Job Title

Professor

Department

Physics

Email

E.MacPherson@warwick.ac.uk

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• Research Projects

• Journals
• Books and Chapters
• Conferences

• Ou, Huiliang, Stantchev, Rayko Ivanov, Chen, Xuequan, Blu, Thierry, Semtsiv, Mykhaylo, Masselink, William Ted, Hernandez Serrano, Arturo I., Costa, Concalo, Young, Jacob, Chopra, Nishtha, Lloyd-Hughes, James, MacPherson, Emma, 2024. Simultaneous measurement of orthogonal terahertz fields via an emission multiplexing scheme. Optics Express, 32 (4), pp. 5567-5581
• Hernandez-Serrano, A. I., Ding, Xuefei, Costa, Goncalo, Nurumbetov, Gabit, Haddleton, David M., Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2024. The effect of transdermal drug delivery patches on the stratum corneum : in vivo inspection with a handheld terahertz probe. Biomedical Optics Express
• Whittock, Abigail, Ding, Xuefei, Ramirez Barker, Xavier, Auckloo, Nazia, Sellers, Rebecca A., Woolley, Jack M., Tamareselvy, Krishnan, Vincendet, Marine, Corre, Christophe, Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, Stavros, Vasilios G., 2023. Spectroscopic insight on impact of environment on natural photoprotectants. Chemical Science, 14 (24), pp. 6763-6769
• Barker, Xavier E. Ramirez, Costa, Goncalo, Stantchev, Rayko I., Hernandez-Serrano, Arturo I., Nurumbetov, Gabit, Haddleton, David M., Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2023. Monitoring the terahertz response of skin beneath transdermal drug delivery patches using sparse deconvolution. IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology, 13 (5), pp. 503-510
• 'Shen, Suling, 'Liu, Xudong, 'Shen, Yaochun, 'Qu, Junle, 'Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 'Wei, Xunbin, 'Sun, Yiwen, 2022. 'Recent advances in the development of materials for Terahertz metamaterial sensing. Advanced Optical Materials, 10 (1)
• 'Chen, Xuequan, 'Lindley-Hatcher, Hannah, 'Stantchev, Rayko I., 'Wang, Jiarui, 'Li, Kaidi, 'Hernandez-Serrano, Arturo I., 'Taylor, Zachary D., 'Castro-Camus, Enrique, 'Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2022. 'Terahertz (THz) biophotonics technology : instrumentation, techniques, and biomedical applications. Chemical Physics Reviews, 3 (1)
• 'Barker, Xavier E. Ramirez, 'Stantchev, Rayko I., 'Hernandez Serrano, Arturo I., 'Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2022. 'Simulated and experimental verification for a terahertz specific finite rate of innovation signal processing method. Sensors, 22 (9)
• 'Park, Sae June, 'Tucker, Robyn, 'Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 'Cunningham, John E., 2022. 'Design of a split ring resonator integrated with on?chip terahertz waveguides for colon cancer detection. Advanced Theory and Simulations, 5 (9)
• Chen, Zefeng, Chen, Xuequan, Tao, Li, Chen, Kun, Zhang, Rui, Long, Mingzhu, Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, Xu, Jianbin, 2022. Broadband graphene-based electro-optic chiral polarization conversion for terahertz pulse shaping. ACS Photonics, 9 (11), pp. 3633-3641
• Ding, Xuefei, Hernandez-Serrano, A. I., Lindley-Hatcher, Hannah, Stantchev, Rayko I., Zhou, Jun, Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2022. Optimized multilayer structure for sensitive THz characterization of thin-film glucose solutions. Optics Express, 30 (11), pp. 18079-18089
• Chen, Xuequan, Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2022. An introduction to terahertz time-domain spectroscopic ellipsometry. APL Photonics, 7
• 'Stantchev, Rayko Ivanov, 'Li, Kaidi, 'Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2021. 'Rapid imaging of pulsed terahertz radiation with spatial light modulators and neural networks. ACS Photonics, 8 (11), pp. 3150-3155
• Lindley-Hatcher, Hannah, Wang, Jiarui, Hernandez-Serrano, Arturo I., Hardwicke, Joseph, Nurumbetov, Gabit, Haddleton, David M., Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2021. Monitoring the effect of transdermal drug delivery patches on the skin using Terahertz sensing. Pharmaceutics, 13 (12)
• Wang, Jiarui, Lindley-Hatcher, Hannah, Chen, Xuequan, Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2021. THz sensing of human skin : a review of skin modeling approaches. Sensors, 21 (11)
