December 2024 - Emrys is invited to MRS Fall 2024 in Boston and gives a talk at the Molecular Quantum Systems symposium.
October 2024 - Welcome to Ollie Christie and Joseph Young who start as PhD students!
September 2024 - Jacob, Michael, John, Kieran and Emrys attended the Spin Chemistry Meeting 2024 at Kobe (Japan) where we shared our latest work on spin-optical dynamics of organic radicals, chiral materials and molecular semiconductors.
September 2024 - Many congratulations to John Hudson on a very successful PhD defence with Prof Jenny Clark (Sheffield), Prof Matthew Davies (Swansea) and Prof Karol Kalna (Swansea)!
August 2024 - Emrys acts on the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize 2024 panel to shortlist physical sciences books for under 14-s.
Young People's Book Prize - Children's Science Books | Royal Society
He is particularly inspired by: 'Where Are You Really From? | Royal Society '
April 2024 - Our work on spin modelling of magnetic field effects on luminescence of strongly and weakly coupled radical-triplet systems is published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters! Fantastic work from John Hudson.
June 2024 - Congratulations to John Hudson who wins the 'Rising Star - PGR' prize at the Swansea University R&I Awards!
June 2024 - Congratulations to Kieran Richards who is awarded an EPSRC Impact Accelerator Account grant to advance his work on photochemical upconversion!
April 2024 - We are pleased to start an EPSRC International Collaboration Grant with Dr Ludovic Favereau (University of Rennes) and Dr Sabine Richert (Frieburg University). This is an exciting opportunity to work with outstanding researchers in France and Germany to advance magneto-optical molecular materials.
January 2024 - Emrys is appointed to the Research Wales Committee for HEFCW as the ECR member.
October 2023 - Welcome to Jacob Isaac who starts as a PhD student!
September 2023 - Michael, Kieran and Emrys attend the Optical Probes conference at Como (Italy), where we catch up with the latest developments in optical spectroscopy with focus on molecular materials.
July 2023 - It was great to catch up with latest developments in the field at SPIE Optics + Photonics 2023, San Diego. John gave an excellent talk on spin-optical modelling and characterisation of luminescent organic radicals.
July 2023 - Emrys hosts a group BBQ and his son makes a sign to 'welcome to the science party'...
March 2023 - We have moved into our new research labs at the Centre for Integrative Semiconductor Materials (CISM). The Light Conversion ORPHEUS OPA and HARPIA transient absorption systems are set up and we're off...
January 2023 - Welcome to Dr Kieran Richards who starts as a postdoctoral researcher. Kieran is working on our EPSRC New Investigator Award to explore design and spin-optical characterisation of organic radicals.
October 2022 - Welcome to Michael Walker who starts as a PhD student!
July 2022 - Emrys is selected for the advisory group of the Learned Society of Wales - Early Career Researcher Network.
May 2022 - At Swansea University R&I Awards, Emrys is shortlisted for 'Outstanding Research Supervision' and is awarded the 'Rising Star - ECR' award.
March 2022 - John Hudson presents his work to MPs in Parliament at STEM for Britain. Congratulations to John on the Bronze Award for Chemistry and First Place in Dyson award for 'Outstanding research towards more sustainable future.'
July 2021 - Our work on the critical spin-flip mechanisms in delayed fluorescence emitters is published in Nature Communications, with focus towards better materials for blue light emission from photo/spin physics studies. Fantastic work by Bluebell Drummond and the team, a big collaborative effort!
July 2021 - Congratulations to John Hudson on becoming Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) Scholar 2021-2023. Watch this space for new radical spin-photophysics towards new technologies from his PhD research.
May 2021 - Emrys was awarded the Learned Society of Wales' Dillwyn Medal 2021 (STEMM), in recognition of early career research excellence.
May 2021 - We've written a perspective that highlights the opportunities for organic radicals in OLEDs, as part of a special topic on light-emitting materials! Great job by John Hudson for leading this.