Our alumni and their destinations

 

Dr Alba Paniagua Diaz (2014 cohort)

PhD project: Imaging in turbid and opaque media

Latest destination: Postdoctoral Researcher and BBVA Leonardo Grantee, University of Murcia

 

Dr Ben Ash (2014 cohort)

PhD project: Microphononic crystals

Latest destination: Product Systems Engineer at ETL

 

Dr Cameron Gallagher (2014 cohort)

PhD project: Domain structure and microwave characteristics of particulate magnetic composites

Latest destination: Senior Industrial Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Exeter
 

Dr Chloe Spicer (2014 cohort)

PhD project: Excitation of picosecond magnetization dynamics by spin transfer torque

Latest destination: Cloud Business Intelligence Engineer at YouView TV Limited

 

Dr Christopher King (2014 cohort)

PhD project: Using complex coordinates in optics

Latest destination: Theoretical Physicist at QinetiQ
 

Dr Conor McKeever (2014 cohort)

PhD project: Microscopic modelling of interacting magnetic particle assemblies in a dielectric medium at microwave frequencies.

Latest destination: Co-Founder / CTO at MaxLLG (innovation for communication industry)
 

Dr Erick Burgos (2014 cohort)

PhD project: Time resolved imaging of spin transfer oscillator arrays: towards active magnetic microwave metamaterials

Latest destination: Assistant Professor at University of Chile
 

Dr Ilya Starshynov (2014 cohort)

PhD project: Spontaneous generation of quantum correlations in natural media

Latest destination: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow
 

Dr Jake Mehew (2014 cohort)

PhD project: Novel opto-electronic devices based on graphene plasmonics

Latest destination: Senior Device Engineer at Quantum Science Ltd
 

Dr Laicong Deng (2014 cohort)

PhD project: Nanoporous graphene materials for electrochemical energy storage and conversion applications

Latest destination: Research role in a state-owned company in China (COMAC Shanghai Aircraft Design and Research)

 

Dr Lauren Barr (2014 cohort)

PhD project: Chiral and magneto-optical phenomena in the near field of metamaterials

Latest destination: Radio frequency Engineer at Camlin Group
 

Dr Sam Shelley (2014 cohort)

PhD project: Metamaterial concepts for the control of hydrodynamic flow

Latest destination: Lead Scientist at Nuron
 

Dr Santiago García-Cuevas Carrillo (2014 cohort)

PhD project: Phase change metamaterials for optoelectronic device application

Latest destination: EMC Engineer at Valeo
 

Dr Sathya Sai Seetharaman (2014 cohort)

PhD project: Hyperbolic metamaterials and the emission of EM radiation

Latest destination: Senior Computational Scientist at STFC
 

Dr Tanveer Ahmad Tabish (2014 cohort)

PhD project: Development of graphene nanostructures for use in anti-cancer nanomedicine

Latest destination: British Heart Foundation Advanced Research Fellow in Cardiovascular Nanomedicine at the University of Oxford
 

Dr Thomas Graham (2014 cohort)

PhD project: Minimising the acoustic reflection from structured surfaces

Latest destination: Senior Transducer Engineer at Sonardyne International Ltd
 

Dr Toby Octon (2014 cohort)

PhD project: Plasmonic 2D metal-dichalcogenide photodetectors for optical fibre communications applications

Latest destination: Data & Analytics consultant focussed on Google Cloud
 

Dr Angus Laurenson (2015 cohort)

PhD project: Spin-wave interference in magnonic structure: Bragg scattering and beyond

Latest destination: Scientific Programmer, Earth Observation Science and Applications. Plymouth Marine Laboratory, 
 

Dr Ben Hogan (2015 cohort)

PhD project: 2D liquid composites for integrated optoelectronic devices on Si

Latest destination: Jenny ja Antti Wihurin Postdoctoral Fellow at Queen's University, Canada
 

Dr Carlota Ruiz de Galarreta (2015 cohort)

PhD project: Electronically controllable optical wavefront shaping with phase change materials

Latest destination: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Spanish National Research Council/Autonomous University of Madrid
 

Dr Charlie-Ray Mann (2015 cohort)

PhD project: Tunable Dirac Polaritons in Cavity-Embedded Metasurfaces

Latest destination: Research Fellow at ICFO (Theoretical Quantum Nano photonics group)

 

Dr Cheng Shi (2015 cohort)

PhD project: 2D/Meta-materials Infrared Optoelectronic Devices

Latest destination: Backend Process Technical Lead at WaveOptics (Snap Inc.) 

