Sam Stranks (@samstranks) is Professor of Energy Materials & Optoelectronics and Royal Society University Research Fellow in the Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology and a Cavendish Joint Member in the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge. He is also a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, and an elected Fellow of both the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Institute of Physics. His group's research focuses on the optical and electronic properties of emerging semiconductors including halide perovskites, carbon allotropes and organic semiconductors for low-cost electronics applications such as photovoltaics, lighting and detectors. He is a co-founder of Swift Solar, developing high-performance perovskite photovoltaics.
Research
Research in the Optoelectronic Materials and Device Spectroscopy Group (StranksLab) focuses on the optical and electronic properties of emerging semiconductor systems in order to control the absorption or emission of light and/or manipulate the transport and recombination of energised charge carriers in these materials. Our work finds a number of applications including photovoltaics for energy, X-Ray detectors for medical imaging and LEDs and lasers for light emission. We develop optical spectroscopic techniques to assess the optoelectronic quality of materials and relate these characteristics directly to their chemical, material, morphological and structural properties through multimodal measurements. We employ a number of cutting edge techniques to monitor the photophysics of full devices under operating conditions with high spatial and temporal resolution. Through these approaches, we can make new fundamental scientific discoveries as well as construct optimised devices in which we push efficiencies to their theoretical limits. Our developed devices and in-situ and operando imaging approaches are applicable to a range of fields including energy materials, medical imaging and biological systems.
Our group generally covers four main areas, which comprise our research sub-groups. These themes are highly cross-cutting and facilitate collaborations between our physicists, chemists, materials scientists and engineers. You can read more about recent activities and techniques within each sub-group at the links below. Most projects in the group fall within one or several of these categories, making these pages a good resource for prospective applicants to understand the activities in the group.
- Materials Synthesis and Characterisation: Broadly covering materials chemistry synthesis and materials characterisation including diffraction and electron microscopy
- Spectroscopy: Broadly covering optical spectroscopy (time-resolved and steady-state), both macroscopic and microscopic
- Light Harvesting: Broadly covering light harvesting devices including solar cells and photodetectors.
- Light Emission: Broadly covering light emission systems and devices including light emitting diodes and lasers.
Biography
Sam Stranks (@samstranks) is Professor of Energy Materials & Optoelectronics and Royal Society University Research Fellow in the Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology and a Cavendish Joint Member in the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge. He is also a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, and an elected Fellow of both the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Institute of Physics.
Sam graduated from the University of Adelaide in 2007 with a BA (German and Applied Mathematics), BSc Hons (Physics and Physical Chemistry) and a University Medal. He completed his PhD as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, receiving the 2012 Institute of Physics Roy Thesis Prize. From 2012-2014, he was a Junior Research Fellow at Oxford University and Worcester College, Oxford, before holding a Marie Curie Fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2014-2016). Sam established his research group (@Strankslab) in Cambridge in 2017.
Sam's research focuses on the optical and electronic properties of emerging semiconductors including halide perovskites, carbon allotropes and organic semiconductors for low-cost electronics applications such as photovoltaics and lighting. He has led multi-centre projects from funders such as ERC, EPSRC, Leverhulme Trust and Royal Society totalling over £23M (£13M as PI). He received the 2016 IUPAP Young Scientist in Semiconductor Physics Prize, the 2017 Early Career Prize from the European Physical Society, the 2018 Henry Moseley Award and Medal from the Institute of Physics the 2019 Marlow Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry, the 2021 IEEE Stuart Wenham Award, the 2021 Leverhulme Prize in Physics, the 2021 EES Lectureship, the 2022 Lem Prize and a Finalist Award in the 2024 Blavatnik Awards in the UK. He is a TED Fellow and in 2017 was listed by the MIT Technology Review as one of the 35 under 35 innovators in Europe. Sam is a co-founder of Swift Solar, a startup developing high-performance perovskite PV panels, and Sustain/Ed, a not-for-profit developing education for school-age children around climate change solutions. He is also an Associate Editor at the AAAS journal Science Advances, and sits on the Editorial Boards for the journals ACS Energy Letters, Advanced Energy Materials and PRX Energy.
