PDRAs and PhD students
Dr Simon M. Fairclough (PDRA, University of Cambridge, WP3)
Simon undertook a DPhil at the University of Oxford, followed by post-doctoral positions at Kings College London and the University of Manchester. He has expertise not only in the synthesis of core-shell colloidal nanoparticle, but also studying how strain influences their optical properties using a variety of imaging techniques such as single nanoparticle optical microscopy, synchrotron XPS, high resolution TEM, cathodoluminescence and XRD. His role in the Hetero-print project is to understand the strain and defects within the growth of nitride films and the resulting chiplets, mainly via electron microscopy and utilising modelling to find strategies to mitigate these stresses and strains.
Dr John Morrison (PDRA, University of Manchester, WP1)
John grew up in the west of Scotland before receiving his B.Sc., M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemistry from the University of St. Andrews during 1990 to 1998. He has since conducted research in the Melville Laboratory in Cambridge, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of St Andrews before his current postdoctoral research position in the Organic Materials Innovation Centre at the University of Manchester. He has published around 50 papers over a number of disciplines from natural products to the synthesis and properties of dendrimers, organic electronic polymers and small molecules. He is currently working on WP1 of Hetero-print with interests in the study of modified PDMS surfaces and synthesis of azobenzene dendrimers.
Miles Toon (PhD student, Institute of Photonics at the University of Strathclyde, WP2/WP3)
Miles completed an Undergraduate Integrated Master’s degree in physics at the University of Birmingham from 2013-2017, specialising in nanophotonics and quantum optics. His Master’s project involved the design and construction of a tapered amplifier, while for this project he is working on successful transfer printing, with nanoscale accuracy, to realise large parallel arrays of devices. Longer term, this will be applied to fabrication of microLEDs in displays. Additionally, Miles is investigating the stacking of devices made with novel materials (such as porous GaN developed by Cambridge) with LEDs to create an RCLED.
Hao Yang (PhD student, University of Glasgow (Chemistry), WP1)
Hao completed a BSc in Chemistry at the University of Sheffield, followed by a MSc in Nanoscience at the University of Strathclyde, before joining the Skabara group at the University of Glasgow in 2018 to study for a PhD. He is currently working on the modification of stamps that can improve both the pick-up and release abilities during the transfer-printing process.
Dr Paul Edwards (PDRA, University of Strathclyde (Physics), WP1/WP3)
Paul studied for a PhD at the University of Durham and completed additional post-doctoral research before joining the University of Strathclyde in 2000. He is now a SUPA Advanced Fellow at the and has over 20 years' experience of characterising semiconducting materials using spectroscopic and microscopic techniques. He will be applying these techniques in support of work packages 1 and 3, and in particular will oversee the application of mechanical nano-probes in a scanning electron microscope to study the micro transfer-printing process.