Dr Craig Tollerton (2015 cohort)

PhD project: Novel 2D materials for plasmonics and photonics

Latest destination: Maths Teacher and House Deputy Head at Torquay Boys Grammar School

 

Dr Henry Fernandez (2015 cohort)

PhD project: Electronic and optical study of hybrid light-matter states

Latest destination: Senior Research Scientist at Dispelix Oy

 

Dr Joe Morgan (2015 cohort)

PhD project: Lightweight, transparent and sustainable Metamaterials

Latest destination: Senior Data Protection Consultant at TMC3

 

Dr Joseph Beadle (2015 cohort)

PhD project: Exploration of acoustic waveguiding

Latest destination: Senior Acoustic Scientist at QinetiQ

 

Dr Joshua Hamilton (2015 cohort)

PhD project: Magnetically actuated bio-inspired metamaterials 

Latest destination: Senior Electromagnetic Metamaterials Scientist at QinetiQ

 

Dr Kishan Menghrajani (2015 cohort)

PhD project: Excitonics: an organic route to Metamaterials

Latest destination: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Monash University, Australia

 

Dr Liam Trimby (2015 cohort)

PhD project: Chalcogenide perfect absorbers for the detection and modulation of infra-red radiation

Latest destination: Head of Analytics and Insight at Klarian Limited

 

Dr Miguel Camacho Aguilar (2015 cohort)

PhD project: Thin metal multilayers for microwave applications

Latest destination: Assistant Professor at the University of Seville

 

Dr Natalie Whitehead (2015 cohort)

PhD project: Magnonics, Spintronics and Magnetic Metamaterials

Latest destination: Founder of The Exeter Science Centre 

Dr Tom Collier (2015 cohort)

PhD project: Carbon nanotube arrays for THz generation: Theory and applications

Latest destination: Patent Engineer at Alice and Bob

 

Dr Vicky Kyrimi (2015 cohort)

PhD project: Metamaterial structures for surface acoustic waves

Latest destination: Postdoctoral researcher in Quantum Condensed Matter Photonics  @NKUA, University of Athens

 

Dr David Osuna (2016 cohort)

PhD project: Magnetisation dynamics and tuneable GHz properties of unsaturated magnetic nanostructures

Latest destination: Research Scientist in Magnetism at University of Salamanca

 

Dr Elizabeth Martin (2016 cohort)

PhD project: Microfluidic metamaterials for lab-on-a-chip technology

Latest destination: NHS Wales Executive Advanced Health Intelligence Analyst

 

Dr Emanuele Gemo (2016 cohort)

PhD project: Plasmonic integrated all-photonic memories

Latest destination: Fixed term Assistant Professor at Politecnico di Torino

 

Dr Francis Davies (2016 cohort)

PhD project: Engineering the thermal conductivity of few layer 2D materials

Latest destination: Postgraduate Researcher at University of Exeter

 

Dr Harry Penketh (2016 cohort)

PhD project:Metamaterials for lighting

Latest destination: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Exeter

 

Dr Joaquin Faneca (2016 cohort)

PhD project: Photonic metamaterials for WDM optical communication applications

Latest destination: Postdoctoral Researcher at Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona (IMB-CNM, CSIC)

 

Dr Julia de Pineda Gutiérrez (2016 cohort)

PhD project: Exploration of beam shaping at microwave frequencies using metasurfaces and metamaterials

Latest destination: Product Manager at OGA.ai

 

Dr Kevin Fripp (2016 cohort)

PhD project: High-speed spin-wave devices

Latest destination: Project Manager at Horizons UK-EU Magnomic Artificial Neural Networks and Gate Arrays (MANNGA) project

 

Dr Kieran Walsh (2016 cohort)

