Graduation Summer 2026
Last week the 2026 Summer graduation ceremony took place for the school of physics and astronomy. Among them were Dr Thomas Sayner, Dr Michele Duarte Tonet and Dr Marianna Leite De Avellar, all of whom received their…
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Welcome Shikha!
Shikha Rani Barik is joining our group as a PhD student! She will work with Ifor and Jean-Charles, researching ‘Organic hyperbolic Metamaterials(OHM)’ for optoelectronic applications. She obtained her BSc (Chemistry)…
Group Potluck Dinner
Last Saturday Ifor hosted a Potluck dinner open to all members of the group, including three alumni Ashu Bansal, Andrew Matheson and Saydulla Persheyev. Everyone enjoyed a varied and delicious selection of foods, as…
2026 Biophotonics Summer School
Olga recently attended the Summer Biophotonics School organised by Professor Carlos Penedo and Dr Paolo Annibale at the University of St Andrews. The programme combined theoretical lectures on a range of experimental…
Sibbett Memorial Lecture 2026 – Donna Strickland
Last week the school had the pleasure of welcoming Professor Donna Strickland, Nobel Laureate in Physics 2018, for the Sibbett Memorial Lecture 2026. In her talk, “From Nonlinear Optics to High-Intensity Laser…
TayHealthTech Gathering
Last week, Dr Hassan Hafeez and Andrew Docherty participated in the TayHealthTech Gathering at the Apex Hotel in Dundee. Their project, which focuses on the development of a wearable device for photodynamic therapy,…
Pint of Science
Last Wednesday Ifor and Hassan presented some of the research conducted in the group to a wide audience of non-scientists during the Pint of Science event. This was a great event featuring interdisciplinary researchers…
PhD Annual Assessment Conference 2026
Last week the 2026 PhD Annual Assessment Conference was held, and featured presentations from Kaiyang and Yuchen, as well as posters from Liam and Saban. They got the opportunity to present their research to the entire…
International Conference on Electroluminescence and Optoelectronic Devices
Four members of the OSC presented work at the International Conference on Electroluminescence and Optoelectronic Devices (ICEL) in Namur, Belgium this week. Ifor and Eli’s talks discussed how to understand and overcome…
IPCMS Visit
Last week while in Strasbourg, Sagarika gave a talk at IPCMS, followed by engaging discussions with Dr Anthony Daleo and his group members. Thank you Dr Daleo for welcoming Sagarika!