Full publications list on Google Scholar here.
Education and Training
DPhil (PhD) in Condensed Matter Physics (Advisor: Prof. Robin Nicholas), University of Oxford, 2008 – 2012
BSc (First Class Hons), Physics, Theoretical Physics and Chemistry, University of Adelaide (2003 – 2007)
BA, Mathematics and German Studies, University of Adelaide (2003 – 2006)
Professional Appointments
Professor of Energy Materials and Optoelectronics, University of Cambridge, 2024—
Professor of Optoelectronics, University of Cambridge, 2022—2024
University Asst. Prof. in Energy, University of Cambridge, 2019—2022
Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Cambridge, 2017—2025
Marie Curie Outgoing Fellow, MIT / University of Cambridge, 2014—2017
Junior Research Fellow, Worcester College, Oxford, 2012—2014
Research Assistant, University of Adelaide / Australian Wine Research Institute, 2008
Honours and Awards
Blavatnik Award Finalist in the Chemical Sciences, 2024
Stanisław Lem European Research Prize, 2023
Energy and Environmental Science Lectureship, 2022
Philip Leverhulme Prize in Physics, 2021
Stuart R. Wenham Young Professional in Photovoltaics Award, IEEE, 2021
Marlow Award, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2019
Henry Moseley Medal and Prize, Institute of Physics, 2018
Early Career Prize, European Physical Society, 2017
MIT Technology Review 35 under 35 Innovators Europe, 2017
TED Fellow, 2016
IUPAP Young Scientist in Semiconductor Physics Prize, 2016
Institute of Physics Roy Thesis Prize, 2012
Rhodes Scholarship, 2008—2012
University Medal, University of Adelaide, 2007
Publications
Full list here and on Google Scholar.
Selected publications
- Frohna, K.; Chosy, C;. Al-Ashouri, A.; Scheler, F.; Chian, Y. -H.; Dubajic, M.; Parker, J. E.; Walker, J. M.; Zimmerman, L.; Selby, T. A.; Lu, Y.; Roose, B.; Albrecht, S.; *Anaya, M.; *Stranks, S. D. The impact of interfacial quality and nanoscale performance disorder on the stability of alloyed perovskite solar cells Nat. Energy 2025, 10, 66-76
- Pan, L.; Dai, L.; Burton, O. J.; Chen, L.; Andrei, V.; Zhang, Y.; Ren, D.; Cheng, J.; Wu, L.; Frohna, K.; Abfalterer, A.; Yang, T. C-J.; Niu, W.; Xia, M.; Hofmann, S.; Dyson, P. J.; Reisner, E.; Sirringhaus, H.; *Luo, J.; *Hagfeldt, A.; *Grätzel, M.; *Stranks, S. D.; High carrier mobility along the [111] orientation in Cu2O photoelectrodes Nature 2024, 628, 765-770
- Ji, K.; Lin, W.; Sun, Y.; Cui, L.; Shamsi, J.; Chiang, Y-H.; Chen, J.; Tennyson, E. M.; Dai, L.; Li, Q.; Frohna, K.; Anaya, M.; Greenham, N. C.; *Stranks, S. D. Self-supervised Deep Learning for Tracking Degradation of Perovskite LEDs with Multispectral Imaging Nature Machine Intelligence 2023, 5, 1225–1235
- Macpherson, S.; Doherty, T. A. S.; Winchester, A. J.; Kosar, S.; Johnstone, D. N.; Chiang, Y.-H.; Galkowski, K.; Anaya, M.; Frohna, K.; Iqbal, A. N.; Nagane, S.; Roose, B.; Andaji-Garmaroudi, Z.; Orr, K. W. P.; Parker, J. E.; Midgley, P. A.; *Dani, K. M.; *Stranks, S. D. Local nanoscale phase impurities are degradation sites in halide perovskites Nature 2022, 607, 294-300
- Frohna, K.; *Anaya, M.; Macpherson, S.; Sung, J.; Doherty, T. A. S.; Chiang, Y.-H.; Winchester, A. J.; Orr, K. W. P.; Parker, J. E.; Quinn, P. D.; Dani, K. M.; Rao, A.; *Stranks, S. D. Nanoscale chemical heterogeneity dominates the optoelectronic response of alloyed perovskite solar cells Nature Nanotechnology 2022, 17, 190–196
- Doherty, T. A. S.; Nagane, S.; Kubicki, D. J.; Jung, Y.-K.; Johnstone, D. N. ; Iqbal, A. N.; Guo, D.; Frohna, K.; Danaie, M.; Tennyson, E. M.; Macpherson, S.; Abfalterer, A.; Anaya, M.; Chiang, Y.-H.; Crout, P.; Ruggeri, F. S.; Collins, S.; Grey, C. P.; Walsh, A.; Midgley, P. A.; *Stranks, S. D. Stabilized tilted-octahedra halide perovskites inhibit local formation of performance-limiting phases Science 2021, 374(6575), 1598-1605
