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Huge congratulations to our master's student Rong Teng for submitting her thesis after a year of very hard work! Rong has been an amazing addition to the group and will be sorely missed as she starts her PhD at the University of Bristol in the new year.

We welcome Dr Artem Shushanian, who has joined our group this week. Artem brings a lot of expertise in material development, which will support our epitaxy team and will strengthen our ongoing projects on the development of next-generation powerelectronic devices.

Congratulations to Ruiying Shu (University of Oxford) on receiving an Acta Student Award for her paper on atom probe tomography of chemical inhomogeneity at stacking fault interfaces in InGaN/GaN LEDs, completed in close collaboration with the Cubic Team at the Cambridge Centre for Gallium Nitride!

Congratulation to Yucheng to his well-deserved PhD graduation!

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.

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. …

A massive congratulations to Prof. Rachel Oliver, who has been appointed as Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in King Charles' New Year Honours List 2025 in recognition for her services to Materials Engineering.

We are excited to welcome Thom R Harris-Lee at the Cambridge Centre for Gallium Nitride. Thom will be working on the MOVPE growth, and subsequent electrochemical porosification, of aluminium gallium nitride (AlGaN).You can learn more about Thom on his personal website.