Currently active PhD students

2017 Cohort
	Ioannis Leontis PhD project: The demonstration of room temperature (RT) quantum electrical analogues of optical elements and circuits Supervisors: Prof Monica Craciun and Prof Saverio Russo
	Peter Inzani PhD project: Theoretical models of a new class of magneto-elastic metamaterials Supervisors: Prof Feodor Ogrin and Prof Andrew Gilbert
	Shane Davies PhD project: Nanoscale patterning of interfaces for thermo-electrics Supervisors: Dr Steve Hepplestone and Prof GP Srivastava
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
	Connor Sait PhD project: A quantum thermodynamic study to improve magnetic data storage Supervisors: Prof Robert Hicken and Dr Paul Keatley
	Conor Price PhD project: Two-dimensional Metamaterial Batteries Supervisors: Dr Steve Hepplestone, Prof Misha Portnoi and Prof Saverio Russo
	Euan Humphreys PhD project: The development of novel electronic and photonic metadevices for adaptive multispectral imaging in the infrared Supervisors: Prof C. David Wright and Prof Jacopo Bertolotti
	Hannah Barnard PhD project: Nanoscale Infrared Biomolecule Spectroscopy (NIBS) Supervisors: Prof Geoff Nash, Dr Jonathan Phillips and Dr Isaac Luxmoore
	Ineta Grikalaite PhD project: Terahertz photonic metadevices with carbon nanomaterials Supervisors: Dr Ana Neves and Dr Anna Baldycheva
	Joe Shields PhD project: All dielectric phase-change metamaterial-based holography Supervisors: Prof C. David Wright, Prof Jacopo Bertolotti and Dr Arseny Alexeev
	Katie Lewis PhD project: Advanced Magnetic Materials for Radio, Microwave and Millimetre-wave applications Supervisors: Prof Alastair Hibbins, Prof Feodor Ogrin and Prof Roy Sambles
	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
	Joe Pitfield PhD project: The Search for New Materials: Using Quantum Mechanics and Theoretical Modelling to Predict New Material Structures and Phases in Constrained Systems Supervisors: Dr Steve Hepplestone and Prof Misha Portnoi
	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 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 and Prof Roy Sambles
	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 and Prof Roy Sambles
	Kyle Arnold PhD project: Artificial Magnetic Conductor Surfaces for Conformal Antenna Design Supervisors: Prof Alastair Hibbins and Prof Roy Sambles
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