Congratulations to Tiernan McCaughery who defended his thesis titled ‘Fabrication, Characterisation & Integration of Plasmonic Materials toward Next Generation Data Storage Technology at the Industrial Scale’. Thanks to Dr Lorenzo Stella and Dr Laura Boyle Queen's University Belfast 🎓 & Seagate.

Come meet some of our PIADS students when we exhibit at the Botanic Gardens SA on the 7th and 14th June with 'Faster than the speed of light waves' 🌈😊

Fab to be part of #GlaSciFest today. If you are interested in science & would like to see our experiments with light, we will be at the Botanic Gardens until 3pm. #GlaSciFest has a packed programme of events & most are free! 6-16 June 2024 📷View now at glasgowsciencefestival.org.uk

Congratulations to Dr Nathan Black, who successfully defended his PhD titled, 'Nanoscale Investigations of the Photovoltaic Response in Microstructures'. Thanks to Dr Amir Kumar; Prof Brian Rodriguez; Dr Bob Pollard; & Prof Cathy Ramsbottom. Very best wishes for the future 🙌

Looking forward to another busy day at the Glasgow Science Festival #GlaSciFest. If you want to find out more about #science and #Photonics, come visit us at Glasgow Botanic Gdns Gardens today, 14th June! We will be here until 3pm 🥰

And we’re off!! Conclave 2024 is underway at Queen's University Belfast 🎓 with a welcome address from Prof Robert Bowman. Conclave is an opportunity for PIADS CDT students to present their research to fellow students, academics & industry. Huge thanks to our event sponsors Seagate & VectorPhotonics.

Celebrating our past and looking to our future, Prof Robert Bowman PIADS CDT Director and Prof Marc Sorel Deputy Director, thanked Prof John Marsh for his outstanding work, vision and integrity as PIADS CDT Co-Director in his retirement! We wish you a wonderful retirement John!!

Really interesting & lively panel discussion at Conclave 2024 around ‘Careers in Engineering and Research’ with Dr Jade Scott, Research Fellow, QUB, Dr Ian Butler, Communication & Network Scientist, Dr Hannah Johnston, R&D Design Engineer and Dr Jack Brennan, Postdoc, UofG.

It’s a packed house for day two of Conclave 2024😍 located in the stunning Grand Hall Queen's University Belfast 🎓. Looking forward to another exciting day of PIADS CDT students showcasing their research to fellow students, academics & industry 💫 #photonics #futureleaders

That’s a wrap for Conclave 2024! We have had a fab couple of days at Queen's University Belfast 🎓. The research presented by PIADS CDT students has been both engaging and inspiring.  We have enjoyed lively panel discussions & talks. With great engagement from industry. Here's to next year... 🥰

Super proud today as Tiernan McCaughery becomes the 1st student to graduate from PIADS CDT. "Queen’s Maths and Physics student graduates with first industry-based PhD of its kind | Graduation | Queen's University Belfast (qub.ac.uk)"

Busy day of graduations Queen's University Belfast 🎓 🥰 Congratulations to Dr Antoine Pissis who is graduating today from PIADS CDT 2018 cohort. Antoine is currently an Assistant Engineer at Coherent Corp. in Zürich... 👏👏

Congratulations to all our amazing PIADS CDT students who graduated today at QUB - Maths&Physics. We’re so proud of your hard work! We wish you every success for the future 🤗 Here are some pictures from today ... 🎓

Huge congratulations to everyone who graduated yesterday, what a wonderful day it was 🎓💕🥳🥳

Congratulations Dr Nicholas Stephen, who successfully defended his PhD today🤗"TEM Studies of III-V Metamorphic Buffer Architectures For Laser Applications". Thank you to supervisor Miryam Arredondo QUB - Maths&Physics. We wish you every success Nicholas in your future career!! 😍

Our 2023 Research Report is now published 😍 PIADS CDT is a collaboration between Queen's University Belfast 🎓 University of Glasgow & IPIC, uniting a diverse cohort of talented #PhD & #EngD #Photonics students. Find out more➡️cdt-piads.ac.uk

Fantastic to see former MCMP Glasgow and PIADS CDT PhD student Jack Brennan's paper on EELS analysis to study silver nanoparticle corrosion published in the JournalofMicroscopy 🔬😍 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jm…

Daniel Kuznesof Daniel Kuznesof PIADS CDT SciEng Grad School UofG Electronics & Nanoscale Engineering reporting back after the excellent Single Photonics course National Institute of Standards and Technology JILA Boulder 🇺🇸

Excellent visit to VectorPhotonics based in Glasgow & spin out of the University of Glasgow for PIADS CDT students. We enjoyed a tour, presentation & key learnings & industry insight of the rapidly growing #photonics sector in Scotland from our brilliant hosts!!

Nidhi Choudhary SciEng Grad School UofG Electronics & Nanoscale Engineering & Daniel Kuznesof UofG Engineering PIADS CDT