Dr Finlay Walton

  • Research Associate (Biomedical Engineering)
  • Affiliate (School of Engineering)

Biography

Dr Walton is an EPSRC Doctoral Prize Research Fellow in the James Watt School of Engineering at the University of Glasgow. He is co-director of the Microelectronics Lab (meLAB) and his research focuses on the design and nanofabrication of flexible implantable neural devices. He has been a recipient of funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, University of Glasgow, Royal Society of Chemistry and ScotCHEM.

Publications

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Number of items: 15.

2024

Shojaei Baghini, Mahdieh ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3685-5441, Parvizi, Roghaieh ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2849-7771, Walton, Finlay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4739-1649 and Heidari, Hadi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164 (2024) Electrothermal modeling of monolithically integrated GaN-based µLED devices. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 71(7), pp. 4203-4209. (doi: 10.1109/TED.2024.3406313)

2023

Cerezo-Sanchez, M. et al. (2023) Bioresorbable insertion aids for brain implantable flexible probes: a comparative study on silk fibroin, alginate, and disaccharides. Advanced NanoBiomed Research, 3(9), 2200117. (doi: 10.1002/anbr.202200117)

Zhao, Jinwei, Parvizi, Roghaieh ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2849-7771, Ghannam, Rami ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6910-9280, Law, Man-Kay, Walton, Finlay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4739-1649, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Heidari, Hadi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164 (2023) Self-powered implantable CMOS photovoltaic cell with 18.6% efficiency. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 70(6), pp. 3149-3154. (doi: 10.1109/TED.2023.3268630)

2022

Cerezo-Sanchez, Maria, Yalagala, Bhavani, McGlynn, Eve, Russell, Ewan, Walton, Finlay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4739-1649 and Heidari, Hadi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164 (2022) Flexible Neural Probe Modelling for Optimal Microelectrode-Tissue Interaction. In: 29th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS 2022), Glasgow, UK, 24-26 October 2022, ISBN 9781665488235 (doi: 10.1109/ICECS202256217.2022.9971129)

Ge, Changhao, Walton, Finlay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4739-1649, Xu, Wenhao and Heidari, Hadi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164 (2022) Orientationally Selective micro-Coil Design of Intracortical Magnetic Neurostimulation. In: 29th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS 2022), Glasgow, UK, 24-26 October 2022, ISBN 9781665488235 (doi: 10.1109/ICECS202256217.2022.9970955)

Walton, Finlay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4739-1649, Cerezo-Sanchez, Maria, Ge, Changhao and Heidari, Hadi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164 (2022) A Multi-Parametric Finite Element Analysis of Heat Distributions in Implanted Micro-LEDs. In: 29th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS 2022), Glasgow, UK, 24-26 October 2022, ISBN 9781665488235 (doi: 10.1109/ICECS202256217.2022.9970997)

Zhao, Jinwei, Zhang, Jiahao, Walton, Finlay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4739-1649, Ghannam, Rami ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6910-9280, Wang, Chuang and Heidari, Hadi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164 (2022) A Comparative Study of Fault Diagnosis Methods of Photovoltaic Cells. In: 29th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS 2022), Glasgow, UK, 24-26 October 2022, ISBN 9781665488235 (doi: 10.1109/ICECS202256217.2022.9971101)

McGlynn, Eve, Walton, Finlay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4739-1649, Das, Rupam ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7351-9928 and Heidari, Hadi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164 (2022) Neural microprobe modelling and microfabrication for improved implantation and mechanical failure mitigation. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 380(2228), 20210007. (doi: 10.1098/rsta.2021.0007)

Walton, Finlay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4739-1649, McGlynn, Eve, Das, Rupam ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7351-9928, Zhong, Hongze, Heidari, Hadi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164 and Degenaar, Patrick (2022) Magneto-optogenetic deep-brain multimodal neurostimulation. Advanced Intelligent Systems, 4(3), 2100082. (doi: 10.1002/aisy.202100082)

2020

Walton, Finlay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4739-1649, Bolling, John, Farrell, Andrew, MacEwen, Jamie, Syme, Christopher D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0913-1141, Gonzalez Jimenez, Mario ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8853-0588, Senn, Hans M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8232-5957, Wilson, Claire ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0090-5374, Cinque, Gianfelice and Wynne, Klaas ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5305-5940 (2020) Polyamorphism mirrors polymorphism in the liquid-liquid transition of a molecular liquid. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142(16), pp. 7591-7597. (doi: 10.1021/jacs.0c01712) (PMID:32249557)

2019

Walton, Finlay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4739-1649 and Wynne, Klaas ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5305-5940 (2019) Using optical tweezing to control phase separation and nucleation near a liquid–liquid critical point. Soft Matter, 15(41), pp. 8279-8289. (doi: 10.1039/C9SM01297D) (PMID:31603454)

