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RSC collaborator grant

Congratulations! to Abhishek Kumar Gupta on being awarded the Royal Society of Chemisytry (RSC) Collaborator Grants. This prestigious award will support his collaboration with Ajou University, South Korea and IPCMS,…

Welcome Shikha!

Shikha Rani Barik is joining our group as a PhD student! She will work with Ifor and Jean-Charles, researching ‘Organic hyperbolic Metamaterials(OHM)’ for optoelectronic applications. She obtained her BSc (Chemistry)…

Group Potluck Dinner

Last Saturday Ifor hosted a Potluck dinner open to all members of the group, including three alumni Ashu Bansal, Andrew Matheson and Saydulla Persheyev. Everyone enjoyed a varied and delicious selection of foods, as…

TayHealthTech Gathering

Last week, Dr Hassan Hafeez and Andrew Docherty participated in the TayHealthTech Gathering at the Apex Hotel in Dundee. Their project, which focuses on the development of a wearable device for photodynamic therapy,…

Pint of Science

Last Wednesday Ifor and Hassan presented some of the research conducted in the group to a wide audience of non-scientists during the Pint of Science event. This was a great event featuring interdisciplinary researchers…

PhD Annual Assessment Conference 2026

Last week the 2026 PhD Annual Assessment Conference was held, and featured presentations from Kaiyang and Yuchen, as well as posters from Liam and Saban. They got the opportunity to present their research to the entire…

IPCMS Visit

Last week while in Strasbourg, Sagarika gave a talk at IPCMS, followed by engaging discussions with Dr Anthony Daleo and his group members. Thank you Dr Daleo for welcoming Sagarika!

SPIE Photonics

Last week Sagarika attended SPIE Photonics and presented her work on “Luminescent Organic Nanoaggregates for Pollution Detection in Water,” engaging with talks from the experts in the organic semiconductor community as…