• Lindley-Hatcher, Hannah, Stantchev, R. I., Chen, X., Hernandez-Serrano, Arturo I., Hardwicke, Joseph, Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2021. Real time THz imaging - opportunities and challenges for skin cancer detection. Applied Physics Letters, 118 (23)
• Hernandez-Serrano, Arturo I., MacPherson, Emma, 2021. Low cost and long-focal-depth metallic axicon for terahertz frequencies based on parallel-plate-waveguides. Scientific Reports, 11
• Ivanov Stantchev, Rayko, Yu, Xiao, Blu, Thierry, Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2020. Real-time terahertz imaging with a single-pixel detector. Nature Communications, 11
• Sun, Qiushuo, Chen, Xuequan, Liu, Xudong, Stantchev, Rayko I., Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2020. Exploiting total internal reflection geometry for terahertz devices and enhanced sample characterization. Advanced Optical Materials, 8 (3)
• Li, Kaidi, Chen, Xuequan, Zhang, Rui, Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2020. Classification for glucose and lactose Terahertz spectra based on SVM and DNN methods. Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology, 10 (6), pp. 617-623
• Wang, Jiarui, Lindley-Hatcher, Hannah, liu, Kai, Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2020. Evaluation of transdermal drug delivery using terahertz pulsed imaging. Biomedical Optics Express, 11 (8), pp. 4484-4490
• Chen, Xuequan, Sun, Qiushuo, Stantchev, Rayko I., Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2020. Objective and efficient terahertz signal denoising by transfer function reconstruction. APL Photonics, 5 (5)
• Hernandez-Serrano, Arturo I., Mittleman, Daniel M., Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2020. Broadband amplitude, frequency and polarization splitter for terahertz frequencies using parallel-plate-waveguides technology. Optics Letters, 45 (5), pp. 1208-1211
• Yu, Xiao, Stantchev, Rayko Ivanov, Yang, Fan, Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2020. Super sub-nyquist single-pixel imaging by total variation ascending ordering of the Hadamard absis. Scientific Reports, 10 (1)
• Hernandez-Serrano, Arturo I., Leigh, Simon J., Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2020. In-line evanescent-field-coupled THz bandpass mux/demux fabricated by additive layer manufacturing technology. OSA Continuum, 3 (9), pp. 2407-2414
• Lindley-Hatcher, Hannah, Hernandez-Serrano, Arturo I., Wang, Jiarui, Cebrian, Juan, Hardwicke, Joseph, Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2020. Evaluation of in vivo THz sensing for assessing human skin hydration. Journal of Physics: Photonics, 3 (1)
• Wang, Jiarui, Sun, Qiushuo, Stantchev, Rayko I., Chiu, Tor-Wo, Ahuja, Anil T., Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2019. In vivo terahertz imaging to evaluate scar treatment strategies : silicone gel sheeting. Biomedical Optics Express, 10 (7), pp. 3584-3590
• Mosley, C. D. W., Staniforth, Michael, Serrano, A. I. Hernandez, Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, Lloyd-Hughes, James, 2019. Scalable interdigitated photoconductive emitters for the electrical modulation of terahertz beams with arbitrary linear polarization. AIP Advances, 9 (4)
• Sun, Qiushuo, Liu, Kai, Chen, Xuequan, Liu, Xudong, Hernandez-Serrano, Arturo I., Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2019. Utilizing multilayer structures to enhance terahertz characterization of thin films ranging from aqueous solutions to histology slides. Optics Letters, 44 (9), pp. 2149-2152
• Zhang, Rui, Chen, Qingming, Liu, Kai, Chen, Zefeng, Li, Kaidi, Zhang, Xuming, Xu, Jianbin, Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2019. Terahertz microfluidic metamaterial biosensor for sensitive detection of small volume liquid samples. IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology, 9 (2), pp. 209-214
• Li, Kaidi, Chen, Xuequan, Shen, Shuaiqi, Zhang, Rui, Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2019. Genetic algorithm based optimization for terahertz time-domain adaptive sampling. IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology, 9 (6), pp. 675-683
