhD(Manc)
BBSRC David Phillips Research Fellow
Area of research
Detection of light and colour in nature
University of Bristol,
Woodland Road,
Bristol
BS8 1UG
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Tel. +44 (0) 117 928 8155
nicholas.roberts@
bristol.ac.uk
Research summary
My research is focused on investigating optical mechanisms that underlie sensory abilities such as polarization vision and the evolution of the bio-optics of signaling and photoreception.
My work adopts a ...
Biography
I gained my first degree, an MPhys in Physics and Astrophysics, in 1999 at the University of Manchester. I stayed on in Manchester and completed a PhD in the Liquid ...
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Selected publications
- Roberts, NW, T-S Chiou, N.J. Marshall & T.W. Cronin. ‘A biological quarter-wave retarder with excellent achromaticity in the visible wavelength region’, Nature Photonics, 3, (pp. 641-644), 2009
- Wagner, H-J, Douglas, RH, Frank, TM, Roberts, NW & Partridge, JC. ‘Dolichopteryx longipes, a deep-sea fish with a bipartite eye using both refractive and reflective optics’, Current Biology, 19, (pp. 108-114), 2009
Latest publications
- Roberts, NW, Porter, ML & Cronin, TW. ‘The molecular basis of mechanisms underlying polarization vision’, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 366, (pp. 627-637), 2011
- Pignatelli, V, Temple, SE, Chiou, T-H, Roberts, NW, Collin, SP & Marshall, NJ. ‘Behavioural relevance of polarization sensitivity as a target detection mechanism in cephalopods and fishes’, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 366, (pp. 734-741), 2011
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