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Paulina graduated from in Poland in 2011 with a MEng in Applied Physics. For her Masters project she completed an investigation into the study of electromodulation of exciplex fluorescence in organic films. She joined ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø in January 2012 to start a PhD in organic polymer lasers for use as explosives sensors in the under the supervision of Prof Graham Turnbull and Prof. Ifor Samuel. After completing her PhD Paulina moved to a secondment at Helios Photonics.

Ashu was born in Saharanpur in India. He received M.Sc in physics from and M.Tech. in applied optics from . After this for a brief period he has worked on Fibre Bragg Grating (FBG) sensors as a project assistant in central scientific instruments organisation, Chandigarh. Then he moved to Germany to obtain his Ph.D. in physics at under the supervision of Prof. Alfons Penzkofer on spectroscopic characterisation of organic electroluminescent materials. In June 2008 Ashu has joined the Organic Semiconductor Optoelectronics group as a research fellow and since then he has been involved in various projects, which include photophysical characterisation of materials to device fabrication and applications of organic electronic devices in biomedicine. After leaving the group he became a project Manager at Techcomp Research and Engineering Centre.

Gordon was born and brought up in Stranraer in south west Scotland. In 2005 he received an MSci degree in Physics from the . His Masters year project at Durham was investigating the dynamics of new OLED compounds and it was here that he first became enthused by the field of chemical physics. He joined the Organic Semiconductor Optoelctronics group here in ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø in September 2006 under the supervision of Prof. Ifor Samuel to commence study for a PhD on the ultrafast photophysics of iridium complexes. After completing his PhD Gordon stayed with the group, looking at the photophysical properties of organic systems. Outside of the lab Gordon's interests include history, technology and the dynamic between the two, wiki's and how collaborative development can operate in a scientific environment. Gordon is now conducting postdoctoral research at the University of Regensburg in the group of Prof. John Lupton, also an alumnus.

James was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He graduated with an MPhys in physics with photonics from the University of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø in 2011. During his undergraduate studies he was a participant in the organic electronics and applications erasmus intensive program in 2010 and carried out his masters project on electrospinning of polymer nanofibres under Dr Graham Turnbull. James joined the group in 2011 to study for his PhD with the intention of continuing work on electrospinning of semiconducting polymers and working on polymer lasers. After leaving the group, James went on to work for Selex

Tom was born in Malvern, England, and studied for his undergraduate degree of 'Physics with Study in Europe' jointly at the University of Manchester and Universite Joseph Fourier in Grenoble, France. Following the end of his Masters in 2009, he moved to France to carry out his PhD studying photonic transducers for gas sensing in the Im2np lab at Aix Marseille Universite, with several placements at Universidade do Sao Paulo in Brazil. Having completed his PhD, Tom remained in the same group in Marseille until the end of 2013 for an initial post-doctoral position characterising organic semiconductors for solar cell applications by optical means including ellipsometry and integrating sphere photometry. During 2014, he worked at City University of Hong Kong performing optical measurements including time-resolved photoluminescence and Raman spectroscopy on nanostructured semiconductors, as well as engaging in nanofabrication activities. In April 2015, Tom started working at the University of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø as a Research Fellow on the UP-VLC project for visible light communications, where his responsibilities included the simulation, fabrication and characterisation of nanostructured grating elements.

Olena obtained BSc and MSc in Physical and Biomedical Electronics at in Kiev. She worked on inorganic semiconductors during her BSc in Kiev and near-field micro-probing during her MSc at . Before coming to the group for a PhD, Olena worked on electronic circuits for critical systems at the . Her research interests while in the group included light-tissue interactions, skin optics and phantoms, optoelectronic design and engineering, computer simulations and fluorescence imaging for Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) for skin lesions. Beyond her research she enjoys keeping fit, dancing, travelling, cooking and socialising. Olena went on to work at

