Gordon Love
@gordonlove.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary scientist. Light, vision science, displays, adaptive optics. Head of the School of Computer Science at the University of Leeds.
I am still waiting for a letter from Stockholm but in the mean time here’s an old photo I unearthed of my better half 30 years ago holding the Nobel medal of CV Raman! The 1930 prize winner for physics for his work on light scattering and the Raman effect.
November 15, 2025 at 9:43 AM
I am still waiting for a letter from Stockholm but in the mean time here’s an old photo I unearthed of my better half 30 years ago holding the Nobel medal of CV Raman! The 1930 prize winner for physics for his work on light scattering and the Raman effect.
This report by King's College is a great summary of TRAC and some of the challenges and progress that the TDG (on which I serve) has dealt with. Bottom line: I get that some of you don't like TRAC but there is much of value in the data we need to lean into!
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/univers...
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/univers...
University costing data must be better used to tackle financial crisis, report says | King's College London
The TRAC methodology is not providing the detailed insights that could help support better decision-making
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November 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
This report by King's College is a great summary of TRAC and some of the challenges and progress that the TDG (on which I serve) has dealt with. Bottom line: I get that some of you don't like TRAC but there is much of value in the data we need to lean into!
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/univers...
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/univers...
Old photos of the University of Leeds campus I took when I was a summer intern in 1985 (I was 5 😂)! There’s a tree in the middle of Clothworkers Court and the lab was in the Department of Colour Chemistry in what is now the @leedsunimedia.bsky.social .
@samlp.bsky.social @joannegh.bsky.social
@samlp.bsky.social @joannegh.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Old photos of the University of Leeds campus I took when I was a summer intern in 1985 (I was 5 😂)! There’s a tree in the middle of Clothworkers Court and the lab was in the Department of Colour Chemistry in what is now the @leedsunimedia.bsky.social .
@samlp.bsky.social @joannegh.bsky.social
@samlp.bsky.social @joannegh.bsky.social
This is my local in Leeds. A hidden away gem and now #1 pub in the country #goodfoodguide
November 1, 2025 at 8:16 AM
This is my local in Leeds. A hidden away gem and now #1 pub in the country #goodfoodguide
There’s beauty everyone you look! Would you expect to see such a floral display close to November literally on top of a motorway? Given you a big clue there - but where was this taken?
October 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
There’s beauty everyone you look! Would you expect to see such a floral display close to November literally on top of a motorway? Given you a big clue there - but where was this taken?
Good morning, Leeds
October 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Good morning, Leeds
A weekend of Sun Pillars
October 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
A weekend of Sun Pillars
Huge congrats @jtimaging.bsky.social !!
I'm delighted to share the news that I've been promoted to (full) Professor. Feeling very thankful for all those who have mentored and supported me over the years, the smart and enthusiastic team I get to work with on cool science, and the colleagues who make Glasgow a great place to work.
June 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Huge congrats @jtimaging.bsky.social !!
Reposted by Gordon Love
I'm delighted to share the news that I've been promoted to (full) Professor. Feeling very thankful for all those who have mentored and supported me over the years, the smart and enthusiastic team I get to work with on cool science, and the colleagues who make Glasgow a great place to work.
June 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I'm delighted to share the news that I've been promoted to (full) Professor. Feeling very thankful for all those who have mentored and supported me over the years, the smart and enthusiastic team I get to work with on cool science, and the colleagues who make Glasgow a great place to work.
Why do some animals have slit-like pupils?. This nice vid does a great job of explaining some of the subtleties that myself and Martin Banks articulated in our 2016 Science Adv. paper. If you get bored of the optics there's some cure pics of cats!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6UT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6UT...
Why Animal Eyes Look So Weird
YouTube video by Real Science
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June 26, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Why do some animals have slit-like pupils?. This nice vid does a great job of explaining some of the subtleties that myself and Martin Banks articulated in our 2016 Science Adv. paper. If you get bored of the optics there's some cure pics of cats!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6UT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6UT...
It’s a couple of days past the solstice but this is when the Sun sets the latest. The Sun rises the earliest before the solstice and the longest day is really a compromise between the two. Why ? I think because the Earth’s orbit around the Sun is elliptical so it doesn’t go at a constant speed
June 26, 2025 at 6:59 AM
It’s a couple of days past the solstice but this is when the Sun sets the latest. The Sun rises the earliest before the solstice and the longest day is really a compromise between the two. Why ? I think because the Earth’s orbit around the Sun is elliptical so it doesn’t go at a constant speed
2025 is the 200th Anniversary of Railways - which started in the NE of England with the Stockton Darlington Railway . Here’s the train statue on a lovely day ! For pedants - it actually ran from Shildon to Stockton. Ps I am not a train spotter but feel I’m on a slippery slope 😂
May 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
2025 is the 200th Anniversary of Railways - which started in the NE of England with the Stockton Darlington Railway . Here’s the train statue on a lovely day ! For pedants - it actually ran from Shildon to Stockton. Ps I am not a train spotter but feel I’m on a slippery slope 😂
Pleased to say that I will no longer have to wear two pairs of spectacles at work simultaneously. Due to the arrival of new ones. Like Dominic Cummins I get my eyes tested in the North East. New specs have my name laser inscribed to aid in future losses but haven’t figured out how to read it yet !
