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PhD student, Ruben Ruiz-Mateos Serrano, has been awarded a Postgraduate Scholarship by the Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers (WCSIM). WCSIM is a charitable community of scientists, engineers and researchers who champion education and award scholarships to support the education of outstanding young engineers and scientists.

Talented researcher and Photonics CDT alumnus, Dr James Seddon, awarded the UKRI Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Quantum Technology Career Acceleration Fellowship.

Congratulations to Yuezhou Luo, PhD student on the CEPS CDT Programme, on being awarded the Hudswell International Research Scholarship in 2024. This IET Postgraduate Scholarship will help Yuezhou facilitate the dissemination of his research and allow him to explore further ideas in the rest of his PhD.

Congratulations to CEPS CDT student, David Gerard, who was recently awarded the Associate Fellowship of Higher Education Association (AFHEA) in recognition of his commitment to professionalism in learning and teaching in higher education.

CDT Director, Professor Daping Chu, has been elected as a 2025 Fellow of Optica, in recognition of his seminal contributions to display devices and his broader impact on industrial applications.