Gopala Krishna Thalluri was born in a Hyderabad, India. In 2007, he received M.Sc (Engg) degree in Microsystems Integration Technology from , Sweden. Then he moved to Belgium in 2008 to obtain Ph.D. in physics at University of Hasselt, Belgium under the supervision of Prof. Jean Manca on preparation and characterization of hybrid solar cells. In 2012, he started as a postdoctral researcher at Laboratory of Structural Inorganic Chemistry (LCIS) and the Group of Research in Energy and ENvironment from MATerials (GREEnMat), University of Liege, Belgium on investigating the dye-sensitized solar cells for a special light guide application. In March 2014, he joined the group as a research fellow working on preparation and characterization of organic solar cells. After leaving the group Gopala joined Helios Photonics.

Shuyu was born in Suzhou, China. He completed his undergraduate studies at with a major in Physics in 2007 and his master studies at with a major in Plasma Physics in 2010. In September 2010, he joined Prof. Samuel's group here at the University of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø to research organic optoelectronic devices for his PhD. He earned a PhD title in May 2014 with the thesis title of ‘Directional organic light-emitting diodes using photonic microstructure’. After working in the group as a Research Fellow mainly on the EPSRC project ‘Ultra-parallel visible light communications’, Shuyu went on to Fudan University, Shanghai where he is now an assistant professor.

Guohua studied for his BSc, M.Sci and PhD at , Changchun, China. From September 2006 to July 2011, he studied and worked on OLEDs in the State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics. His doctoral research projects were mostly related to integration of OLEDs on active matrix backplanes, such as LTPS and CMOS. After defending his PhD degree, he started an internship in department COMEDD at , Dresden, Germany, from August 2011. During the whole year of 2012, Guohua carried out his postdoctoral research which was sponsored by and hosted by at both and . In January 2013, he joined the group conducting research on OLEDs. He is now an Associate Professor at Wuhan University, China.

Zarifi was born in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam. He graduated from with a BSc degree in Physics in 2004. In 2006, he received an MSc degree in Materials Physics and Applications from . His MSc research project focused on the investigation of high strain rate deformation behaviour of Nickel-Titanium shape memory alloy. He joined Prof. Ifor Samuel's group in October 2010 to pursue a PhD on exciton diffusion and charge transport in organic solar cells. Zarifi's other interests are playing football, badminton and squash.

Emiliano is from Ituiutaba, Brazil. He graduated in Electrical Engineering from the in 2005. Following this he received his MSc in Electrical Engineering in 2008 from the same university, with a thesis topic on modelling of the supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fibres. He then joined the Masters of Photonics in 2008. In the first year of this master he studied at the in Stockholm and then moved to the University of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø for his second year. He completed his master in 2010 with a thesis on microstructured silicon solar cells. Emiliano joined the Organic Semiconductor Optoelectronics group in 2010 under the supervision of Prof. Ifor Samuel to pursue his PhD on microstructured organic semiconductors and is now a professor at the University of Sao Carlos.

Qin received her BSc, MSc and PhD degrees from , Changchun, China. From 2008 to 2011, she studied and undertook research on OLEDs in the State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University. Her research focused on improving the performance of blue and then white OLEDs. Since July 2011, she has been appointed as a lecturer working for College of Physical Science and Technology, . Under the sponsorship of China Scholarship Council, now Qin is a visiting scholar in Prof. Samuel’s group and investigating the photophysics of OLEDs.

Yue was born in Hubei China in 1985. She graduated from the in Shanghai with BEng degree in Electronic Science & Technology in 2007. The following year she went on to receive an MSc degree in jointly from the Universities of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and . In September 2008 she joined the Organic Semiconductor Optoelectronics group to start a PhD under the supervision of Dr Graham Turnbull and Prof. Ifor Samuel. Her PhD research was on developing organic laser fabrication by nanoimprint lithography. In 2012 Yue completed her PhD and successfully won a EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship to develop a novel multifunctional explosive sensing array here in the group. In 2013 she moved to the as a postdoctoral researcher.

Joe studied for his BSc at the and completed his PhD at the . His research interests include the synthesis of novel light emitting polymers and materials for solar cells. Joe leads the .

