Advanced Functional Materials and Devices (AFMD) Group

Research group

Research theme

Sub department

About

The following is a quick overview of the alumni of the AFMD group, including their immediate next positions after leaving our group. More information, including their subsequent career steps can be found on their respective LinkedIn/ORCID pages.

Former DPhil/PhD Students

  • 2013-2017 → Research Scientist at Heliatek, Germany
  • 2014-2018 (co-supervised with Professor Robin Nicholas, 91̽»¨) → PostDoc in AFMD Group in 91̽»¨ Physics
  • 2015-2020 → Research and Development Intern, Zhejiang Energy Group, China
  • 2016-2020 (co-supervised with Professor Jenny Nelson, Imperial College London) → PostDoc with Professor Norbert Koch at HU Berlin, Germany
  • 2018-2023 (co-supervised with Dr Robert Dalgliesh, ISIS Muon & Neutron Source) → Policy OfficerPolicy Officer, European Commission, NL
  • 2019-2021 (co-supervised with Professor Donal Bradley, KAUST, Saudi Arabia) → PostDoc with Professor Wei Ma, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
  • 2016-2021 (co-supervised with Professor Donal Bradley, KAUST, Saudi Arabia) → Researcher, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Germany
  • 2017-2022 → Research Fellow at the European Space Agency, Harwell, UK
  • 2019-2023 → Hardware Development Engineer, 91̽»¨ Ionics, 91̽»¨, UK
  • 2020-2024 → Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston, USA
  • 2018-2023 (co-supervised with Professor Robin Nicholas, 91̽»¨) → PostDoc in AFMD Group in 91̽»¨ Physics

Postdoctoral Researchers

  • 2015-2017 → Co-Founder Agira Photonics, USA
  • 2015-2017 â†’  PostDoc with Professor Henry Snaith, 91̽»¨, UK
  • 2017-2020 â†’ PostDoc with Professor Sessoli, University of Florence, Italy
  • 2018-2020 (co-supervised with Professor Donal Bradley, KAUST, Saudi Arabia) → Investment Associate, Shell Ventures, China
  • 2019  (co-supervised with Professor Robin Nicholas) → Assistant Venture Developer at TIL Ventures, London, UK
  • 2015-2021 → Senior Strategy Consultant, Amey Consulting (AC), UK
  • 2019-2021 (co-supervised with Professor Donal Bradley, KAUST, Saudi Arabia) → Universal Display Corporation, China
  • 2023-2024 (co-supervised with Professor Robin Nicholas) → European Patent Examiner in Measurements & Optics, Munich, Germany
  • 2018-2022 → EPSRC PostDoctoral Fellow, Department of Physics, 91̽»¨, UK