• Chen, Xuequan, Li, Kaidi, Zhang, Rui, Gupta, Swadesh Kumar, Srivastava, Abhishek Kumar, Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2019. Highly efficient ultra-broadband terahertz modulation using bidirectional switching of liquid crystals. Advanced Optical Materials, 7 (24)
• Hernandez-Serrano, Arturo I., Sun, Qiushuo, Bishop, Elizabeth G., Griffiths, Elliott R., Purssell, C. P., Leigh, Simon J., Lloyd-Hughes, James, Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2019. Design and fabrication of 3-D printed conductive polymer structures for THz polarization control. Optics Express, 27 (8), pp. 11635-11641
• Sun, Qiushuo, Stantchev, Rayko I., Wang, Jiarui, Parrott, Edward P. J., Cottenden, Alan, Chiu, Tor-Wo, Ahuja, Anil T., Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2019. In vivo estimation of water diffusivity in occluded human skin using terahertz reflection spectroscopy. Journal of Biophotonics, 12 (2)
• Sun, Qiushuo, Liu, Kai, Chen, Xuequan, Liu, Xudong, Hernandez-Serrano, Arturo I., Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2019. Utilizing multilayer structures to enhance terahertz characterization of thin films ranging from aqueous solutions to histology slides. Optics Letters, 44 (9), pp. 2149-2152
• Lindley-Hatcher, Hannah, Hernandez-Serrano, A. I, Sun, Qiushuo, Wang, Jiarui, Cebrian, Juan, Blasco, Laurent, Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2019. A robust protocol for in vivo THz skin measurements. Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, 40 (9), pp. 980-989
• Chen, Zefeng, Chen, Xuequan, Tao, Li, Chen, Kun, Long, Mingzhu, Liu, Xudong, Yan, Keyou, Stantchev, Rayko I., Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, Xu, Jian-Bin, 2018. Graphene controlled Brewster angle device for ultra broadband terahertz modulation. Nature Communications, 9 (1)
• Chen, Zefeng, Chen, Xuequan, Tao, Li, Chen, Kun, Long, Mingzhu, Liu, Xudong, Yan, Keyou, Stantchev, Rayko I., Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, Xu, Jian-Bin, 2018. Graphene controlled Brewster angle device for ultra broadband terahertz modulation. Nature Communications, 9
• Sun, Yiwen, Degl'Innocenti, Riccardo, Ritchie, David A., Beere, Harvey E., Xiao, Long, Ruggiero, Michael, Zeitler, J. Axel, Stantchev, Rayko I., Chen, Danni, Peng, Zhengchun, Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, Liu, Xudong, 2018. Graphene-loaded metal wire grating for deep and broadband THz modulation in total internal reflection geometry. Photonics Research, 6 (12), pp. 1151-1157
• Chen, Xuequan, Parrott, Edward P. J., Huang, Zhe, Chan, Hau-Ping, Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2018. Robust and accurate terahertz time-domain spectroscopic ellipsometry. Photonics Research, 6 (8)
• Sun, Qiushuo, Liu, Xudong, Cao, Jie, Stantchev, Rayko I., Zhou, Yang, Chen, Xuequan, Parrott, Edward P. J., Lloyd-Hughes, James, Zhao, Ni, Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2018. Highly sensitive terahertz thin-film total internal reflection spectroscopy reveals in situ photoinduced structural changes in methylammonium lead halide perovskites. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 122 (30), pp. 17552-17558
• Wang, Jiarui, Stantchev, Rayko I., Sun, Qiushuo, Chiu, Tor-Wo, Ahuja, Anil T., Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2018. THz in vivo measurements : the effects of pressure on skin reflectivity. Biomedical Optics Express, 9 (12), pp. 6467-6476
• Liu, Xudong, Chen, Xuequan, Parrott, Edward P. J., Han, Chunrui, Humbert, Georges, Crunteanu, Aurelian, Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2018. An active terahertz polarization converter employing vanadium dioxide and a metal wire grating in total internal reflection geometry. APL Photonics, 3 (5)
• Liu, Xudong, Chen, Zefeng, Parrott, Edward P. J., Ung, Benjamin S.-Y., Xu, Jianbin, Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2017. Graphene based terahertz light modulator in total internal reflection geometry. Advanced Optical Materials, 5 (3)
• Parrott, Edward P. J., Tan, Nicholas Y., Hu, Rongrong, Zeitler, J. Axel, Tang, Ben Zhong, Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2014. Direct evidence to support the restriction of intramolecular rotation hypothesis for the mechanism of aggregation-induced emission: temperature resolved terahertz spectra of tetraphenylethene. Mater. Horiz, 1 (2), pp. 251-258

