First year PGR Kavya Sreeja Sadanandan presented a poster on ‘Graphene coated textile fabrics for wearable electronics’ at the 12th International Symposium on Flexible Organic Electronics Conference (ISFOE 2019), held in Thessaloniki, Greece from 1st to 4th July. ISFOE is the biggest scientific & technology event in Flexible Organic & Printed Electronics (OEs), that promotes […]
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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 […]
Kishan Menghrajani presents at Leibniz Institute of Photonics Technology
At this year’s Molecular Plasmonics conference at Leibniz Institute of Photonics Technology, Jena, fourth year PGR Kishan Menghrajani presented his work on ‘Molecular vibrational strong coupling in a metal-clad microcavity below cut-off‘ . The meeting, held from 23rd to 25th May, was focused on bioanalytical and nanophotonic applications of plasmonic effects at nanoscale metal structures, utilizing the […]
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 […]
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. […]
From Munich to London to Rome: Kieran Walsh on presenting at European conferences
Third year PGR student Kieran Walsh talks about his experience of presenting at conferences in Munich (LOPEC 2019), London (MCEC 2019) and Rome (HOPV 2019): “Over the past 3 months I have attended a number of conferences to give talks on my recent work involving graphene electrodes for energy harvesting. These conferences have taken place […]
Innovative creations at Exeter and Queensland HealthTech Hackathon
Third year PGR Pablo Martinez Pancorbo took part in The Exeter & Queensland HealthTech Hackathon on 29th-31st March 2019. A Hackathon (Hacking Marathon) is an event where a multidisciplinary team collaborate for an intense period of time on a specific project; the goal is to create something useable and tangible. This was three day event- […]
Student and staff presentations at Light in Complex Materials International Workshop
The first “Light in Complex Materials” international workshop took place from 8 – 10 April 2019 at the University of Exeter. Organised jointly by researchers at the University of Exeter and the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Jena (Germany), this workshop attracted over 70 scientists and researchers from 3 continents, including many of the […]
CDT PGRs present at IOP Magnetism 2019 conference
CDT second year researcher Emily Glover and third year CDT PGR researcher Elizabeth Martin presented at IOP Magnetism 2019 conference, which was held on 8th and 9th April at University of Leeds. Magnetism 2019 is the premier conference organised by the UK and RoI magnetism community. It welcomes and encourages participation from Europe and […]
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 […]