High Temperature Science Laboratories (HTSL); chemical physics; gas, plasma and surface laser/optical diagnostics; Raman & non-linear Raman (CARS) spectroscopy; AFM and STM; laser ablation surface analysis; high temperature chemical kinetics and thermochemistry; light source science and technology; metal halides; novel cathode materials; chemical vapour deposition (CVD); computational fluid dynamics; gas and plasma modelling; gas transport properties; accommodation coefficients; photochemistry; laser photoradiation therapy (PDT).