Former members

Former Postdocs and Senior Research Fellows

  • Dr Youngkwang Jung, MSCA Fellow, 2022 – 2025 (Current: InnoCORE Fellow, UNIST) 
  • Dr Hong In Jeong, Brainlink & NRF Fellow, 2023 – 2025 (Current: Postdoctoral Researcher, Hanyang University)
  • Dr Chieh-Szu Huang, SNSF Postdoc Mobility Fellow, 2023 – 2025 (Current: Assistant Professor, National Tsing Hua University)
  • Prof. Linfeng Pan, Swiss Postdoc Mobility Fellow, Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship 2020 – 2025 (Current: Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
  • Dr Eunyong Choi, Leverhulme/Diamond Light Source, 2023 – 2025 (Current: Postdoctoral Researcher, KyungHee University)
  • Dr Jian Mao, MSCA Fellow, 2022 – 2024 (Current: Assistant Professor, Fudan University)
  • Dr Satya Nagane, Newton International Fellowship, EPSRC Postdoc, 2019 – 2024 (Current: Battery R&D Industry)
  • Prof. Miguel Anaya, Former Light Emission Sub-Group Leader, MSCA Fellow, Leverhulme ECF and RAEng Fellow, 2018-2024 (Current: Associate Professor at University of Seville)Dr Javad Shamsi, ERC postdoc, 2018 – 2023 (Current: Cavendish Lab, Cambridge)
  • Dr Bart Roose, Former Light Harvesting Sub-Group Leader, EPSRC Postdoc, 2020 – 2023 (Current: Senior Device Engineer, Quantum Solutions)
  • Dr Changsoon Cho, EPSRC Postdoc, 2021 – 2023 (Current: Assistant Professor, Pohang University of Science and Technology)
  • Dr Simon Kahmann, Former Spectroscopy Sub-Group Leader, ERC Postdoc and Leverhulme ECR Fellow, 2021 – 2023 (Current: Junior Professor, Chemnitz University of Technology)
  • Dr Szymon Zelewski, Bekker Fellowship, 2021 – 2023 (Current: Assistant Professor, University of Wroclaw)
  • Dr Terry Chien-Jen Yang, Former Academic Manager, MSCA Fellow, 2021 – 2023 (Current: Technical Lead at SunDrive Solar)
  • Dr Dengyang Guo, 2020 – 2023 (Current: Assistant Professor, Tsinghua University Shenzhen International Graduate School)
  • Dr Beth Tennyson, Former Impact Sub-Group Leader, MSCA Fellowship, 2018 – 2022 (Current: Centre for Global Equality & The Cambridge Centre for Inclusive Innovation, University of Cambridge)
  • Dr Juliane Borchert, EPSRC Postdoc, 2020 – 2022 (Current: Group Leader, Fraunhofer ISE and University of Freiburg)
  • Dr Krzysztof Galkowski, Former Spectroscopy Sub-Group Leader, Mobilosc Fellowship, 2018 – 2021 (Current: Assistant Professor, University of Wroclaw)
  • Dr Dominik Kubicki, MSCA Fellow, 2019 – 2021 (Current: Assistant Professor, University of Birmingham)
  • Dr Linsong Cui, ERC Postdoc, 2020 – 2021 (Current: Assistant Professor, University of Science and Technology of China)
  • Dr Geraud Delport, Newton International Fellowship, 2018 – 2020 (Current: Permanent Scientist, CNRS Paris)
  • Dr Felix Lang, Feodor-Lynen Fellowship, 2019 – 2020 (Current: Group Leader, University of Potsdam)