Neil graduated from the in 2008 with an Mphys in Physics. For his master's project, he completed an investigation into the study of propagation and decay of quantum turbulence in superfluid helium^-4. He joined ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø in September 2008 to start a PhD on polymer lasers under the supervision of Prof. Ifor Samuel and Dr Graham Turnbull. In 2012 Neil began working at the UK patent office as an examiner.

Georgios was born in Athens, Greece where he completed his undergraduate studies at the with a Major in Applied Physics in 2004. In September of the same year he started the MSc in at the University of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and Heriot-Watt University. He completed the course with distinction and joined the Organic Semiconductor Optoelectronics group for his PhD (one- and two-photon pumped organic semiconductor lasers) under the supervision of Dr Graham Turnbull and Prof. Ifor Samuel. In 2009 he became a research fellow in the group working on UV-nanoimprint lithography for organic semiconductor lasers as part of the . In October 2011 Georgios moved to the at the as an to work on detection of trace quantities of explosives.

Amy was born in Penrith, Cumbria. In September 2004 she started at the to study for an MPhys degree. This included studying abroad at the , Canada and a final year project on polymer optoelectronics with . In September 2009 she joined Professor Ifor Samuel's group, looking at exciton diffusion and the morphology of organic photovoltaics. Her other interests include rock climbing and mountaineering. In 2011 Amy began a career in the financial services industry, training in actuarial studies.

Ajay was born in Ballia in India. He obtained a M.Sc in Physics from the and the M.Tech in Laser Science and Applications from the . With a short stay at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur as a research engineer he moved to obtain a PhD with Prof. Jean-Michel Nunzi at in France. His doctoral work was on the study of physics and models of plastic solar cells. He joined us as a research fellow in May 2007 and currently worked on dendrimer based photodiodes and solar cells. In 2010 Ajay took up a postdoctoral research position with in Queensland, Australia then won an fellowship to develop his own research.

Dr Mario E. Giardini graduated and received his PhD in Electronic Engineering and Computer Science at the , Italy. He has been a Research Scientist for the , where he developed instruments, devices and technologies for a diverse range of mainly biomedical and biotechnological applications. His research has implied a framework of constant contact with industry, including three years as head of the R&D activities of a leading microscope manufacturer. He joined Ifor Samuel's team to work on forensic applications of fluorescence detection. He is now a lecturer in biomedical engineering at Strathclyde University.

Stuart graduated with a MEng (Hons) degree in Semiconductor Engineering from the , Scotland, in 2004. He joined the Polymer Optoelectronics group at the University of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, Scotland, working towards a Ph.D. in organic physics. His research interests included the study of charge transport and photo-physics in dendrimer OLED devices. After obtaining his PhD Stuart went on to work in industry.

Ruth graduated with a first class MSci in Physics from , London in 2000. She completed a PhD in Physics at in 2004 under the supervision of Gordon Davies on using photoluminescence (PL) to characterise ion implantation defects in silicon. She moved to ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø in November 2004 to work on the photo physics of light emitting dendrimers. In 2008, Ruth won a sponsored position to train as a medical physics specialist in Manchester.

Jean-Charles was born in Caen in France. He obtained a Msc in Physics from the and the DEA Photonics and Image from the . Then, he started a PhD with Dr. Alain Fort at the on the influence of the viscoelastic properties on the orientational dynamics of push-pull chromophores in photorefractive guest-host polymers. After finishing his PHD, he moved to Japan for 1 year to work as JSPS postdoctoral research fellow at the Supramolecular Science Laboratory of Dr. Tatsuo Wada in . He worked there on the optoelectronics properties of liquid carbazole based materials. He took up his position with us in May 2004 and worked on the light emitting dendrimer film morphology and interfacial interactions. Jean-Charles is now an Associate Professor at Kyushu University, Japan.

