Dr Matt Edgar was a postdoc researcher at the University of Glasgow during QuantIC’s conception and was one of the Hub’s key science communicators. He left the QuantIC team in 2018 to join one of the UK’s most innovative, disruptive technology businesses M Squared Lasers as a Product Owner and soon became Product Line Manager. In 2022, Matt joined advanced material supplier, Integrated Graphene as Principal Engineer where he is responsible for the company’s technology development which allows them to manufacture their unique material at scale whilst maintaining important material performance requirements.
“My research during QuantIC involved building unusual infrared cameras that could see through or reveal invisible gases and developing 3D cameras that could more efficiently map surfaces with millimetre accuracy at long range. These cameras and their impressive images allowed me to travel the world to showcase events and science festivals and entertain large audiences of scientists, industry leaders, politicians, children and even UK astronaut Tim Peake. I feel very privileged to have had these experiences which helped develop me into an effective communicator and has
helped in my career leading large teams of engineers and interacting with important customers.”