Graduated PhD Students

  • Dr Yorrick Boeije, Funding: Winton Scholarship, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Thesis Title: Photophysics of Hybrid Perovskites with Electroactive Molecules. Full Thesis, 2021 – 2025 (Current: Research Fellow, Osaka University)
  • Dr Melissa Fitzsimmons, Funding: CEPS CDT Studentship, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Daily Supervisor: Dr Bart Roose, Thesis Title: Towards High-Performance Multi-Junction Perovskite Solar Cells: Fabrication, Interlayer Design, and Characterisation. Full Thesis, 2021 – 2025 (Current: Operational Researcher at the Ministry of Justice)
  • Dr Zher Ying Ooi, Funding: St John’s College Scholarship, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Miguel Anaya, Thesis Title: Tailoring angular and spectral behaviour in perovskite optoelectronic devices. Full Thesis, 2020 – 2024 (Current: Characterisation Engineer, ams OSRAM)
  • Alice Dearle, Funding: NanoDTC Studentship, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Stephan Hofmann, Co-Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, NanoDTC, 2019 – 2024 (Current: Echion)
  • Dr Youcheng Zhang, Funding: Graphene CDT Studentship, 2019 – 2024; Primary Supervisor: Prof. Henning Sirringhaus, Co-Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, (Current: Postdoc)
  • Dr Hayden Salway, Funding: Sensors CDT Studentship, Primary Supervisor: Dr Miguel Anaya, Co-Supervisors: Prof. Sam Stranks, Prof. David Jimenez, Sensors CDT, Thesis Title: Halide Perovskite and Metal-Organic Framework Composites for X-ray Detection, Full Thesis, 2020 – 2024; Postdoc 2024 – 2025 (Current: CEO, Clarity Sensors)
  • Dr Kieran Orr, Funding: EPSRC Studentship, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Thesis Title: Strain in Halide Perovskites: Characterisation, Crystallography, Consequences, Full Thesis, 2019 – 2024 (Current: Stanford Energy Fellow, Stanford University)
  • Dr Simone Eizagirre-Barker, Funding: NanoDTC, Primary Supervisor Prof. Mete Atatüre, Co-Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Visible Emitters in Hexagonal Boron Nitride as an Optically Addressable Spin Qubit Platform, Full Thesis, 2020 – 2024;  (Current: Product Manager, Nu Quantum)
  • Dr Tiarnan Doherty, Funding: NUI Travelling Studentship, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Thesis Title: Characterising Nanostructure and Understanding its Influence on Phase Stability and Performance in Halide Perovskites, Full Thesis, 2017 – 2021; Oppenheimer Fellow and Schmidt Fellow 2021 – 2024
  • Dr Kangyu Ji, Funding: Royal Society Studentship, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Thesis Title: Understanding and optimizing perovskite optoelectronic devices with multi-dimensional imaging techniques, Full Thesis, 2017 – 2023 (Current: Postdoc, Purdue, Former MIT)
  • Dr Jordi Ferrer Orri, Funding: NanoDTC studentship, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Prof. Cate Ducati, Thesis Title: Exploring the Structural and Optical Response of Halide Perovskites Using High-Energy Electrons, Full Thesis, 2019 – 2023 (Current: Startup)
  • Dr Affan Iqbal, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-supervisor: Dr Miguel Anaya, Thesis Title: Exploring the connections between nanostructure and operational stability in next-generation energy materials, Full Thesis, 2019 – 2023 (Current: Energy consulting)
  • Dr Anna Abfalterer, Funding: Royal Society Studentship, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Thesis Title: Halide Perovskite and Perovskite-Inspired Light Emitters: Synthesis and Optical Spectroscopy, Full Thesis, 2018 – 2023 (Current: Postdoc, LMU Munich)
  • Dr Alan Baldwin, Funding: Schiff Studentship, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Daily Supervisor: Dr Simon Kahmann, Thesis Title: Charge carrier transport and recombination in semiconductors: Insights from statistical analysis and machine learning techniques, Full Thesis, 2019 – 2023 
  • Dr Kyle Frohna, Funding: Winton, Schiff and EPSRC DTP Studentships, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Thesis Title: In-Situ and Operando Multimodal Microscopy of Metal Halide Perovskite Optoelectronic Devices, Full Thesis, 2018 – 2022; Postdoc and Former Spectroscopy Sub-Group Leader 2023 (Current: Stanford Energy Fellow, Stanford University)
  • Dr Kaiwen Zhang, Funding: Graphene CDT, Primary Supervisor Prof. Laura Torrente, Co-Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Thesis Title: Continuous synthesis of metal halide perovskite nanoparticles with sharp and stable emission, Full Thesis, 2018 – 2023 (Current: Helio Display Materials, Oxford)
  • Dr Krishanu Dey, Funding: Cambridge Trusts Scholarship, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Thesis Title: Mixed Lead-Tin Halide Perovskites for Optoelectronic Applications, Full Thesis, 2018 – 2022 (Current: Postdoc, University of Oxford)
  • Dr Stephanie Adeyemo, Funding: Cambridge Trusts Scholarship, Primary Supervisor Prof. Hannah Joyce, Co-Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Thesis Title: Contact-free Electrical Characterisation of Novel Materials Using Terahertz Spectroscopy, Full Thesis, 2016-2021 (Current: Junior Research Fellow, UCam)
  • Dr Zahra Andaji-Garmaroudi, Funding: Winton Scholarship, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Prof. Richard Friend, Thesis Title: Exploiting and Inhibiting Ion Migration to Control Luminescence in Halide Perovskites, Full Thesis, 2016 – 2020; Postdoc together with University of Pavia, 2020 – 2022 (Current: Finance)
  • Dr Edoardo Ruggeri, Funding: ERC grant, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Daily Supervisor: Dr Miguel Anaya, Thesis Title: Pale black dot: a field trip to the multidimensional world of metal halide perovskites, Full Thesis, 2017 – 2022; Postdoc 2022 (Current: Renewable energy consultant, CBRE UK)
  • Dr Yu-Hsien Chiang, Funding: Cambridge Trust Studentship, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Miguel Anaya, Thesis Title: Multisource Evaporation of Perovskite Solar Cells, Full Thesis, 2018 – 2022 (Current: Principal Engineer, TSMC)
  • Dr Oliver Moseley, Funding: EPSRC Studentship, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Daily Supervisor: Dr Bart Roose, Thesis Title: Development and Characterisation of Halide Perovskite Visible Light and X-Ray Detection Devices, Full Thesis, 2018 – 2022 (Current: Patent attorney, Elkington + Fife)
  • Dr Alan Bowman, Funding: PV CDT, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Prof. Bartomeu Monserrat, Thesis title: Materials, methods and concepts for 21st century solar cells, Full Thesis, 2019 – 2021 (Current: Postdoctoral Researcher, UOxford; Former EPFL)
  • Dr Stuart Macpherson, Funding: EPSRC Studentship, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Thesis Title: Tracking and Exploiting Charge Carrier Movement and Photochemical Processes in Light-Harvesting Energy Materials, Full Thesis, 2017 – 2021; Postdoc 2021 (Current: Optical Engineer, OxONN)
  • Dr Camille Stavrakas, Funding: NanoDTC Studentship, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Thesis Title: Three Grains, Two Photons and a Colourful Diamond, Full Thesis, 2017 – 2019 (Current: R&D Engineer, PsiQuantum)

