We'll be speaking at this event tomorrow - drinks and pizza will also be making an appearance!

What a night at the Eden Tay event! 🌟 Last night was nothing short of inspirational—the meeting of brilliant minds from 3 universities and the wisdom of seasoned financial wizards! 🎓💼 Here's to shared knowledge and sparking innovation! 🚀

Delighted to see ourselves mentioned by Carlos in this short video about the university's research impact!

Ross founded Lightwater Sensors to tackle water pollution. What problem could you solve? Apply now for #Converge2024 to access funding & training to springboard your big idea. Open to university staff, students & graduates across Scotland until 3 April. ow.ly/HMK050QyJof

The technical team had a great visit to a pilot site up around Inverness and Loch Ness this week. Looks like there'll be a few return visits in the next few months!

1/2 A fascinating update about the exciting & ambitious MOT4Rivers project by @a_n_tyler which combines state of the art science with next generation technology to tackle the complex cocktail of pollutants in our rivers. It will bring together national datasets & many partners.

On Earth Day, let's all commit to protecting our precious water resources for future generations. Lightwater Sensors is leading the way with innovative technology to monitor and safeguard clean water supplies worldwide. #EarthDay2024 #lightwatersensors #entrepreneurshipcentre

Not long back from installing some sensors up near Loch Ness for a pilot with Scottish Water! Will need to take some photos of the surrounding landscape next time, real middle-of-nowhere beauty.

A spin-out company of University of St Andrews has developed real-time sensors to detect water contamination. Lightwater Sensors, currently running several pilot projects, are committed to using technology to improve water quality worldwide. 💡 bit.ly/4bTOfn6 #EUGreenWeek

You can hear me in conversation with Aurélie at St Andrews Innovation talking about water, explosives, and going from labs to business plans here: open.spotify.com/episode/5gKLvX…

Our new episode of Beyond StArtups is out now! 🗣️ In this episode, we are joined by Ross Gillanders founder of Lightwater Sensors Listen here: ow.ly/8Af850SfjV1 #BeyondStArtups #Entrepreneurship #Podcast

We're on our way back to St Andrews after a great couple of days at the SENSOR+TEST event in Nuremberg. Lovely city!

Important AND shocking UK #pollution map from watershed_investigations – we need a strategic, proactive approach to managing chemicals, preventing pollution entering our environment. We believe a UK #ChemicalsAgency could better coordinate across government agencies/devolved administrations

Great to be at the #FLEPS2024 Conference in Tampere! Presenting our poster on sensor technology for detecting water contaminants with flexible sensors. #IEEE

We're delighted to welcome Julia (L) and Page (R) as Research Assistants over the summer! Julia is working on chemical sensor development & characterisation, while Page is working on developing a software platform for data capture & visualisation.

Floodwaters can contain a nasty mix of pathogens, chemicals and debris trib.al/V8VxEgp

📢 Introducing the second seminar in our ECR series! We're thrilled to be joined by Dr George O. Dwapanyin, Optica Ambassador & Research Fellow at University of St Andrews & Dr Ross Gillanders, founder of Lightwater Sensors 💥 📅 Tues 10th Sep, 1pm 👉 bit.ly/3LdcVvC

This week, Edward and Kou gave talks at the #Photon2024 in Swansea on their recent work on trace pollutant detection and electrically driven organic lasers. Edward and Kou took a photo with Dr Tomoko Takahashi, an underwater Raman specialist, at the conference entrance.

Congratulations to Sagarika, Edward, Graham, and Ross Gillanders for their paper "Optical Sensing of Water Contaminants Using Organic Semiconductors" that was presented at IEEE FLEPS DOI: 10.1109/FLEPS61194.2024.10603635 Lightwater Sensors

Academics meet industry today at our co-creation workshop at UofGARC! We're diving into technical challenges, infrastructure needs, skills development, and public engagement—all with a focus on growing the #photonics sector in #Scotland.