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On Wednesday 11th September 2024, the CDT in Applied Photonics held an in-person Welcome Event at Heriot-Watt University for our new students.  Supervisors joined us

The CDT in Applied Photonics held its conference on 1st July 2024 at Heriot-Watt University, at which we formally launched our new ESPRC Doctoral Training

On Friday 3rd May 2024 the CDT in Applied Photonics held a half-day training workshop followed by lunch for academic and industrial supervisors of current

On 11th April 2024 our third year students showcased their simple, but ingenious and creative designs to capture the interest of visitors during the ‘Meet

Congratulations to our Research Engineers – Gary Quinn – who had a successful viva in January 2024, and Natalie Bruce and Rachel Cannon, who passed

We are excited to be able to announce that the CDT Applied Photonics has been awarded with funding from the UK Research Council (EPSRC) to

Profile: CDT Alumna Dr Aneta Lisowska Enrolled 2014, Toshiba Medical Visualization Systems/Heriot-Watt University The 4-year journey through EngD programme now seems like it happened in

Congratulations to our Research Engineers – Victor Juanco Muller and Alexandra Lee – who had successful vivas in December 2023, and Stavros Misopoulos – who had

On Wednesday 6th September 2023, the CDT in Applied Photonics held an in-person Welcome Event at Heriot-Watt University for our 12 new students.  Supervisors joined

Photonics Hackathon As part of SUSSP Sensing and Spectroscopy, we were pleased to introduce our first ever Photonics Hackathon. This 12-hour event challenged delegates to

In July 2023 we hosted our fourth international summer school. This year’s theme, Photonic Sensing and Spectroscopy, brought postgraduate research students and early career researchers

Congratulations to our Research Engineers – Natalie Flaherty and Nicholas Smith – who had successful vivas in May 2023.

Profile: CDT Alumna Dr Alison O’Neil Enrolled 2011, Canon Medical Research Europe/Heriot-Watt University I undertook an EngD at Canon Medical Research Europe in collaboration with

Profile: CDT Alumna Dr Hollie Wright Enrolled 2016, Renishaw/Heriot-Watt University Enrolling with the Centre for Doctoral Training in Applied Photonics was the best career decision

Profile: CDT Student Louise Finlayson Enrolled 2019, NHS/University of St Andrews Project title: Fluorescence imaging, diagnosis, and photodynamic therapy for brain tumours Supervisors: Dr. Kenneth Wood,

UN International Day of Women & Girls in Science On February 11, UN International Day of Woman & Girls in Science, we celebrate our incredible

CDT Conference and 21st Anniversary Celebration On 28 June 2022 we were delighted to welcome over 100 delegates including our students, alumni, supervisors, former staff,

On Monday 5th September 2022, the CDT in Applied Photonics held an in-person Welcome Event at Heriot-Watt University for our new students.  Supervisors joined us

This joint workshop was organised by the EPSRC CDTs in Applied Photonics and Robotics and Autonomous Systems with representatives from Sellafield Ltd attending. The event

In-Person Workshops In March and April 2022, we were fortunate to restart some of our in-person workshops giving our students the opportunity to get together