Conference Chairs.

The Photonics Ireland Conference 2021 is organised by the School of Physics at Trinity College Dublin.

Prof. Louise Bradley

Prof. Louise Bradley is an Professor in Physics in the School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin. Her research interests are in nanophotonics and plasmonics.

Louise Bradley received a BSc (First Class Hons.) in Experimental Physics from University College Dublin. She was awarded Forbairt and Trinity College Dublin scholarships to pursue postgraduate studies at Trinity College Dublin, obtaining a MSc in 1994 and a PhD in 1998. Her research has been funded by Enterprise Ireland, Science Foundation Ireland and the Irish Research Council. She has published over 130 scientific papers and collaborates with national and international research teams. Recent work has concentrated plasmonic enhanced non-radiative energy transfer and emission. Material systems studied include semiconductor quantum wells and quantum dots, 2D materials and plasmonic systems. The group has expertise in simulation, fabrication and optical characterisation of metallic and semiconductor nanostructures. The group is working on the development of novel hybrid material systems and plasmonic and metamaterial structures with enhanced functionality.

Prof David McCloskey

David McCloskey is the Ussher Assistant Professor of the Science of Energy and Energy systems in the School of Physics in Trinity College Dublin.

David leads the NanoThermal research Group (NTG) in the new Energy Theme in the School of Physics. His current research interests are in thermal conduction, convection and radiation in micro and nanoscale systems. The group uses nanotechnology and additive manufacturing to structure materials on the length scales of the heat carriers in these processes (electrons, phonons and photons and liquid molecules etc). This provides unprecedented control, allowing engineering the thermal properties of materials from the ground up. He has developed a suite of advanced optical and electronic techniques including femtosecond time and frequency domain thermoreflectance (TDTR, FDTR), CCD based thermal imaging (CCD-TR) and 3ω/ resistance temperature measurements to characterise new materials.

Technical Committees .

PHOTONIC MATERIALS

Chair: Prof. David McCloskey (TCD)

Prof. Werner Blau (TCD)

Prof. Parvaneh Mokarian (TCD)

Prof. Peter Parbrook (Tyndall)

Prof. Larisa Florea (TCD)

OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS & NETWORKS

Chair: Dr. Fatima Gunning (Tyndall/UCC)

Prof. Liam Barry (DCU)

Prof. Izabela Naydenova (TUD)

Prof. Paul Townsend (Tyndall/UCC)

Prof. Prince Anandarajah (DCU)

IMAGING

Chair: Dr. John Healy (UCD)

Dr. Sergey Alexandrov (NUIG)

Dr. Nicholas Devaney (NUIG)

Prof. Peter Dockery (NUIG)

Prof. Thomas Naughton (Maynooth)

Prof. John Sheridan (UCD)

Dr. Christophe Silien (UL)

Prof. Brian Vohnsen (UCD)

BIOPHOTONICS & OPTICAL SENSING

Chair: Prof. Hugh Byrne (TUD)

Prof. Stefan Andersson-Engels (Tyndall)

Prof. Gerald Farrell (TUD)

Dr. Bryan Hennelly (Maynooth)

Prof. Tia Keyes (DCU)

Prof. Martin Leahy (NUIG)

QUANTUM OPTICS & QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES

Chair: Prof. Mauro Paternostro (QUB)

Dr. Emanuele Pelucchi (Tyndall)

Dr. Jiri Vala (Maynooth)

Dr. Andreas Ruschhaupt (UCC)

Prof. John Goold (TCD)

Prof. Paul Eastham (TCD)

PHOTONICS PACKAGING

Chair: Dr. Peter O’Brien (Tyndall)

Dr. Padraic Morrissey (Tyndall)

PHOTONICS INTEGRATION

Chair: Dr. William Whelan-Curtin (CIT)

Prof. Frank Peters (UCC/Tyndall)

Dr. Frank Smyth (Pilot Photonics)

NANOPHOTONICS & PLASMONICS

Chair: Prof. Louise Bradley (TCD)

Prof. Enda McGlynn (DCU)

Dr. James Rice (UCD)

Prof. Dominic Zerulla (UCD)

Dr. Bob Pollard (QUB)

Prof. Ning Liu (UL)

PHOTONIC DEVICES

Chair: Dr. Bryan Kelleher (UCC)

Dr. Pascal Landais (DCU)

Prof. John Donegan (TCD)

Mr. Brian Corbett (Tyndall)

Prof. John McInerney (UCC)

LASER-MATERIAL & LASER-PLASMA

INTERACTIONS

Co-Chair: Dr. Gerard O’Connor (NUIG)

Dr. Donagh O’Mahony (CIT)

Dr. Tony Donnelly (UCD)

Prof. John Costello (DCU)

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Registration and Abstract Submission now open! The Photonics Ireland Conference will take place virtually from 14-16 June 2021.

Conference Chairs.

Prof. Louise Bradley

Prof David McCloskey

Technical Committees .

Want to contact one of the organising team?

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