Category: General

PhD viva – Dr Thomas Sayner

Congratulations to Dr Thomas Sayner for completing his PhD viva earlier this week! After the viva there were some celebrations and parting gifts from the group. We wish him all the best with his new position in Spain!

4 Months Talks

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.

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…

Ifor receives the Thomas Young Prize

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…

Coffee with new group members

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!

Ifor joins the Scottish Science Advisory Council

Congratulations to Ifor on his acceptance to the Scottish Science Advisory Council. Along with other senior academics he will be part of a panel of experts who supporting the Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland.

Final year project students 2025

We are pleased to have a new cohort of final year project students join the group this year. Pictured here are two of our students, Angus Johnson (left), and Yichen Wang (right), and their respective supervisors Prof…