 His research interests at the University included the design and construction of UHV compatible semiconductor deposition systems, and the design and fabrication of Photonic Crystal circuits and devices.Now he is involved with all things photographic including deep-sky imaging, macrophotography, microphotography, pin-hole camera photography and high-speed flash photography he is the designer and developer of revolutionary new ultra-high speed Xenon flash equipment.His general photographic work is featured on the Scientific Artist web site

He has published over 120 refereed journal and conference papers, a textbook on Solid-State Physics called Introductory Semiconductor Device Physics , a "How to" book on Deep-Sky astrophotography titled "Making Beautiful Deep-Sky Images" , and a large format coffee-table book of deep-sky images taken from the New Forest Observatory  called Star Vistas .