PhD project: Ultra-lightweight energy harvesting coatings based on two-dimensional materials

Latest destination: Scientist at Paragraf

 

Dr Milo Baraclough (2016 cohort)

PhD project: Microwave metamaterials as models of molecular light harvesting systems

Latest destination: Materials Team Member at DSTL

 

Dr Ned Taylor (2016 cohort)

PhD project: Ab Initio Exploration of Interface Structures and Their Properties

Latest destination: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Exeter

 

Dr Pablo Martinez Pancorbo (2016 cohort)

PhD project: Functional, specially-doped Core-shell nanoparticles for biomedical imaging applications

Latest destination: EMEA Customer Solutions Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS)

 

Dr William Ferguson (2016 cohort)

PhD project: Broadband Vibration Energy Harvesting for Low Frequencies

Latest destination: Data Analyst at UKHSA Joint Biosecurity Centre

 

Dr Zahid Hussain (2016 cohort)

PhD project: “Black” ZnO and TiO2 nanostructures for high efficient visible light photocatalysis

Latest destination: Group Leader at Technical University of Munich

 

Dr Conor Murphy (2017 cohort)

PhD project: Organic light emitting devices with plasmonic and GraphExeter enhanced efficiency

Latest destination: Optical Engineer at Snap Inc

 

Dr David Tatnell (2017 cohort)

PhD project: Mechanisms and applications of the transduction of heat into sound by arrays of thin metallic films 

Latest destination: Acoustic Scientist at Nebu-Flow

 

Dr Emily Glover (2017 cohort)

PhD project: Magnetic metamaterials for innovative solutions to the inductive tagging problem

Latest destination: Data Scientist at Funding Circle

 

Dr Iago Rodriguez Diez (2017 cohort)

PhD project: Bio-Chemical Sensing with Photonic Metamaterials

Latest destination: Postdoctoral Researcher at Nanophotonics Technology Center, Universitat Politècnica de València

 

Dr Jess Brown (2017 cohort)

PhD project: Cell sorting using surface acoustic waves and phononic crystals

Latest destination: Communications Manager at BHF Data Science Centre

 

Dr Konstantinos Anastasiou (2017 cohort)

PhD project: Flexible Hyperspectral Infrared Detectors

Latest destination: Process Analytical Scientist at Arxada (Contract), Switzerland

 

Dr Justus Bohn (2017 cohort)

PhD project: Plasmon Gain in 2D materials

Latest destination: Applications Engineer and Technical Sales at COMSOL

 

Dr Pavel Petrov (2017 cohort)

PhD project: Design and characterisation of 3D metamaterials fabricated using additive manufacturing

Latest destination: Principal Engineer at Helix Technologies Ltd

 

Dr Simon Baber (2017 cohort)

PhD project: Plasmonic Metamaterials for Single Photon Sources and Quantum Technology

Latest destination: Quantum Device Engineer at Quantum Brilliance GmbH

 

Shane Davies

MPhil project: Nanoscale patterning of interfaces for thermo-electrics

Latest destination: Unknown

 

Dr David Newman (2018 cohort)

PhD project: Magnetization Dynamics in Exchange Coupled Multilayers

Latest destination: Business Development Manager, University of Plymouth

 

Dr Dean Patient (2018 cohort)

PhD project: Solid State Refrigeration using 2D/Meta materials

Latest destination: Theoretical / Applied Physicist at QinetiQ

 

Dr Jamie Le Signe (2018 cohort)

PhD project: Probing mechanics in quantum mechanics – Josephson nano-resonator metamaterials

Latest destination: Quantum Scientist at QinetiQ

 

Dr Narima Eerqing (2018 cohort)

PhD project: Testing fluctuation relations of conformal changes of biomolecules

Latest destination: Laboratory Manager at Institute of Cancer Research (London)

 

Dr Oliver Latcham (2018 cohort)

PhD project: Excitation of spin waves in magnetic elements using surface acoustic waves

Latest destination: Theoretical Physicist at QinetiQ

 

Dr Wai Jue Tan (2018 cohort)

