Sir Professor Michael Berry visit
Last week we were pleased to host St Andrews alumni Sir Professor Michael Berry who gave an interesting and insightful colloquium “A plurality of optical singularities: intensity, phase, polarisation”.
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Festive greetings 2025
Following another year of successful research the OSO group finished the year with a deep clean of the evaporator and our annual Christmas dinner celebration. Happy holidays everyone!
Visitors from National Taiwan University
This week we have been pleased to welcome Dr Nagarjuna Puvvala and Chu-Hsiang (Allen) Hsu from National Taiwan University as part of our growing collaboration in organic semiconductor optoelectronic research.
PhD viva – Dr Michele Duarte Tonet
Congratulations to Dr Michele Duarte Tonet completing her PhD viva yesterday! Thanks also to her reviewers Prof Carlos Penedo and Dr Gordon Hedley.
Exploring the Impact of the Presence of 9,9′-Spirobifluorene Moieties on the Performance of Carbonyl-Based Multiresonant Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Organic Light-Emitting Diodes
Congratulations to the authors of “Exploring the Impact of the Presence of 9,9′-Spirobifluorene Moieties on the Performance of Carbonyl-Based Multiresonant Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Organic…
IOP Technician Award
We would like to congratulate Martin McLaren on receiving the IOP Technician Award. He received this award for his work as technical manager, overseeing operations of the Centre for Designer Quantum Materials since its…
Wilson Sibbett memorial symposium
Yesterday the School of Physics and Astronomy held the Wilson Sibbett memorial symposium. The day featured several talks from Wilson’s friends and colleagues who spoke movingly about his impact on their lives,…
Welcome Masato
This week we are pleased to welcome Masato Kato to the group. His PhD, supervised by Dr Jean-Charles Ribierre and Prof Ifor Samuel, will focus on researching Organic Hyperbolic Metamaterials for optoelectronic…
Optical Probes 2025 – Fukuoka
Ifor attended the Optical Probes meeting in Fukuoka last week, together with four former OSC members who now lead their own research groups (Prof John Lupton, Prof P. Rajamalli, Dr Gordon Hedley and Prof Paloma dos…
International day 2025
Today is international day in the school of Physics and Astronomy. It is a great opportunity to celebrate the diversity in the OSC that helps make our research world class.