Former Support Staff

  • Charli Hendy, PA to Professor Sam Stranks, 2023-2024
  • Elena Avila, Lab and Programme Manager, 2022-2023

Former Visiting PhD Students

  • Sara Cepic, 2025 (University of Bologna) Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks
  • Jaehui Kim, 2023 (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology; UNIST)
  • Chiara Ongaro, 2023 (PhD Student, EPFL), Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Bart Roose
  • Jiawei Chen, 2022 – 2023 (Nanjing University of Science and Technology), Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Miguel Anaya
  • Elena Cabello Olmo, 2022 (Institute of Materials Science of Seville), Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Miguel Anaya
  • Renjun Guo, 2022 (Technical University Munich), Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Linje Dai
  • Bianca Gevers, 2021 (University of Pretoria), Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor:Anna Abfalterer
  • Pau Molet, May - 2021 (ICMAB, Spain)
  • Nathan Daem, 2020 (University of Liege), Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Felix Lang
  • Daniel Ramirez, 2018 (University of Antioquia), Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Edoardo Ruggeri
  • Zhuo (Joe) Yang, 2017 (CNRS-Toulouse), Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks

Former Master's Students (MPhil/MRes Mini, Extended and Visiting)

  • Laurenz Sippel, 2025 – 2026 (University of Konstanz), Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Robert Westbrook
  • Liv Hawkins, PES CDT Mini, 2025, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Yang Lu
  • Peihao Huang, PES CDT Mini, 2025, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Weidong Xu
  • Ji-Hee Yun, Advanced Chemical Engineering MPhil, 2024 – 2025, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Taeheon Kang
  • Eleni Purilli, MPhil Biotechnology, 2024 – 2025, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Hong In Jeong
  • Ziming Guo, CPES CDT Mini Project, 2023 – 2024, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Weidong Xu
  • Thomas Gledhill, Part IIB CEB, 2023 – 2024, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Yang Lu
  • Ayla Dekker, 2023 (University of Utrecht), Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks
  • Tara Murphy, NanoDTC Mini, 2023, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Krishanu Dey & Dr Youcheng Zhang
  • Larry Brazel, NanoDTC Mini, 2023, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Qichun Gu
  • Adrian Ho, NanoDTC Mini, 2022 – 2023, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Kangyu Ji & Dr Kaiwen Zhang
  • Rowena Davis, NanoDTC Mini, 2022 – 2023, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Yang Lu
  • Dylan Cuskelly, NanoDTC Mini, 2022 – 2023, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Alice Dearle
  • James Steele, NanoDTC Mini, 2022, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Satya Nagane
  • Anish Chaluvadi, NanoDTC Mini, 2022, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Tiarnan Doherty & Jordi Ferrer-Orri
  • Finn Beiglböck, 2021 – 2022 (ETH Zurich), Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Simon Kahman
  • Aida Drevilkauskaitė, 2021- 2022 (Kaunas University of Technology, KTU), Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Javad Shamsi
  • Isabella Sandak-Lewin, MPhil Biotechnology, 2021 – 2022, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Miguel Anaya
  • Timothy Lambden, NanoDTC Mini, 2021 – 2022, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Javad Shamsi
  • Rachel Matthews, NanoDTC Mini, 2021 – 2022, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Javad Shamsi
  • Alasdair Tew, NanoDTC Mini, 2021, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Alice Dearle
  • Molly Davis, NanoDTC Mini, 2021, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Cate Ducati
  • Katie Ninham, NanoDTC Mini, 2023 – 2024, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Erwin Reisner
  • Anna Scheeder, NanoDTC Mini, 2020 – 2021, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Clemnes Kaminski
  • Ran Chen, CPES CDT Mini Project, 2020 – 2021, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Bart Roose