Selected patents
5. Anaya, M.; Avila, E.; Salway, H.; Stranks, S. D. Metal-Organic Framework Materials Composites and Processes for the Manufacture of Metal-Organic Framework Materials Composites, UK PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER GB2413474.4, 2024
4. Tumen-Ulzii, G.; Stranks, S. D. Method of production of perovskite single crystal & uses thereof, UK PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER GB2413205.2, 2024
3. Anaya, M.; Avila, E.; Fairen Jimenez, D.; Stranks, S. D. Metal-Organic Framework Materials Composites and Processes for the Manufacture of Metal-Organic Framework Materials Composites, UK PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 2403504.0, 2024
2. Moseley, O. D. I.; Roose, B.; Stranks, S. D. Photodetector, UK PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER PC932472GB, 2022
1. Bowman, A. R.; Stranks, S. D. Method and Apparatus for Rapid Optoelectronic Material Screening, UK PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 2201015.1, 2022
See a list of media and impact activities.
Invited Talks (Plenary and Keynote denoted with **)
83. Vapor and Solution Growth of High-Quality Halide Perovskite Optoelectronics, Material Research Society, Boston, USA (2024)
82. Halide Perovskite Radiation Detection: Spectroscopic Viewpoints, Material Research Society, Boston, USA (2024)
81. Multimodal Characterisation to Drive Solar Cell Development, Nature Conference: Perovskite and Organic Photovoltaics, Nanjing, China (2024)
80. Operando Studies of Halide Perovskite Devices, International Conference on Perovskite Solar Cells and Optoelectronics (PSCO), Perugia, Italy (2024)
79. Charge Carrier Recombination and Transport in Halide Perovskite Semiconductors, IoP Condensed Matter and Quantum Materials 2024, St Andrew's, Scotland (2024)
78. Multimodal Imaging to Understand Performance Losses and Instabilities in Halide Perovskite Optoelectronic Devices Gordon Research Conference on Unconventional Semiconductors, Boston, USA (2024)
77. Optical Spectroscopy to Drive Optoelectronic Device Development, Symposium on Photoconversion in Organic and Hybrid Semiconductors, Imperial College London, UK (2024)
76. Carrier recombination in halide perovskites: different dimensionalities and length scales, Quantsol 2024, Rauris, Austria (2024)
75. Pushing Semiconductor Performance for Sustainable Energy Solutions, Sparking Innovation: UK Scientists Changing Our World (Blavatnik), London, UK (2024)
74. Multimodal Characterisation to Drive Optoelectronic Device Development, Sungkyun International Solar Forum (SISF2023), Seoul, South Korea (2023)
73. Micro- and Macro-scale Optical Spectroscopy of Halide Perovskites, 14th International Conference on Optical Probes of Organic and Hybrid Semiconductors (OP2023), Como, Italy (2023)
72. Group Overview Talk-Cambridge X-ray Detector (and Related) Activities, European Workshop on Perovskite Radiation Detectors (P-RAD 2023), Bologna Italy (2023)
71. Understanding carrier recombination to drive new photoelectrochemical device developments, Conference on Artificial Photosynthesis and Green Catalysis, Lausanne, Switzerland - Online (2023)
**70. Understanding Operation of Halide Perovskite Photovoltaics on Different Length Scales, Royal Society of Chemistry International Conference on Materials Chemistry (MC16), Dublin Ireland (2023)
**69. The Future of Perovskites for Solar Power and Lighting, Lem Prize Ceremony, Wroclaw, Poland (2023)
68. Operando microscale imaging of halide perovskite solar cells, Lightweight Scalable PV Workshop, Oxford, UK (2023)
67. Operando imaging of perovskite optoelectronic devices, nanoGe International Conference on Perovskite Thin Film Photovoltaics and Perovskite Photonics and Optoelectronics (NIPHO23), Pavia, Italy (2023)