May 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Pleased to say that I will no longer have to wear two pairs of spectacles at work simultaneously. Due to the arrival of new ones. Like Dominic Cummins I get my eyes tested in the North East. New specs have my name laser inscribed to aid in future losses but haven’t figured out how to read it yet !
Scientists claim to have discovered 'new colour' no one has seen before www.bbc.com/news/article...
Amazing experiment by @roordalab.bsky.social and Team !
Amazing experiment by @roordalab.bsky.social and Team !
Scientists claim to have discovered 'new colour' no one has seen before
"Olo" is said to be a saturated blue-green - but some say the existence of a new colour is "open to argument".
www.bbc.com
April 20, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Scientists claim to have discovered 'new colour' no one has seen before www.bbc.com/news/article...
Amazing experiment by @roordalab.bsky.social and Team !
Amazing experiment by @roordalab.bsky.social and Team !
Pre Easter School Colloquiuem from one of our new(ish) Leeds faculty colleagues - @repromancer.bsky.social - on AI and neuroscience. “Brain-like learning with exponentiated gradients.”
April 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Pre Easter School Colloquiuem from one of our new(ish) Leeds faculty colleagues - @repromancer.bsky.social - on AI and neuroscience. “Brain-like learning with exponentiated gradients.”
Come and join me in the amazing Bragg Building as Head of the School of Physics and Astronomy ! Durham friends - it’s even got state of the art labs dug into the basement jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
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April 5, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Come and join me in the amazing Bragg Building as Head of the School of Physics and Astronomy ! Durham friends - it’s even got state of the art labs dug into the basement jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Partial solar eclipse today in Richmond, Yorkshire. Sometimes a bit of cloud improves the viewing !
March 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Partial solar eclipse today in Richmond, Yorkshire. Sometimes a bit of cloud improves the viewing !
Sunrise over Leeds! The time lapse video of the sunrise shows a sun pillar - the vertical light beam above the Sun moving across the sky as the Earth rotates.
March 26, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Sunrise over Leeds! The time lapse video of the sunrise shows a sun pillar - the vertical light beam above the Sun moving across the sky as the Earth rotates.
Leeds Sunrise ! It’s now moved to be more northerly than southerly since we’re past the Equinox !
March 26, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Leeds Sunrise ! It’s now moved to be more northerly than southerly since we’re past the Equinox !
Another day, another great sunrise. Although looking forward to the clocks changing so I don’t need to get up to quite so early. If you look carefully, you can see a Sun pillar which is a shaft of light vertically above the Sun!
March 20, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Another day, another great sunrise. Although looking forward to the clocks changing so I don’t need to get up to quite so early. If you look carefully, you can see a Sun pillar which is a shaft of light vertically above the Sun!
Good morning Leeds!
March 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Good morning Leeds!
The artwork under the Leeds inner ring road is endlessly changing! Love the latest ! 🎨
March 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The artwork under the Leeds inner ring road is endlessly changing! Love the latest ! 🎨
Good morning Leeds ! The sunrises are getting earlier! Predicting the position of the Sun in the sky is not a new science. But there’s always a part of me that thinks maybe we got it wrong and winter will last forever. Fortunate that theory has been falsified for at least another year.
March 4, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Good morning Leeds ! The sunrises are getting earlier! Predicting the position of the Sun in the sky is not a new science. But there’s always a part of me that thinks maybe we got it wrong and winter will last forever. Fortunate that theory has been falsified for at least another year.
A couple of the conjunctions of the planets. The first was taken from Richmond: you can see Orion, Mars, Jupiter and Sirius - the Dog Star. The second was taken from the Chevin overlooking Otley near Leeds. You can see Venus and Jupiter. The red light at the bottom is a real dog 🐶!
February 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A couple of the conjunctions of the planets. The first was taken from Richmond: you can see Orion, Mars, Jupiter and Sirius - the Dog Star. The second was taken from the Chevin overlooking Otley near Leeds. You can see Venus and Jupiter. The red light at the bottom is a real dog 🐶!
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February 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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