González Jiménez, M. et al. (2019) Prediction of mosquito species and population age structure using mid-infrared spectroscopy and supervised machine learning. Wellcome Open Research, 4, 76. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15201.3) (PMID:31544155) (PMCID:PMC6753605)

2018

Wynne, Klaas ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5305-5940 and Walton, Finlay (2018) Control Over Phase Separation and Nucleation Using a Optical-Tweezing Potential. In: SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering 2018, San Diego, CA, USA, 19-23 Aug 2018, 107230O. ISBN 9781510620179 (doi: 10.1117/12.2324119)

Walton, Finlay and Wynne, Klaas ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5305-5940 (2018) Control over phase separation and nucleation using a laser-tweezing potential. Nature Chemistry, 10, pp. 506-510. (doi: 10.1038/s41557-018-0009-8) (PMID:29507366)

2017

Syme, Christopher D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0913-1141, Mosses, Joanna, González-Jiménez, Mario ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8853-0588, Shebanova, Olga, Walton, Finlay and Wynne, Klaas ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5305-5940 (2017) Frustration of crystallisation by a liquid–crystal phase. Scientific Reports, 7, 42439. (doi: 10.1038/srep42439) (PMID:28209972) (PMCID:PMC5314399)

This list was generated on Mon Jul 7 09:48:00 2025 BST.
Jump to: Articles | Conference Proceedings
Number of items: 15.

Articles

Shojaei Baghini, Mahdieh ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3685-5441, Parvizi, Roghaieh ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2849-7771, Walton, Finlay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4739-1649 and Heidari, Hadi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164 (2024) Electrothermal modeling of monolithically integrated GaN-based µLED devices. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 71(7), pp. 4203-4209. (doi: 10.1109/TED.2024.3406313)

Cerezo-Sanchez, M. et al. (2023) Bioresorbable insertion aids for brain implantable flexible probes: a comparative study on silk fibroin, alginate, and disaccharides. Advanced NanoBiomed Research, 3(9), 2200117. (doi: 10.1002/anbr.202200117)

Zhao, Jinwei, Parvizi, Roghaieh ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2849-7771, Ghannam, Rami ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6910-9280, Law, Man-Kay, Walton, Finlay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4739-1649, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Heidari, Hadi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164 (2023) Self-powered implantable CMOS photovoltaic cell with 18.6% efficiency. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 70(6), pp. 3149-3154. (doi: 10.1109/TED.2023.3268630)

McGlynn, Eve, Walton, Finlay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4739-1649, Das, Rupam ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7351-9928 and Heidari, Hadi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164 (2022) Neural microprobe modelling and microfabrication for improved implantation and mechanical failure mitigation. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 380(2228), 20210007. (doi: 10.1098/rsta.2021.0007)

Walton, Finlay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4739-1649, McGlynn, Eve, Das, Rupam ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7351-9928, Zhong, Hongze, Heidari, Hadi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164 and Degenaar, Patrick (2022) Magneto-optogenetic deep-brain multimodal neurostimulation. Advanced Intelligent Systems, 4(3), 2100082. (doi: 10.1002/aisy.202100082)

Walton, Finlay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4739-1649, Bolling, John, Farrell, Andrew, MacEwen, Jamie, Syme, Christopher D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0913-1141, Gonzalez Jimenez, Mario ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8853-0588, Senn, Hans M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8232-5957, Wilson, Claire ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0090-5374, Cinque, Gianfelice and Wynne, Klaas ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5305-5940 (2020) Polyamorphism mirrors polymorphism in the liquid-liquid transition of a molecular liquid. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142(16), pp. 7591-7597. (doi: 10.1021/jacs.0c01712) (PMID:32249557)

Walton, Finlay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4739-1649 and Wynne, Klaas ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5305-5940 (2019) Using optical tweezing to control phase separation and nucleation near a liquid–liquid critical point. Soft Matter, 15(41), pp. 8279-8289. (doi: 10.1039/C9SM01297D) (PMID:31603454)

González Jiménez, M. et al. (2019) Prediction of mosquito species and population age structure using mid-infrared spectroscopy and supervised machine learning. Wellcome Open Research, 4, 76. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15201.3) (PMID:31544155) (PMCID:PMC6753605)

Walton, Finlay and Wynne, Klaas ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5305-5940 (2018) Control over phase separation and nucleation using a laser-tweezing potential. Nature Chemistry, 10, pp. 506-510. (doi: 10.1038/s41557-018-0009-8) (PMID:29507366)

