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Professor in the Department of Physics+44 (0) 191 33 43616

Biography

Responsibilities within department

Director of the University of Durham Photonic Materials Centre. Head of the Organic Electroactive Materials research group.

Research interests

Organic light emitting displays, ultrafast laser spectroscopy materials characterisation, optical spectroscopy, developement of new spectroscopic techniques.

Research interests

  • organic electroactive materials

Esteem Indicators

  • 2013:

    Conference Chairman and organiser of the 2013 International Conference on Optical Probes for Conjugated System to be hosted in Durham.

    : Conference Chairman and organiser of the 2013 International Conference on Optical Probes for Conjugated System to be hosted in Durham.
  • 2012:

    EU Project Assessor; projects CELLO, OLED100, SCOOP and Flex-OLED

    : EU Project Assessor; projects CELLO, OLED100, SCOOP and Flex-OLED
  • 2012: CS3: UK team member Chemical Sciences and Society Summit (CS3) San Francisco, California, United States
  • 2012:

    UK-Japan International University-to-Business Symposium, British Embassy Tokyo. Presented case study on joint academic-industry research projects.

    : UK-Japan International University-to-Business Symposium, British Embassy Tokyo. Presented case study on joint academic-industry research projects.
  • 2011:

    Chaired British Council DelPHE-Iraq Exploratory meeting held in Istanbul. A report was submitted to Basra University on a feasible structure for a Nanophotonics Centre.

    : Chaired British Council DelPHE-Iraq Exploratory meeting held in Istanbul. A report was submitted to Basra University on a feasible structure for a Nanophotonics Centre.
  • 2011:

    Member of the UK Plastic Mission led by British Embassy Tokyo, talks given at Sumitomo, Panasonic, Toshiba, British Embassy event, Lumiotec, Yamagata University, AIST, NEDO.

    : Member of the UK Plastic Mission led by British Embassy Tokyo, talks given at Sumitomo, Panasonic, Toshiba, British Embassy event, Lumiotec, Yamagata University, AIST, NEDO.
  • 2011:

    UK Korean Embassy Plastic Electronics Event (speaker); companies in attendance included Samsung SDi and Display, LG and various research organisations.

    : UK Korean Embassy Plastic Electronics Event (speaker); companies in attendance included Samsung SDi and Display, LG and various research organisations.
  • 2010: Academy of Finland: Chairman Photonics Panel, Academy of Finland Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Committee.
  • 2010:

    The Engineer Technology and Innovation Awards 2010, best Environmental Technology, for Project TOPLESS

    : The Engineer Technology and Innovation Awards 2010, best Environmental Technology, for Project TOPLESS
  • 2003: IoP: Fellow of the Institute of Physics
  • 2002: Fellow: Leverhulme Fellow

Publications

Chapter in book

Conference Paper

Journal Article

Supervision students