66. Scalable halide perovskites: processing and radiation sensitivities, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting EL15, San Francisco, USA (2023)
65. Understanding and realizing stable perovskite optoelectronic device operations, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting EL02, San Francisco, USA (2023)
64. Shining Bright: Using Luminescence to Unveil Photophysical Behaviour in Halide Perovskites, MAT-SUS Spring Conference, Valencia, Spain (2023)
**63. Understanding Charge Carrier Recombination in Halide Perovskites, Journal of Energy Chemistry Workshop – online (2023) – keynote
62. Microscopic Views of High-Performance Halide Perovskite Solar Cells, Next-Generation Materials for Solar Photovoltaics, Royal Society of Chemistry, London, UK (2023)
61. Charge Carrier Recombination on Different Length Scales in Halide Perovskites, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, USA (2022)
60. Visualizing and Mitigating Problematic Defects in Halide Perovskite Photovoltaic Absorbers, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, USA (2022)
59. Understanding and Controlling Recombination on Different Length Scales in Halide Perovskite Devices, SISF2022, Seoul, South Korea (2022)
**58. Understanding Nanoscale Recombination and Instabilities in Halide Perovskite Solar Cells, ENGE Conference, Jeju Island, Korea (2022) – keynote
57. Perovskite Solar Cells: Innovations and Applications, Affordable Perovskite Solar Irrigation Systems for Small-holder Farmers in Ethiopia (APSISSFE) Public Workshop, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia (2022)
56. The Impact of Nanoscale Traps on the Stability of Halide Perovskite Solar Cells, MAT-SUS Conference, Barcelona, Spain (2022)
55. Understanding and Controlling Recombination on Different Length Scales in Halide Perovskite Devices, KAST InterAcademy Workshop, Paris, France (2022)
54. Understanding Nanoscale Recombination and Instabilities in Halide Perovskite Solar Cells, CSIRO Advanced PV 2030 Conference, Newcastle, Australia – online (2022)
53. Understanding nanoscale recombination and degradation in perovskite solar cells, Binks Renewable Energy Conference, Oxford, UK (2022)
**52. Understanding Nanoscale Recombination and Instabilities in Halide Perovskite Photovoltaics, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) 2022 National Congress, Brisbane, Australia (online) – keynote (2022)
51. Light Emission, Gordon Research Conference: Unconventional Semiconductors and their Applications, Ventura, California, USA – Invited Discussion Lead (2022)
50. Trap Clusters in Halide Perovskite Semiconductors Limit Performance and Cause Instabilities, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, Hawaii USA – Online (2022)
**49. Nanoscale heterogeneity in halide perovskites: the good, the bad and the ugly, Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics (HOPV) Conference – Plenary, Valencia, Spain (2022)
48. Understanding Nanoscale Recombination and Instabilities in Halide Perovskite Photovoltaics, Institute of Physics Advances in Photovoltaics – IoP London (2022)
47. Life Cycle Assessments and Recycling Strategies for High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells, PV in the Circular Economy, Northumbria University – online (2022)
46. Nanoscale phase impurities lead to instabilities in halide perovskite devices, PeroSolarFab22, NanoGe Spring Meeting – online (2022)
45. Halide Perovskites for Next-Generation Solar Photovoltaics, I2CNER Japan – Online (2022)
44. Luminescence from 3D and low-dimensional perovskites: from photophysics to devices, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston USA – Online (2021)
