Currently active PhD students

2017 Cohort
	Peter Inzani PhD project: Theoretical models of a new class of magneto-elastic metamaterials Supervisors: Prof Feodor Ogrin, Dr Simon Horsley and Prof Gavin Tabor
	Shane Davies PhD project: Nanoscale patterning of interfaces for thermo-electrics Supervisors: Dr Steve Hepplestone, Prof GP Srivastava and Dr David Horsell
2018 Cohort
	Beth Staples PhD project:Control of flow-induced near-field noise through the use of metasurfaces Supervisors: Prof Alastair Hibbins, Prof Roy Sambles and Dr Alan Curtis
	Ineta Grikalaite PhD project: Terahertz photonic metadevices with carbon nanomaterials Supervisors: Dr Ana Neves, Dr Anna Baldycheva and Prof Euan Hendry
	Joe Shields PhD project: All dielectric phase-change metamaterial-based holography Supervisors: Prof C. David Wright and Prof Jacopo Bertolotti
	Konstantinos Othon Chatzimpaloglou PhD project: Optical detection of magnetization dynamics induced by spin orbit torques Supervisors: Prof Robert Hicken and Dr Paul Keatley
	Rachel Lennon PhD project: Towards flexible micro-endoscopy: compressive characterisation and control of light propagation through multi-mode optical fibres Supervisors: Dr Dave Phillips and Prof Jacopo Bertolotti
	SK Lavers PhD project: Topological polaritons in atomically thin metasurfaces Supervisors: Prof Saverio Russo, Dr Eros Mariani and Prof Bill Barnes
	Valentin Haemmerli PhD project: Ultrafast single photon sources Supervisors: Dr Isaac Luxmoore and Prof Bill Barnes
2019 Cohort
	Ed Baker PhD project: Hybrid 2D Heterostructures for Energy Storage and other applications Supervisors: Dr Steve Hepplestone and Prof Saverio Russo
	James Laurenson PhD project: To Model and Manipulate Material Scatter Effects to Control the Propagation of Electromagnetic Radiation Supervisors: Prof Jacopo Bertolotti and Dr Simon Horsley
	Joe Pady PhD project: Chalcogenide-based memory and logic for flexible electronics applications Supervisors: Prof C. David Wright and Prof Monica Craciun
	Joshua Glasbey PhD project: Manipulating the Coupling and Scattering between Surface Waves and Plane Waves on Metasurfaces and at their Discontinuities Supervisors: Prof Alastair Hibbins, Prof Roy Sambles and Prof. Richard Craster
	Leanne Stanfield PhD project: Antenna efficiency and match manipulation using metamaterials Supervisors: Prof Alastair Hibbins, Prof Roy Sambles, Dr Alex Powell and Dr James Dalley
	William Borrows PhD project: New materials and structures that control the propagation of acoustic radiation Supervisors: Dr Steve Hepplestone and Dr David Horsell
2020 Cohort
	Dan Moore PhD project: Making the world sound better – acoustic metamaterials for manipulating sound in air and underwater Supervisors: Prof Alastair Hibbins, Prof Roy Sambles and Dr Tim Starkey
	George Braid PhD project: Laser implosion fusion for clean energy generation Supervisors: Prof C. David Wright and Prof Jacopo Bertolotti
	Jenner Gudge-Brooke PhD project: Miniaturised helical antennas for superdirectivity Supervisors: Prof Alastair Hibbins, Prof Roy Sambles and Dr Alex Powell
	Kyle Arnold PhD project: Artificial Magnetic Conductor Surfaces for Conformal Antenna Design Supervisors: Prof Alastair Hibbins, Prof Roy Sambles Dr Simon Horsley
2021 Cohort
	Charlie Patrickson PhD Project: Spin Qubits in 2D Materials Supervisors: Dr Isaac Luxmoore and Prof Geoff Nash
	Jonathon Smith PhD Project: Next Generation metasurfaces: tensorial surfaces for novel antenna functionality Supervisors: Prof Alastair Hibbins, Dr Simon Horsley and Dr Ian Hooper
	Stuart Kendall PhD Project: Active optical metasurfaces for AI-based photonic computing Supervisors: Prof C. David Wright and Prof Jacopo Bertolotti
2022 Cohort
	Ben Scott PhD Project: Self-actuating surfaces for tunable microwave metamaterials Supervisors: Dr Alex Powell and Prof Ken Evans
	Eloise Lee PhD Project: All-optical modulation for optical computation and imaging Supervisors: Prof Euan Hendry and Prof Rob Hicken
	Kieran Cowan PhD Project: Retrodirective Metamaterials for Long-Range Identification and Sensing Supervisors: Dr Alex Powell and Prof Alastair Hibbins
	Philip Skelland PhD Project: Hydroacoustic Metamaterials for Focusing and Filtering Underwater Sound Supervisors: Prof Alastair Hibbins and Dr Tim Starkey
2023 Cohort
	Calvin Hooper PhD Project: The theory of space-time varying metamaterials Supervisors: Dr Simon Horsley, Dr Ian Hooper and Dr James Capers
	Felix Yeats-Brown PhD Project: Broadband metasurfaces for antenna applications Supervisors: Dr Alex Powell, Dr Simon Horsley and Prof Alastair Hibbins
‌	George Neville-White PhD Project: All optical manipulation of phase in the mm-wave band Supervisors: Prof Euan Hendry, Prof Dave Phillips and Dr Ian Hooper
‌	Harry McLean PhD Project: Non-equilibrium heat in flow in electrodes and patterned interfaces Supervisors: Dr Steven Hepplestone and Dr David Horsell
	Robyn Edge PhD Project: Active and Time-varying meta-based manipulation of acoustic and elastic waves Supervisors: Dr Tim Starkey and Dr Greg Chaplain
‌	Simon Preston PhD Project: Non-linear and dynamic behaviours of auxetic metamaterials Supervisors: Dr Julian Londono-Monsalve and Prof Ken Evans
‌	Yuxin Zhao PhD Project: Integrated phase-change photonics for non-von Neumann computing Supervisors: Prof C David Wright and Dr Changxu Liu