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…
Category: Event
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”. Colloquium…
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
Visitors from National Taiwan University
This week we have been pleased to welcome Dr Nagarjuna Puvvala and Chu-Hsiang (Allen) Hsu from National Taiwan University as part of our growing collaboration in organic semiconductor optoelectronic research.
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.
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…
Wilson Sibbett memorial symposium
Yesterday the School of Physics and Astronomy held the Wilson Sibbett memorial symposium. The day featured several talks from Wilson’s friends and colleagues who spoke movingly about his impact on their lives,…
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…