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!
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ICSM 2026 Call for Abstracts
The 27th International Conference on Science and Technology of Synthetic Electronic Materials (ICSM 2026) is still accepting abstracts, with the submission deadline being extended to March 17th. We encourage every…
Inaugural Lecture Showcase: School of Chemistry
Congratulations to Professor Eli Zysman-Colman for delivering his inaugural lecture to the school of chemistry yesterday!
Photonics West 2026
Ifor attended Photonics West in San Francisco last week, the world’s largest photonics conference. He gave a talk on the groups advancements on Visible Light Communication, some of which are linked to the HISOPE…
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…
PhD viva – Dr Aswin Sasi
Congratulations to Dr Aswin Sasi for completing his PhD viva! Aswin and Graham celebrating with the group
Welcome Olga
We are happy to welcome Olga Filippova to the group. She will be supervised by Prof Ifor Samuel and Prof Carlos Penedo, and her PhD research will focus on understanding the photophysical properties of conjugated…
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!
Welcome Buddhika
This week we are very happy to welcome Dr Buddhika Karunathilaka to the group. He will be supervised by Prof Ifor Samuel and Prof Graham Turnbull, and his research will focus on developing organic lasers that operate…