43. Peering inside halide perovskite semiconductors through multimodal microscopy, PerEmer21 Symposium, NanoGe Fall Meeting – online (2021)
42. Making each photon count in halide perovskite semiconductors, Perfun21 Symposium, NanoGe Fall Meeting – online (2021)
41. Imaging and Modelling Halide Perovskite Optoelectronic Devices, Applied Light-Matter Interactions in Perovskite Semiconductors (ALMIPS2021) Conference, NanoGe – online (2021)
40. Halide perovskites for next-generation photovoltaics: challenges on the atomic to the module level, Innovative Materials for Energy Conference, Messina, Italy (Hybrid) (2021)
39. Multimodal and operando microscopy of halide perovskite photovoltaics, Henry Royce Institute Workshop ‘Operando Approaches for Advanced Materials Development’, Oxford, UK (2021)
**38. Halide Perovskite Photovoltaics: From the Nanoscale to the Module Level, PVSC Conference, USA – online (2021)
37. Understanding recombination on the nanoscale in halide perovskite photovoltaics, PV Interfaces Workshop, Durham – online (2021)
36. Multi-Modal Microscopy Approaches to Probe Halide Perovskite Device Operation, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston USA – Online (2020)
35. Controlling Light Emission in Halide Perovskite Device Structures, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston USA – Online (2020)
34. Vapour deposition of halide perovskites: device-level to nanoscale learnings, Perovskite Evaporation Conference, Cambridge, UK – Online (2020)
33. Probing and stabilizing luminescence in halide perovskite semiconductors, Moscow Autumn Perovskite Photovoltaics International Conference (MAPPIC-2020), Moscow, Russia – Online (2020)
32. Multi-modal microscopy approaches to visualize heterogeneities in halide perovskites, Workshop on Time/spatial resolved investigation on nanomaterials for optoelectronics and energy, Nanjing University, Shanxi University and Lund University, Online (2020)
31. Multi-Modal Approaches to Understand the Nature of Halide Perovskite Traps, NanoGe NIPHO, Seville, Spain (2020)
30. Multi-Modal Microscopy Approaches to Understand Halide Perovskite Device Operation, Joint UK Solar Fuels Network-SuperSolar workshop on Solar Energy Conversion and Storage, London, UK (2019)
29. Local Multi-Modal Approaches to Understand Halide Perovskite Device Operation, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, USA (2019)
28. Halide Perovskites for Solar Photovoltaics, Sensor CDT Industry Day, Cambridge, UK (2019)
27. Local Multi-Modal Approaches to Understand Halide Perovskite Device Operation, International Conference on Perovskite Solar Cells and Optoelectronics (PSCO), Lausanne, Switzerland (2019)
26. Charge-Carrier Recombination in Halide Perovskites for Optoelectronics Royal Society of Chemistry Awards Symposium: Celebrating 150 years of RSC Prizes & Awards
25. Let there be Light! Towards Highly Emissive Halide Perovskite Photovoltaics. International School on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics (ISOPHOS), Tuscany, Italy (2019)
24. Visualising and Eliminating Defects in Perovskite Optoelectronics, Perovskite Solar Cell and Optoelectronics Day, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (2019)
23. Visualising the Impact of Defects on Halide Perovskite Structures, Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics (HOPV) Conference, Rome, Italy (2019)
22. Swift Solar: Efficient, lightweight solar power, CAM-IES Industry Day, University of Cambridge, UK (2019)
21. Towards Highly Emissive Halide Perovskites for Optoelectronic Applications, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, Phoenix, USA (2019)
20. Imaging defects in halide perovskite solar cells, Photovoltaics Science, Applications and Technology conference (PVSAT-15), University of Warwick, UK (2019)