  • Jiratheep Pruchyathamkorn, NanoDTC Mini, 2020, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Beth Tennyson
  • Jien Tan, NanoDTC Mini, 2020, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Stephan Hofmann
  • Eduardo Camarillo-Abad, NanoDTC Mini, 2019, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Rachel Oliver
  • Rosemonde Chahbazian, 2019 (Paris Sarclay), Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Geraud Delport
  • Zelun Li, MPhil, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Clemens Kaminski, 2018 – 2019,  Co-Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks
  • Alexander Vladimirov, Graphene CDT Short Project, 2018, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Anna Ott
  • Ruyi Huang, MPhil in Micro- and Nanotechnology Enterprise Mini, 2018, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Robert Hoye
  • Joshua Tuffnell, NanoDTC Mini, 2018, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Rachel Oliver
  • Bluebell Drummond, NanoDTC Mini, 2017 – 2018, Primary Supervisor: Prof Laura Torrente, Co-Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks
  • Kangyu Ji, MPhil in Physics, 2027, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Richard Friend
  • Taylor Uekert, NanoDTC Mini, 2016 – 2017, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Hannah Joyce

Former Undergraduate and Intern Students

  • Joudi Al Almadi, KAUST Academy program, 2025 (King Abdulaziz University; KAUST), Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Robert Westbrook
  • Jishern Yuen, Part IIB CET, 2024 – 2025, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Wenxin Mao
  • Oliver Tonge, Part IIB CET, 2024 – 2025, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Wenxin Mao
  • Nell Thomson, Part III Physics, 2024 – 2025, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Robert Westbrook
  • Zhenyao Jiang, Part II Physics intern, 2023, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Kieran Orr
  • Andrew Te Water Naude, Part IIB CEB, 2022 – 2023, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Hayden Salway
  • Simon Canniffe, Part IIB CEB, 2022 – 2023, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Terry Chien-Jen Yang
  • Ethan St Catherine, Part IIB CEB, 2022 – 2023, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Hayden Salway
  • Eron Bulliqi-Sabani, Part IIB CEB, 2022 – 2023, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Terry Chien-Jen Yang
  • David O'Shea, NanoFutures Scholars intern through Nano DTC, 2022 (University of Oxford), Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks,
  • Eloise Christie, Part IIB CEB, 2021 – 2022, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Miguel Anaya & Dr Simon Kahman
  • Xian Wei Chua, Part II Physics student intern, 2021 (Rank Prize Vacation Grant), Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Miguel Anaya
  • Simon King, Part IIB CEB, 2020 – 2021, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks
  • Ellis Birch, Part IIB CEB, 2020 – 2021, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Beth Tennyson
  • Eleanor Toms, Physics Part III, 2020 – 2021, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Beth Tennyson
  • Jack Huang, Physics Part III, 2020 – 2021, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Tiarnan Doherty & Jordi Ferrer-Orri
  • William Drake, Physics Part III, 2018 – 2019, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Beth Tennyson
  • Shaoni Kar, Physics Part III, 2018 – 2019, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Miguel Anaya & Dr Krys Galkowski
  • Tingjun Zhang, Part II Physics intern, 2018, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Alan Bowman
  • Harry Jones, Physics Part III, 2017 – 2018, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Wenxin Mao
  • Kilian Lohmann, Physics Part III, 2016 – 2017, Primary Supervisor: Prof. Sam Stranks, Co-Supervisor: Dr Zahara Andaji-Garmaroudi

Former Visiting Faculty and Senior Researchers

  • Prof. Annamaria Petrozza, 2025; 2023 (Italian Institute of Technology)
  • Prof. Hanwei Gao, 2024 (Florida State University)
  • Prof. Rebecca Belisle, 2023 (Wellesley College)
  • Prof. Dr Wouter Van Gompel, 2023 (Hasselt University)