Currently active PhD students

 

Beth Staples

PhD Project: Control of flow-induced near-field noise through the use of metasurfaces.

Supervisors: Alastair Hibbins, Roy Sambles, Alan Curtis

Charlie Patrickson

PhD Project: Spin Qubits in 2D Metamaterials

Supervisors: Isaac Luxmoore, Geoff Nash

Jon Smith

PhD Project: Tensorial surfaces for novel antenna functionality

Supervisors: Alastair Hibbins, Simon Horsley, Ian Hooper

Stuart Kendall

PhD Project: Active optical metasurfaces for AI-based photonic computing

Supervisors: Prof C. David Wright and Prof Jacopo Bertolotti

Ben Scott

PhD Project: Self-actuating surfaces for tunable microwave metamaterials

Supervisors: Dr Alex Powell and Prof Ken Evans

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

Calvin Hooper

PhD Project: The theory of space-time varying metamaterials

Supervisors: Dr Simon HorsleyDr Ian Hooper and Dr James Capers

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

Bryce Dixon

PhD Project: Time Varying Metasurfaces: using rapidly varying components for arbitrary wave transformations

Supervisors: Simon HorsleyIan HooperAlastair Hibbins

Erica Paul

PhD Project: Time Varying Acoustic Metamaterials

Supervisors: Greg ChaplainSimon HorsleyAlastair Hibbins

Jon Middle

PhD Project: Quantum theory of topological phase transitions for cavity polaritons in optical metasurfaces

Supervisors: Eros MarianiCharles Downing


Yongtu Zou

PhD Project: Artificial-intelligence-Enabled Active Metamaterials

Supervisors: Changxu LiuDavid Wright

Matt Garman

PhD Project: 2D-Material Based Quantum Sensors for Nanoscale NMR

Supervisors: Isaac LuxmooreLuca Dellantonio


Ben Holdstock

PhD Project: Metamaterial skin for sensory surfaces

Supervisors:  Alex Powell


Dan Barnett

PhD Project: Quantum Energies

Supervisors: Charles DowningMisha Portnoi

Bella Sawcock

PhD Project: Time-varying Metasurfaces; Exploring Spectral Control and Overcoming Band width Constraints

Supervisors: Simon Horsley, Alastair Hibbins