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S. Bastick is a specialist in laser-based manufacturing technologies, with a particular focus on the cutting and processing of advanced composite materials for automotive and aerospace applications. Bastick's research centers on developing robot-based laser cutting processes for carbon fibre reinforced plastics (CFRP), a class of lightweight, high-strength materials increasingly critical to modern transportation industries. Among their most notable contributions is the adaptation of 2D laser cutting strategies to complex three-dimensional automotive components with thicknesses up to 5mm, representing a significant step toward industrial scalability of composite part manufacturing. Bastick has also investigated the influence of optical fibre diameter on the quality and efficiency of high-power nanosecond pulsed laser cutting — work that has helped optimize the parameters of fibre-guided laser systems operating at average powers of 1.5 kW. With citations accumulating across these studies, Bastick's research addresses one of the defining engineering challenges of our era: enabling the widespread adoption of lightweight composite materials to support resource-efficient transportation. Their body of work bridges fundamental laser physics with practical manufacturing engineering, making it a valuable reference for researchers and engineers working at the intersection of photonics and advanced materials processing.