19. Imaging and Manipulating Carrier Traps in Perovskite Optoelectronic Devices, NIPHO2019, Jerusalem, Israel (2019)
18. Strain-related defects in metal halide perovskites, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, USA (2018)
17. Eliminating non-radiative losses and ion migration in halide perovskite structures, European Optical Society Biennial Meeting (EOSAM), Delft, NL (2018)
16. Defects in Metal Halide Perovskites, Gordon Research Conference – Defects in Semiconductors, NH, USA (2018)
**15. Passivation routes towards eliminating non-radiative losses and ion migration in halide perovskite structures, French National Perovskite Meeting, Autrans, France (2018) – plenary
**14. Halide Perovskites for Photovoltaic and Light-Emission Applications, GEFES2018 Spanish CM Physics Division, Valencia, Spain (2018) – keynote
13. Passivating metal halide perovskite surfaces and interfaces, CAM-IES Symposium: Interfaces in Photovoltaics and Thermoelectrics, Cambridge, UK (2017)
**12. Revolutionizing Solar Power with Perovskites, Hello Tomorrow Global Summit, Paris, France (2017) – keynote speaker
11. Emerging technologies, scientific progress and deployment, Aurora Energy Spring Forum, Oxford, UK (2017) – invited panel speaker
10. Understanding the Microscale Heterogeneity in Metal Halide Perovskite Solar Cells, Conference and Exhibition on Optics and Electro-Optics, Tel Aviv, Israel (2017)
9. Relationship between microscale photophysics and structure in metal halide perovskite solar cells, SPIE Photonics-West 2017, San Francisco, USA (2017) – invited speaker
8. Workshop on the photophysics and photochemistry of organo-metal halide perovskites, Lund University, Sweden (2017)
7. The Impact of Phase Retention on the Structural and Optoelectronic Properties of Metal Halide Perovskites, International Conference on Perovskite Solar Cells and Optoelectronics (PSCO), Genoa, Italy (2016)
**6. Metal-halide perovskites for photovoltaic and light-emitting devices, International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors (ICPS), Beijing, China (2016) – prize plenary lecture
5. The origins of non-radiative decay in hybrid perovskite films, Electronic and Structural Dynamics in Hybrid Perovskites Workshop, Telluride, USA (2016)
4. Relationship between Microscale Photophysics, Structure, and Local Chemistry of Metal Halide Perovskites, Excited State Processes in Electronic and Bio NanoMaterials Conference, Santa Fe, USA (2016)
3. Correlating the photophysics of organic-inorganic perovskites with local chemistry, American Chemical Society (ACS) Spring Meeting, San Diego, USA (2016)
**2. The Photophysics of Perovskite Solar Cells, Solar Future Conference, KAUST, Saudi Arabia (2015) – plenary speaker
1. Understanding the operation of organometal halide perovskite solar cells, International Conference on the Science & Technology of Synthetic Metals (ICSM2014), Turku, Finland (2014) – invited speaker
Invited Lectures/Seminars
50. Lund University, Sweden (2025)
49. University of Melbourne, Australia (2024)
48. AfRIE, Ethiopia, online (2023)
47. University College London (2023)
46. University of Warwick, UK (2023)
45. Monash University, Australia (2022)
44. 35th Don Stranks Memorial Lecture, University of Melbourne, Australia (2022)
43. Seoul National University, South Korea (2022)
42. University of Washington, Clean Energy Institute, USA, online (2022)
41. Center for Innovation on New Energies (CINE), Brazil, online (2022)
40. University of York, online (2022)
39. Northwestern University / University of Toronto, online (2022)
38. Picoquant Webinar, online (2022)
37. Cambridge Festival talk, online (2022)
36. Centre for Plastic Electronics, Imperial College London, online (2022)
35. Cambridge Society for the Application of Research, Churchill College, Cambridge (2022)
