Farewell Dr Ross Gillanders
Last week the group held a farewell social event to Ross, who will be moving to the Netherlands with Lightwater sensors, a spin-out from from the group. Ross will be leading the company and working closely with…
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Professor Ji-Seon Kim – Fascinating Molecular Nature of Organic Semiconductors
Last week the group had the pleasure of welcoming Professor Ji-Seon Kim from University of Oxford. She presented the colloquium titled Fascinating Molecular Nature of Organic Semiconductors, where she delved into the…
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…
Friday Night Social
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…
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”.
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…
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!
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.
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!
Welcome Yamini
This week we are pleased to welcome Yamini Sharma to the group. She is visiting us from the IPCMS in Strasbourg. During her one month stay she will be researching the photophysics of TADF materials. Yamini (third from…