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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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…
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…
SU2P and a Visit
Last week some members of the group attended the SU2P symposium in Glasgow. SU2P was established as partnership between Scottish Universities and Stanford University supporting research exchanges in photonics and the…
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”.
Photonics West 2026
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.
Energy Theme meeting and Solar Power course Dinner
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…
PhD viva – Dr Aswin Sasi
Congratulations to Dr Aswin Sasi for completing his PhD viva! Aswin and Graham celebrating with the group
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.