PGR Henry Fernandez submits his PhD thesis

Congratulations to PGR Henry Fernandez, who has recently submitted his PhD thesis titled “Optical and Electronic Study of Hybrid Light-Matter States” supervised by Prof. Bill Barnes, and Prof. Saverio Russo. This thesis extends a description of his recently published work titled “Electrically Tuneable Exciton-Polaritons through Free Electron Doping in Monolayer WS2 Microcavities” and “Electrically tuneable […]

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Prof. Bill Barnes wins the Thomas Young Prize and Medal 2019

Congratulations to Prof. Bill Barnes who has been awarded the Thomas Young Prize and Medal 2019 from the Institute of Physics. The award is made for distinguished contributions to optics, including work related to physics outside the visible region. Bill was awarded this prize for his outstanding contributions to the development of nanophotonics, especially in plasmonics […]

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Joaquin Faneca awarded Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship by SPIE

Third year PGR Joaquin Faneca has been awarded a $3000 grant from SPIE. SPIE, an international society for optics and photonics, was founded in 1955 to advance light-based technologies. Serving more than 264,000 constituents from approximately 166 countries, this not-for-profit society advances emerging technologies through interdisciplinary information exchange, continuing education, publications, patent precedent, and career […]

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Santiago García-Cuevas Carrillo passed his viva!

We are delighted to announce that PGR Santiago García-Cuevas Carrillo, supervised by Prof. C. David Wright and Prof. Geoff Nash , passed his viva with minor corrections. Santiago’s thesis was on “Reconfigurable Phase-Change Metasurface Absorbers for Optoelectronic Device Applications”. The examiners were Ann-Katrin Michel from ETH Zurich and Dr. Jacopo Bertolotti from University of Exeter. […]

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Congratulations to Prof J Knight: Fellow of the Royal Society

Congratulations to the XM2 Oversight Board Chair and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) of the University of Bath, Professor Jonathan Knight, who has been elected to the Royal Society for his exceptional contribution to science. “Professor Knight, whose research focuses on photonics and optical physics, was instrumental in establishing the Centre for Photonics and Photonic Materials at the […]

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Pablo Martinez Pancorbo attends the Organ-A-Chip Learning & Collaborative Event

On 8th and 9th April, third year PGR researcher Pablo Martinez Pancorbo attended the Organ-on-a-Chip Learning & Collaborative Event. The event provides a valuable opportunity for network members from academia, healthcare, industry, and governance to take part in a range of talks, industry demonstrations, training sessions and network workshops. Pablo attended as a member of […]

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XM2 proudly presents: The first Materials for Clean Energy Conference at NPL

Our very first Materials for Clean Energy Conference (MCEC2019) took place from 8 – 10 April 2019 at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL). The MCEC2019 organisers would like to thank all participants, our sponsors (the CDT in Advanced Characterisation of Materials, the Energy Harvesting Network, the Knowledge Transfer Network, Shimadzu, and Princeton Instruments), and in […]

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