34. Nottingham Trent University, UK (2020)
33. AMOLF, Netherlands (2020)
32. IPVF, France (2019)
31. Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology (CEB) Seminar, UK (2019)
30. University of Warwick, UK (2019)
29. ETH Zurich, Switzerland (2019)
28. Birmingham Energy Institute, University of Birmingham, UK (2018)
27. Okinawa Institute of Technology (OIST), Okinawa, Japan (2018)
26. Solid State Lecture Series, Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK (2018)
25. CAMatNet Imaging Meeting, Cambridge, UK (2018)
24. Institute of Materials Science, Seville, Spain (2018)
23. University of Surrey, UK (2018)
22. Cambridge Graphene Centre Advanced Technology Lecture, Cambridge UK (2018)
21. University of Valencia, Spain (2018)
20. National Renewable Energy Labs, Golden, CO, USA (2018)
19. Nano-Doctoral Training Centre Research Day, Cambridge UK (2017)
18. IRDEP/CNRS-Paris, France (2017)
17. SLAC, Stanford, USA (2017)
16. CNRS-Toulouse Colloquium, France (2017)
15. Delft TU Chemistry Faculty Colloquium, Netherlands (2016)
14. X, Google, Mountain View, USA (2016)
13. Perovskite Seminar Series, Center for Excitonics, MIT, USA (2015)
12. Clean Energy Institute Seminar, University of Washington, Seattle, USA (2015)
11. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Washington DC, USA (2015)
10. Condensed Matter Physics Seminar, Oxford, UK (2014)
9. University of Surrey, Surrey, UK (2014)
8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA (2013)
7. University of Toronto, Canada (2013)
6. University of Adelaide, Australia (2013)
5. University of Melbourne, Australia (2013)
4. Australian National University, Australia (2013)
3. University of Cambridge, Cavendish Laboratory (2013)
2. Solar energy on the nanoscale, Worcester College Provost’s Seminar, Oxford, UK (2012)
1. St John’s College Research Lecture Supper, Oxford, UK (2011)
Teaching and Supervisions
Lecturing and Supervisions/Tutorials:
- CETI and CEBT1B Engineering Maths, Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology (16 lectures), University of Cambridge, 2019 –
- CETI and CEBT1B Computing Skills Course Coordinator, Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, 2019 –
- Physics at the Nanoscale NE.07 Graduate MPhil Course, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy (10 lectures), University of Cambridge, 2017 – 2019
- Supervisor (tutor) in Physics (Part 1A Oscillations,;Waves and Quantum Waves; Part IB Quantum Physics; Optics, Waves and Oscillations; Experimental Methods; Condensed Matter Physics) and Chemical Engineering (CETI / CETIB Engineering Maths), Clare College and other Colleges, Cambridge, 2017 –
- Internal examiner for 19 PhD, 2 MPhil (Research) theses, University of Cambridge, and external examiner for 13 PhD theses, 2018 –
- College Lecturer in Physics, Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford, 2011 – 2014
- Undergraduate Tutor in Department of Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry; Chemistry Laboratory Demonstrator, University of Adelaide, 2007 – 2008
Course and Examination Responsibilities:
- Co-Director of PhD in Sustainable Energy Materials Innovations course, University of Cambridge, 2025 –
- CETI Examiner, Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 - Chair
- Director of Studies: Natural Sciences (2020), Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Clare College, Cambridge 2019 –
- Admissions interviewing, Natural Sciences and Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Clare College, Cambridge 2018 –
- Internal examiner for 19 PhD, 3 MPhil (Research) theses, University of Cambridge, 2018 –
- External thesis examiner/opponent for 13 PhD theses, 2018 –
See list of current and former team members of our research group, and PhD theses from the group.
