Professor Martin Dawson

Institute of Photonics

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Professor Martin D. Dawson FRS FRSE FIEEE FOSA FInstP is a physicist known for his work on lasers and compound semiconductors. He is Director of Research in the University of Strathclyde’s Institute of Photonics, which he helped establish 28 years ago, and he was also appointed inaugural Head and Scientific Director of the Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics (Fh-CAP), the UK's only Fraunhofer research centre, in 2012. Martin has over 35 years’ experience of applied research gained in academia and industry in the UK and USA and he has been involved in the formation and technical development of a number of spin-out businesses, most recently including mLED and Neuro-VLC. He gave the Rank Prize Lecture in 2014 and the Edwards Lecture in 2023 and he has received awards including Gabor Medal and Prize of the Institute of Physics; Aron Kessel Award of the IEEE Photonics Society; Nick Holonyak Jr Award from Optica/OSA; Global Solid State Lighting Award of Outstanding Achievement from ISA; Distinguished Service Award from the IEEE Photonics Society. He and his group have twice been awarded the IEEE Photonics Technology Letters Best Paper Award (2019 and 2022). He and his colleagues' contributions were recognised in the award of the 2023 Queen's Anniversary Prize to the University of Strathclyde for 'Excellence, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Photonics'.

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Publications

Colloidal semiconductor quantum well supraparticles as low-threshold and photostable microlasers
Alves Pedro Urbano, Quinn Gemma, Strain Michael J, Durmusoglu Emek Goksu, Sharma Manoj, Demir Hilmi Volkan, Edwards Paul R, Martin Robert W, Dawson Martin D, Laurand Nicolas
Advanced Materials Technologies Vol 10 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202401152
Waveguide vertical couplers covering the visible to IR spectral range
Cassells Ross, Smith Jack, Hu Changyu, Bommer Sean, Guilhabert Benoit, Dawson Martin D, Strain Michael J
2024 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC) IEEE Photonics Conference 2024 2024 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), pp. 1-2 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1109/ipc60965.2024.10799513
235 nm and 255 nm LEDs for 10’s to 100’s Mbps UV-C communications up to 15 meters
Zimi H, McKendry JJD, Babadi S, Majlesein B, Herrnsdorf J, Haas H, Dawson MD
2024 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC) IEEE Photonics Conference 2024 2024 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), pp. 1-2 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1109/ipc60965.2024.10799544
Deep UV LED-pumped quantum well supraparticles for visible light communication
Alves Pedro Urbano, Hill Jordan, Xie Enyuan, Durmusoglu Emek Goksu, Sharma Manoj, Demir Hilmi Volkan, McKendry Jonathan JD, Dawson Martin D, Laurand Nicolas
2024 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC) IEEE Photonics Conference 2024 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC) (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1109/IPC60965.2024.10799844
Simultaneous data display and environment sensing with a MicroLED display
Gray JA, McKendry JJD, Henderson RK, Strain MJ, Dawson MD, Herrnsdorf J
2024 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC) IEEE Photonics Conference 2024 2024 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), pp. 1-2 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1109/ipc60965.2024.10799779
High extinction tuneable filters at visible wavelengths
Smith JA, Dawson MD, Strain MJ
2024 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC) IEEE Photonics Conference 2024 2024 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), pp. 1-2 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1109/ipc60965.2024.10799889

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Professional Activities

Royal Society (External organisation)
Advisor
1/1/2025
IEEE (External organisation)
Advisor
2025
Royal Society (External organisation)
Advisor
1/9/2024
Royal Society (External organisation)
Advisor
1/1/2024
Rank Prize Fund Symposium 'Neuromorphic Photonics'
Organiser
6/2/2023
Royal Society (External organisation)
Advisor
1/1/2023

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TITAN Extension. Integration of high-speed micro-LED transmitters with reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (micro-LED RIS)
Herrnsdorf, Johannes (Principal Investigator) Dawson, Martin (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
plaTform drIving The ultimAte coNnectivity (TITAN) (Future Communications Systems Hub)
Haas, Harald (Principal Investigator) Dawson, Martin (Co-investigator) Herrnsdorf, Johannes (Co-investigator) Tavakkolnia, Iman (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2026
Structured light projection for FLIM in scattering environments (QUANTIC)
Strain, Michael (Principal Investigator) Dawson, Martin (Co-investigator) Herrnsdorf, Johannes (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2024
Doctoral Training Partnership 2020-2021 University of Strathclyde | Gray, Johnathan
Herrnsdorf, Johannes (Principal Investigator) Dawson, Martin (Co-investigator) Gray, Johnathan (Research Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2021 - 01-Jan-2025
Fraunhofer UK Research Limited: Studentship Agreement | Cohen, Steven
Strain, Michael (Principal Investigator) Dawson, Martin (Co-investigator) Cohen, Steven (Research Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2020 - 01-Jan-2024
QT Assemble: Integrated Quantum Technology Programme
Strain, Michael (Principal Investigator) Dawson, Martin (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2023

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Professor Martin Dawson
Institute of Photonics

Email: m.dawson@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 4663