Graduation
Congratulations to first group PhD student Juan (Arturo), who managed to graduate today. Having passed his viva in March 2020, it was a long wait to return to Manchester. He is now working with Synaptec in Glasgow.
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Group Research Planning day
The group met to discuss research planning and objectives for the next 6 months – our second all-team in-person meeting.
Funded PhD position with A*STAR
The group is now advertising for a funded PhD position as part of the A*STAR ARAP scheme, in collaboration with Kedar Hippalgaonkar of A*STAR and NTU in Singapore. The project will build on the high-throughput techniques developed in the Manchester group, and the Bayesian optimization approaches at A*
Welcome to Stefan!
The group welcomes Dr. Stefan Skalsky to the group as a short-term postdoctoral researcher. He will lead a pump-prime project on integrating single photon spectroscopy to near-field microscopy as part of a UMRI-funded project with Jessica Boland.
Learning Through Research Internship 2022: Big-Data From High-Throughput Experimentation
The group will again offer an 8-week paid summer internship to work on developing a cloud-based solution for high-throughput data management. This position is only available to current University of Manchester students in their penultimate year of study.
The role will sit alongside PhD and postdoctoral staff in the group,
New MPhys students - Peter, Kit and Jack
The group welcomes three new MPhys students for semester 2. They will be working on:
* Peter Parsons – Single-photon compressive spectro-imaging methodology (assisted by Dr. Stefan Skalsky)
* Kit Garbutt & Jack Young – Enhancing optical imaging for crop-science (led by Prof. Bruce Grieve)
New Funding : Small Capital Equipment
The group has secured funding for a 3-year license of NextNano for quantum device simulation. This is part of the University of Manchester’s COVID research-recovery fund, and will be led by group member Nikesh.
Hardware drivers made available
A set of MATLAB-based hardware drivers developed in the lab have been made available online. More details are available on the Hardware Drivers page, or via github. These span Thor Labs imaging equipment, oceanoptics spectrometers, and a range of motion controllers.
New Funding : Single-photon spectroscopy at the nanoscale
Patrick and colleague Jessica Boland have received short-term pump-prime funding to combine single-photon spectroscopy with scattering-type near-field microscopy. The project, running from February to June will employ one postdoc for a proof-of-principle system.
Invited seminar for UKNC: Advances in zincblende III-Nitrides for next generation visible LEDs
Stephen was invited to present a virtual seminar for the UK Nitride Consortium, discussing recent developments in zincblende-phase gallium nitride based light emitting devices. Working in collaboration with the group of Dr. David Binks at the University of Manchester, and the Cambridge Centre for Gallium Nitride, Stephen demonstrated the capability