Dr Chris Gell School of Physics and Astronomy E C Stoner Building University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT Chris Gell obtained his MPhys‎.‎ in Physics with Electronics and Instrumentation in 1998 from the University of Leeds‎.‎ He then obtained his PhD in 2001 from the same institution‎.‎ During his PhD he designed and constructed single molecule fluorescence spectroscopy instrumentation in Leeds and applied this to simple studies of protein folding‎.‎ After his PhD he was appointed Laser Facilities Manager for the Institute of Molecular Biophysics in Leeds‎.‎ In this ongoing position Chris has designed and constructed several additional types of single molecule instrumentation and helped to lead the varied single molecule fluorescence studies that are continuing in Leeds‎.‎ In addition Chris is responsible for overseeing‎,‎ maintaining and having intellectual input in a variety of other techniques and instruments in the institute‎,‎ including‎:‎ time‎-resolved and steady state luminescence spectroscopies‎.‎ Pro‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