Other Professional Activities
Conference Organisation
- Materials Research Society Spring Conference Co-Chair, Seattle, USA, 2025
- Materials Research Society Fall Symposium Co-Chair, Boston, USA, 2020, 2022, 2023
- Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics (HOPV) Conference Chair, Online, NanoGe, 2021
- NanoGe Fall Meeting Symposium Chair, Online, 2020
- E-MRS Spring Meeting Symposium G Chair, Nice, France, 2019
- IEEE Photovoltaics Specialist Conference (PVSC), Area 6 Co-chair, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
- Conference on Perovskite Photonics and Optoelectronics, Co-chair, Rennes, France, 2018
External Peer Review and Panels
- Royal Society Research Grants Panel: Physical Sciences, 2025 –
- EPSRC New Horizons Peer Review Panel, 2022
- STFC Physical Sciences & Engineering Advisory Panel, 2020 – 2023
- Member of EPSRC Peer Review College, 2020 –
- Henry Royce Institute, UK Materials Roadmapping in Photovoltaics, Co-Lead, 2020
- Royal Society of Chemistry Faraday Division Awards Committee, 2019 – 2022
- Diamond Light Source Peer Review Panel Member, 2019 – 2024
- Diamond Light Source II Energy Materials (Photovoltaics) Academic Stakeholder lead, 2018
- Regular Peer-reviewer for: journals including Nature (and Nature family), Science, ACS Energy Letters, Physical Review Letters, ACS Nano, Nano Letters, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., Joule, Advanced Materials, Advanced Energy Materials, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., Appl. Phys. Lett., and grant agencies including Royal Society, EPSRC/UKRI, Department of Energy (DOE), German Research Foundation, European Research Council, Swiss National Science Foundation, National Science Foundation, 2010 –
Advisory Boards and Editorial Duties:
- Editorial Advisory Board, Physical Review X Energy (American Physical Society), 2025 –
- Editorial Advisory Board, Advanced Energy Materials (Wiley), 2022 –
- Editorial Advisory Board, ACS Energy Letters (American Chemical Society), 2021 –
- External Advisory Board Member EPSRC Grant (EP/R032750/1), 2018 – 2021
- Swift Solar Lead Scientific Advisor, 2017 –
Editorial Responsibilities:
- Associate Editor, Science Advances (AAAS Journal), 2019 –
- Guest Editor, Advanced Energy Materials Special Issue on Characterization Methods of Perovskites, 2019
- Guest Editor, Journal of Luminescence Special Issue, 2019
Institutional Responsibilities:
- Laser Safety Officer, Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, 2019 –
- School of Technology's representative on the Sub-Committee for Ionising and Non-Ionising Radiation, University of Cambridge, 2020 –
- Athena Swan Working Group, Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, 2020 – 2023
- Graduate Mediator, Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, 2019 –
- MPhil in Biotechnology Examiner, Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, 2019 –
- Director of Studies, Clare College: Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology 2019 –, Natural Sciences (LT 2020)
- School of Technology Decarbonisation (Energy Materials and Light Harvesting) Special Interest Group Coordinator, University of Cambridge, 2021 –
- Research Committee (in charge of Equipment and Award Nominations), Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, 2019 –
- West Cambridge Equipment Task Force, University of Cambridge, 2021 –
- Gas and Chemical Safety Sub Committee (GCSSC), Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, 2021 –
- Department Cambridge Enterprise Champion, University of Cambridge, 2021 –
Other Training:
- University of Cambridge Inclusive Leadership Course (2021 – 2022)
- Harvard Business School HBX Certificate of Readiness (CoRE) in Business, Pass with Honors (2016)
- Kaufman Teaching Certificate Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2015)
- German Lambda Course, Language Centre, University of Oxford (2008 – 2010)
Professional Memberships and Fellowships:
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, 2023 – (Member, 2015–2023)
- Fellow of the Institute of Physics, 2023 – (Member 2009–2023)
- Member of the Materials Research Society, 2013 –
