Smart sensing, devices and materials are increasingly underpinned by the need for new photonic technologies to create, outperform, improve and transform ubiquitous systems of the future across industry and society. Dr Hossain’s research focuses on new device and sensing technologies making smarter use of them to detect our physical and chemical environments. In particular, Dr. Hossain and his team, is working on harnessing the attributes of many smart device technologies (smartphone, smart wearables etc.) to develop of low-cost scientific instruments aiming to serve in those areas where traditional instruments are limited by their size, cost and connectivity. This includes smartphone colorimetric, microscopic, spectroscopic, SPR, and many fiber-optic based devices. 3D fabrication of new materials and devices will enable new directions to open up. The cross-disciplinary nature means the team investigates interests across science and engineering. The ultimate aim is to create a powerful network of sensing technologies that will determine the shape of the next generation internet-of-everything to come.