• 'Ivanov Stantchev, Rayko, 'Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2022. 'Spatial terahertz-light modulators for single-pixel cameras. Borwen, You; Lu, Ja-Yu (eds.), Terahertz Technology, IntechOpen

• Young, Jacob, Stanchev, Rayko, Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2023. Optical alignment for non-contact in vivo THz sensing. 2023 48th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), Montreal, QC, Canada, 17-22 Sep 2023, Published in 2023 48th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz)
• Nefedova, Irina, Grigoriev, Roman, Tamminen, Aleksi, Rodilla, Helena, MacPherson, Emma, Taylor, Zachary, 2023. Evidence of capillary action in multilayered fibrous media observed with THz spectroscopy. 48th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), Montreal, QC, Canada, 17-22 Sep 2023, Published in 2023 48th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz)
• Costa, Goncalo, Brogden, Emily M., Young, Jacob, Hernandez-Serrano, Arturo I., Stantchev, Rayko I., Bon, Stefan A. F., Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2023. Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy for the analysis of latex film formation. 2023 48th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), Montreal, QC, Canada, 17-22 Sep 2023, Published in 2023 48th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz)
• Ou, H., Stantchev, R. I., Semtsiv, M., Masselink, W.T., Lloyd-Hughes, J., Pickwell-MacPherson, E., 2023. Simultaneous measurement of Orthogonal Terahertz fields enabled via a THz MODEM (modulator/demodulator) scheme. 2023 48th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), Montreal, QC, Canada, 17-22 Sep 2023, Published in 2023 48th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz)
• Ding, Xuefei, Hernandez-Serrano, A. I., Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2023. Retrieving the dynamic hydration profile of skin in vivo with a handheld terahertz probe. 2023 48th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), Montreal, QC, Canada, 17-22 Sep 2023, Published in 2023 48th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz)
• Hernandez-Serrano, A. I., Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2023. In-vivo stratum corneum hydration inspection using a non-invasive terahertz hand-held scanner. 2023 48th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), Montreal, QC, Canada, 17-22 Sep 2023, Published in 2023 48th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz)
• 'Chen, Xuequan, 'Fan, Shuting, 'Wang, Jiarui, 'Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2021. 'Terahertz shielding enabled by the micro-porous structure of melamine resin sponge. 46th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), Chengdu, China, 29 Aug - 03 Sept 2021, Published in Proceedings of the International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz)
• 'Ding, Xuefei, 'Zhou, Jun, 'Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 'Ding, Xuefei, 'Zhou, Jun, 'Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 'Ding, Xuefei, 'Zhou, Jun, 'Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 'Ding, Xuefei, 'Zhou, Jun, 'Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2021. 'Optimized multilayer structure for sensitive THz characterization of thin-film aqueous solutions. 46th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), Chengdu, China, 29 Aug - 03 Sept 2021, Published in Proceedings of the International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz)
• 'Lindley-Hatcher, Hannah, 'Hernandez-Serrano, A. I., 'Wang, Jiarui, 'Cebrian, Juan, 'Hardwicke, Joseph, 'Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2021. 'Assessing changes in human skin using in vivo terahertz measurements. 46th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), Chengdu, China, 29 Aug - 03 Sept 2021, Published in Proceedings of the International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz)
