Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in the fields of
- Novel plasmonic materials for applications
- Artificial and structured magnetic thin films and multilayers
Public outreach & key achievements
- Seagate Technology/Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair in Advanced Materials for Data Storage (2017-27)
- Director, EPSRC - SFI Centre for Doctoral Training in Photonic Integration & Advanced Data Storage (2014-27)
- Member, Advisory Board, Westminster All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Semiconductors (2024 - )
Research students
| PhD Title | A combined experimental and computational study of Ni3Pt/Ir/Co Synthetic Ferrimagnets: Taking atomistic spin simulation into the laboratory |
| Name | Jade Scott |
| Country | UK |
| Year of Study | 2016-2020 |
| PhD Title | Fabrication, characterisation, and integration of plasmonic materials towards next generation data storage technology at the industrial scale |
| Name | Tiernan McCaughrey |
| Country | Ireland |
| Year of Study | 2020-2024 |
| PhD Title | Synthesis, characterisation, and spectral metrology of plasmonic titanium nitride films and nanostructures |
| Name | Arthur Lipinski |
| Country | Ireland |
| Year of Study | 2020-2024 |
Alumni: Where are they now
| PhD Title | A combined experimental and computational study of Ni3Pt/Ir/Co Synthetic Ferrimagnets: Taking atomistic spin simulation into the laboratory |
| Name | Jade Scott |
| Years of Study | 2016-2020 |
| Country | UK |
| Current Position | Research Fellow at Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà Belfast |
| PhD Title | Fabrication, characterisation, and integration of plasmonic materials towards next generation data storage technology at the industrial scale |
| Name | Tiernan McCaughrey |
| Years of Study | 2020-2024 |
| Country | Ireland |
| Current Position | Research Engineer, Seagate Technology |
| PhD Title | Pulsed laser deposition of Indium Tin Oxide for plasmonic applications |
| Name | Antony Murphy |
| Years of Study | 2017-2022 |
| Country | Ireland |
| Current Position | Researcher, IMEC (Belgium) |