Syme, Christopher D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0913-1141, Mosses, Joanna, González-Jiménez, Mario ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8853-0588, Shebanova, Olga, Walton, Finlay and Wynne, Klaas ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5305-5940 (2017) Frustration of crystallisation by a liquid–crystal phase. Scientific Reports, 7, 42439. (doi: 10.1038/srep42439) (PMID:28209972) (PMCID:PMC5314399)

Conference Proceedings

Cerezo-Sanchez, Maria, Yalagala, Bhavani, McGlynn, Eve, Russell, Ewan, Walton, Finlay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4739-1649 and Heidari, Hadi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164 (2022) Flexible Neural Probe Modelling for Optimal Microelectrode-Tissue Interaction. In: 29th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS 2022), Glasgow, UK, 24-26 October 2022, ISBN 9781665488235 (doi: 10.1109/ICECS202256217.2022.9971129)

Ge, Changhao, Walton, Finlay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4739-1649, Xu, Wenhao and Heidari, Hadi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164 (2022) Orientationally Selective micro-Coil Design of Intracortical Magnetic Neurostimulation. In: 29th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS 2022), Glasgow, UK, 24-26 October 2022, ISBN 9781665488235 (doi: 10.1109/ICECS202256217.2022.9970955)

Walton, Finlay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4739-1649, Cerezo-Sanchez, Maria, Ge, Changhao and Heidari, Hadi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164 (2022) A Multi-Parametric Finite Element Analysis of Heat Distributions in Implanted Micro-LEDs. In: 29th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS 2022), Glasgow, UK, 24-26 October 2022, ISBN 9781665488235 (doi: 10.1109/ICECS202256217.2022.9970997)

Zhao, Jinwei, Zhang, Jiahao, Walton, Finlay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4739-1649, Ghannam, Rami ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6910-9280, Wang, Chuang and Heidari, Hadi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164 (2022) A Comparative Study of Fault Diagnosis Methods of Photovoltaic Cells. In: 29th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS 2022), Glasgow, UK, 24-26 October 2022, ISBN 9781665488235 (doi: 10.1109/ICECS202256217.2022.9971101)

Wynne, Klaas ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5305-5940 and Walton, Finlay (2018) Control Over Phase Separation and Nucleation Using a Optical-Tweezing Potential. In: SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering 2018, San Diego, CA, USA, 19-23 Aug 2018, 107230O. ISBN 9781510620179 (doi: 10.1117/12.2324119)

This list was generated on Mon Jul 7 09:48:00 2025 BST.

Grants

£108,051 Scalable Controlled Optogenetic Treatment impLAntables for Neurological Disorders (SCOTLAND - EPSRC Doctoral Prize Research Fellowship -PI, 2020-22)

£4,000 Sculpted electric fields to control phase separation and nucleation in critical mixtures (ScotCHEM ECR Grant - PI, 2022)

£4,154 Prototyping a flexible implantable optogenetic device (EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account Fast Track, PI, 2022

£22,499 Computational modelling of an MRI-compatible in-vitro stimulation system for brain cancer treatment (EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account, Co-I, 2022)

£500 Co-creation workshop for the development of technological treatments for epilepsy (Chancellor's Fund, PI, 2022)

 

 

 

Supervision

Current PhD Supervision

Oct 2021: Maria Cerezo-Sanchez

Oct 2021: Changhao Ge

  • Ge, Changhao
    Wearable and implantable mini/micro coil design and optimization for next-generation magnetic stimulation

Research datasets

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Number of items: 4.

2022

McGlynn, E., Walton, F. , Das, R. and Heidari, H. (2022) Mechanical Tests of a Polyimide Neural Probe. [Data Collection]

2020

Walton, F. , Bolling, J., Farrell, A., MacEwen, J., Syme, C. , Gonzalez Jimenez, M. , Senn, H. , Wilson, C. , Cinque, G. and Wynne, K. (2020) Polyamorphism mirrors polymorphism in the liquid–liquid transition of a molecular liquid. [Data Collection]

2018

Gonzalez Jimenez, M. , Babayan, S. , Khazaeli, P., Doyle, M., Walton, F., Reedy, E., Glew, T., Viana, M. , Ranford-Cartwright, L. , Niang, A., Siria, D. J., Okumu, F., Diabaté, A., Ferguson, H. , Baldini, F. and Wynne, K. (2018) Prediction of malaria mosquito species and population age structure using mid-infrared spectroscopy and supervised machine learning. [Data Collection]

2017

Syme, C. , Mosses, J., Gonzalez-Jimenez, M., Shebanova, O., Walton, F. and Wynne, K. (2017) Frustration of crystallisation by a liquid-crystal phase. [Data Collection]

This list was generated on Sun Jul 6 23:31:01 2025 BST.

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