PhD project: Photosynthetic Metamaterials

Latest destination: Postdoctoral Research Associate in X-Ray Optics at Diamond Light Source

 

Dr Ben Pearce (2018 cohort)

PhD project: Metasurfaces and Phononic Crystals for Manipulating Fluid Flow and Acoustics

Latest destination: Principal Data Scientist at Dynamon

 

Dr Karl Jonas Riisnaes (2018 cohort)

PhD project: Strong light-matter interactions in perovskites

Latest destination: Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Exeter

 

Dr Kavya Sadanandan (2018 cohort)

PhD project: Plasmonic-enhanced organic photovoltaics for wearable applications

Latest destination: Applications Development Scientist at Universal Matters GBR Ltd

 

Dr Jacob Binsley (2018 cohort)

PhD project: Magnetoelastic metamaterials for lab-on-a-chip technology

Latest destination: Senior Design and Innovation Engineer at Haigh Engineering Company Ltd

 

Konstantinos Othon Chatzimpaloglou

PhD project (MPhil): Optical detection of magnetization dynamics induced by spin orbit torques

Latest destination: Research and Development Scientist, Seagate Technology

 

Dr James Capers (2019 cohort)

PhD project: Exploring the space of electromagnetic materials, with applications to antenna design

Latest destination: Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Exeter

 

Dr Ioannis Leontis (2018 cohort)

PhD project: Study of electron transport through graphine homojunctions and optoelectronic characterization of 2D perovskites

Latest destination: Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Exeter

  Dr Hannah Barnard (2019 cohort)

PhD project: Chiral Infrared Metamaterials for Enhanced Molecular Spectroscopy

Latest destination: Associate RF Physicist at QinetiQ

 

Dr Connor Sait (2018 cohort)

PhD project: A quantum thermodynamic study to improve magnetic data storage

Latest destination: Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Exeter

 

Dr Euan Humphreys (2018 cohort)

PhD project: The development of novel electronic and photonic metadevices for adaptive multispectral imaging in the infrared

Latest destination: Experimental Scientist at DSTL

 

Dr Conor Price (2018 cohort)

PhD project: Two-dimensional Metamaterial Batteries

Latest destination: Postdoctoral Researcher at Forschungszentrum Jülich

 

Dr Joe Pitfield (2019 cohort)

PhD project: Predicting the Interface

Latest destination: Postdoctoral Researcher at Aarhus University

 

Dr Katie Lewis (2018 cohort)

PhD project: Advanced Magnetic Metamaterials for Radio, Microwave and Millimetre-Wave Applications

Latest destination: Senior Electromagnetic Engineer at BAE Systems

 

Dr Ed Baker (2019 cohort)

PhD project: Applications of Transition metal dichalcogenides and Transition metal dioxides for renewable technologies

Latest destination: TBC

 

Dr Ineta Grikalaite (2018 cohort)

PhD project: Terahertz photonic metadevices with carbon nanomaterials

Latest destination: TBC

 

Dr Joe Shields (2018 cohort)

PhD project: Phase-change photonic meta-devices for active filtering and modulation

Latest destination: Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Exeter

 

Dr Valentin Haemmerli (2018 cohort)

PhD project: Ultrafast single photon sources

Latest destination: Optical Engineer at NKT Photonics UK

 

Dr Leanne Stanfield (2019 cohort)

PhD Project: Antenna efficiency and match manipulation using metamaterials

Latest destination: Senior Antenna Engineer at Leonardo

 

Dr Joe Pady (2019 cohort)

PhD Project: Chalcogenide-based memory and logic for flexible electronics applications

Latest destination: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Exeter

 

Dr Dan Moore (2020 cohort)

PhD Project: Making the world sound better - acoustic metamaterials for manipulating sound in air and underwater

Latest destination: Researcher and Engineer in Applied Acoustics at DBM Audio https://www.dbm-audio.uk/

 

Dr Kyle Arnold (2020 cohort)

PhD Project: Artificial Magnetic Conductor Surfaces for Conformal Antenna Design

Latest destination: Leonardo

 

Dr George Braid (2020 cohort)

PhD Project: Laser implosion fusion for clean energy generation

Latest destination: TBC