Last week the St Andrews Optics Society hosted a Science Shorts session, an informal platform where researchers briefly present their work in a way that is accessible to everyone, and Masato presented some of his work…
Last Friday some members of the group enjoyed a well deserved break from work to catch up over some drinks. Due to the recent closure of St Andrews’ Brewdog, the group’s social was hosted at Brewco, followed by a…
Congratulations to Dr Marianna Leite De Avellar on passing her PhD Viva! Above: Marianna holding flowers and enjoying a drink
Yesterday Olga, Masato and Chico gave their 4 months talks to the wider photonics community in the department, introducing their research topic and providing a short update on their work so far.
Ifor attended Photonics West in San Francisco last week, the world’s largest photonics conference. He gave a talk on the groups advancements on Visible Light Communication, some of which are linked to the HISOPE project.
Members of the group enjoyed the Scottish University Physics Alliance (SUPA) Energy Theme meeting and a Solar Power course, followed by dinner with lecturers. We had the pleasure of welcoming Prof. David Cohen, Dr…
Congratulations to Dr Aswin Sasi for completing his PhD viva! Aswin and Graham celebrating with the group
We are happy to welcome Olga Filippova to the group. She will be supervised by Prof Ifor Samuel and Prof Carlos Penedo, and her PhD research will focus on understanding the photophysical properties of conjugated…
Congratulations to Ifor Samuel for receiving the IOP Thomas Young Prize for world-leading research into OLEDs, organic lasers and their applications in technology and medicine. We are all very happy for him and this…
This week’s group coffee saw us welcoming two new members to the group, Masato Kato for his PhD and Dr Buddhika Karunathilaka as a Postdoctoral Fellow. Masato brought some green tea chocolates for everyone to enjoy!