Andreas graduated from the in 2002. He obtained an MSc (distinction) in from the Universities of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and Heriot Watt. His MSc dissertation was completed in Photonic Devices for Telecoms Applications Group in Paris in September of 2003. In October of the same year he began working on his PhD thesis in polymer laser microcavities and photonic crystal devices under the supervision of Dr Graham Turnbull and in collaboration with the . In 2007 he joined the Optics Laboratory at the and is now a Professor at the University of Idaho.

Annie graduated from the in 1999 with a 1st class honours in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and in 2003 with a PhD in Organic Thin film research. In October 2003, she took up the Postdoctoral research assistant position at the working on new materials to replace silicon oxide for the continuous scaling down of devices. She moved to ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø in July 2005 to take up a research fellow position at the working on photodiode and field effect transistors using new types of dendrimers. Outside of work, she likes hillwalking, skiing & badminton. In 2006 Annie started working at .

Andy was born in 1979 in Birkenhead, Merseyside but grew up in Lancashire. Educated at Bolton School from 1990-1997, he then moved to the University of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and obtained his B.Sc. Physics degree (2001) and a M.Sc. in (2002). He then joined our group for a PhD on characterisation and improvement of organic photovoltaics using both polymers and dendrimers under the supervision of Prof. Ifor Samuel. Andy's interests outside of the lab include music, computing, sport and theatre. In 2006, Andy started work at .

Chris studied at , obtaining a first class honours degree in Chemistry in 1996. He completed a Ph.D. in 2000, studying phase stabilisation of lyotropic liquid crystal structures. Thereafter he joined CRL-Opto in Scotland, working on the development of high resolution ferroelectric liquid crystal microdisplays. In 2003 he joined the research group of Professor Gerd Heppke at the , as a European Research Fellow, studying ferro and antiferroelectric liquid crystals. Chris joined the group in January 2004, and worked towards increasing the extraction of light from OLED devices. In December 2005 Chris started working for .

Miguel received his PhD in physics in 2002 from studying the picosecond third-order nonlinearities and all-optical potentiality of devices containing polydiacetylenes. In December 2000 he joined the (Ohio, USA) as a postdoctoral fellow to work with Prof. Peter Palffy-Muhoray on the opto-mechanical properties of liquid crystal eleastomers. In March 2002 he joined the Polymer Optoelectronics Group at the University of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø as a postdoctoral research fellow to work with Prof. Ifor Samuel and Prof. James Ferguson (Photobilology Unit Ninewells Hospital, Dundee) in a project financed by Scottish Enterprise to develop a novel organic light emitting polymer device to be used in Photodynamic Therapy to treat different types of skin diseases, including skin cancer. He now works at the .

Alison studied at the University of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and received her degree in Physics in 1998, an in 1999 (A jointly ran course with Heriot-Watt University) and her PhD on continuous-wave, intracavity optical parametric oscillators in April 2004. She joined Ifor Samuel's group in November 2002 as a postdoctoral research fellow and investigated microstructured polymer lasers, concentrating on circular distributed feedback lasers.

Justin graduated in 1998 from the with a B.Sc (Hons) in Applied Sciences. From 1998-2000 completed a M.Phil at the . He spent part of 1999 as a researcher in the in Belgium. Justin joined the Polymer Optoelectronics group in September 2000 as a PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Ifor Samuel. His research topic included: Optical amplification and lasing in conjugated polymers and novel semiconducting dendrimers. Fabrication of wavelength scale microstructure by soft lithography and its application to organic semiconductors. He received a PhD in 2004 and moved on to in South Carolina. Justin has subsequently moved to as a lecturer.

Steven was born in Edinburgh in 1974, spending his childhood in nearby Dalkeith. He studied at the and received a first class degree in chemistry in 1996 and a PhD in 2000, the latter for work on the synthesis and photoluminescence of lanthanide complexes. Steven took up his present position as a postdoctoral research fellow in ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø at the beginning of 2001 and and investigated the nature of the light-emitting species in conjugated polymers. Steven then became an EPSRC Advanced Fellow at the . He is now a Professor and group leader in the

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