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Congratulations, Frankie, on your well-deserved PhD! Your hard work has brought you to this milestone, and everyone in the group is celebrating with you. We wish you all the best for your next adventures and hope that your future will be as positive and uplifting as the atmosphere you created in our group.

We are thrilled to share the outstanding news that Yucheng Hu has successfully defended his PhD thesis! This remarkable achievement marks the culmination of years of hard work, dedication, and a passion for research.Yucheng's journey to this moment has been a testament to his unwavering commitment to academic excellence and his unrelenting pursuit …

Sami Kibal has been awarded Student Poster Prize at this year's UKNC Winter Meeting at Swansea University in recognition of his outstanding contributions to radiation-hardened AlGaN/GaN HEMTs and Schottky diodes. Well done!

As the holiday season approaches, the Cambridge Centre for Gallium Nitride would like to wish all its members, colleagues and friends a happy Christmas and a good start to 2026. May the festive season be filled with happiness and joy, and may your New Year be prosperous and rewarding! Cheers to a bright future!

Huge congratulations to Francesca Adams and Yucheng Hu for submitting their PhD theses! This remarkable achievement marks a significant milestone in their academic journeys and reflects their dedication, hard work, and perseverance over the past several years. It’s a proud moment not only for them but also for the entire team of the Cambridge Centr…

Congratulation to Chen to his well-deserved PhD graduation!

We are thrilled to welcome our new cohort of PhD students to the Cambridge Centre for GaN!  Ben Harding, Piotr Sokolinski and Viesturs Spulis will be working with us on exciting wide bandgap materials projects over the next few years.

We are thrilled to welcome our new summer students Matthew, Louise, Ollie and Xilong. In their projects they are exploring the world of quantum dots, porous and cubic GaN. Their fresh perspectives, keen intellects, and boundless energy are a valuable asset to our ongoing work.

A tremendous congratulations to Chen Chen on the successful defense of his PhD thesis! This pivotal achievement marks the culmination of his extensive research and commitment. We commend Chen for his outstanding work and wish him all the best as he embarks on the next chapter of his career. Well done, Dr. Chen!

Sami Kibal has been awarded second prize in the Phil Buckle research communication competition, held as part of the UK Semiconductors 2025 conference. Organized by the Institute of Physics (IOP) Semiconductor Physics Group, the competition celebrates excellence in making complex semiconductor research accessible and engaging to a broader audience. …

Congratulation to Yihong and Maruf to their well-deserved PhD graduation!

Many thanks to Kevin Xu and Piotr Sokolinkski, who have finished their Master's projects on modelling and optimising the reflectivity and pore structures in porous DBRs.The Cambridge Centre for Gallium Nitride

Congratulations to Maruf Sarkar on successfully defending his PhD thesis. We wish him all the best and every success for a bright and promising future! The Cambridge Gallium Nitride Centre

We are thrilled to welcome Eero Jääskeläinen on board of the Cambridge Centre for GaN! Eero will be working with us over the next few years on AlGaN-based LEDs.

A huge congratulation to Piotr Sokolinski and Ben Thornley for winning the student prizes for their excellent presentations on porous GaN distributed Bragg reflectors at  the UK Nitrides Consortium (UKNC) winter meeting 2025 hosted by the University of Cambridge.Piotr presented his work on the modelling of the acid etching pathways in porous GaN DB…