• 'Li, Kaidi, 'Stantchev, Rayko Ivanov, 'Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2021. 'Convolutional Neural Network based denoising method for rapid THz Imaging. 46th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), Chengdu, China, 29 Aug - 03 Sept 2021, Published in Proceedings of the International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz)
• 'Ding, Xuefei, 'Zhou, Jun, 'Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 'Ding, Xuefei, 'Zhou, Jun, 'Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 'Ding, Xuefei, 'Zhou, Jun, 'Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 'Ding, Xuefei, 'Zhou, Jun, 'Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2021. 'Optimized multilayer structure for sensitive THz characterization of thin-film aqueous solutions. 46th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), Chengdu, China, 29 Aug - 03 Sept 2021, Published in Proceedings of the International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz)
• 'Ding, Xuefei, 'Zhou, Jun, 'Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2021. 'Optimized multilayer structure for sensitive THz characterization of thin-film aqueous solutions. 46th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), Chengdu, China, 29 Aug - 03 Sep 2021, Published in 2021 46th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz)
• 'Hernandez-Serrano, A. I., 'Mittleman, Daniel M., 'Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2021. 'Parallel-plate-waveguide-based devices for the terahertz region. 46th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), Chengdu, China, 29 Aug - 03 Sept 2021, Published in Proceedings of the International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz)
• 'Barker, Xavier Ramirez, 'Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2021. 'Simulated verification for a finite rate of innovation method applied to terahertz signals. 46th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), Chengdu, China, 29 Aug - 03 Sep 2021, Published in 2021 46th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz)
• 'Ding, Xuefei, 'Zhou, Jun, 'Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 'Ding, Xuefei, 'Zhou, Jun, 'Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 'Ding, Xuefei, 'Zhou, Jun, 'Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 'Ding, Xuefei, 'Zhou, Jun, 'Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2021. 'Optimized multilayer structure for sensitive THz characterization of thin-film aqueous solutions. 46th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), Chengdu, China, 29 Aug - 03 Sept 2021, Published in Proceedings of the International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz)
• Wang, Jiarui, Stantchev, Rayko I., Sun, Qiushuo, Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma, 2018. The Effect of Pressure on Terahertz In Vivo Spectroscopic Imaging. 2018 43rd International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz2018), Nagoya, Japan, 9-14 September 2018, pp. 1-2

Title	Funder	Award start	Award end
Terahertz passive imaging for skin cancer detection	Royal Society	01 Oct 2024	30 Sep 2028
Terabotics - terahertz robotics for surgery and medicine: EPSRC Programme Grant - full stage	EPSRC	01 Sep 2021	31 Aug 2027
Resource Only Strategic Equipment: the Warwick Analytical Science Centre (Full)	EPSRC	01 Sep 2020	30 Jun 2025
Terahertz skinometer for improved cancer prevention and treatment	EPSRC	01 Apr 2019	31 Dec 2022
Melanoma detection using Terahertz imaging: The MELT study	Cancer Research UK	01 Apr 2021	31 Mar 2022