Professor Martin Dawson
Institute of Photonics
Personal statement
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'.
Prize And Awards
- Sir Harold Hartley Award (Inst MC)
- Recipient
- 1/11/2023
- 45th Edwards Lecture (City University, London) including WCSIM Medal
- Recipient
- 1/2/2023
- Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS)
- Recipient
- 15/7/2022
- IEEE Photonics Technology Letters Best Paper Award
- Recipient
- 2022
- Distinguished Service Award (IEEE Photonics Society)
- Recipient
- 1/11/2021
- Global Solid State Lighting Award of Outstanding Achievement (ISA)
- Recipient
- 1/11/2021
Publications
- Simultaneous mapping of cathodoluminescence spectra and backscatter diffraction patterns in a scanning electron microscope
- Edwards Paul R, Kumar G Naresh, McKendry Jonathan J D, Xie Enyuan, Gu Erdan, Dawson Martin D, Martin Robert W
- Nanotechnology Vol 35 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/ad5dba
- High speed single pixel imaging using a MicroLED-on-CMOS light projector
- Johnstone G E, Gray J, Bennett S, Johnson S D, Higham C F, Dehkhoda F, Xie E, Herrnsdorf J, Murray P, Padgett M J, Murray-Smith R, Henderson R K, Dawson M D, Strain M J
- Optics Express Vol 32, pp. 24615-24628 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.525753
- Spectral characterization of a blue light-emitting micro-LED platform on skin-associated microbial chromophores
- Serrage Hannah J, Eling Charlotte J, Alves Pedro U, Xie Enyuan, McBain Andrew J, Dawson Martin D, O’Neill Catherine, Laurand Nicolas
- Biomedical Optics Express Vol 15, pp. 3200-3215 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1364/boe.522867
- An optrode array for spatiotemporally-precise large-scale optogenetic stimulation of deep cortical layers in non-human primates
- Clark Andrew M, Ingold Alexander, Reiche Christopher F, Cundy III Donald, Balsor Justin L, Federer Frederick, McAlinden Niall, Cheng Yunzhou, Rolston John D, Rieth Loren, Dawson Martin D, Mathieson Keith, Blair Steve, Angelucci Alessandra
- Communications Biology Vol 7 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-05984-2
- GaN-based series hybrid LED array : a dual-function light source with illumination and high-speed visible light communication capabilities
- Xie Enyuan, Cheng Chen, Ouyang Chengsui, Hill Jordan, McKendry Jonathan JD, Zhang Yanchao, Gu Erdan, Herrnsdorf Johannes, Haas Harald, Dawson Martin D
- Journal of Lightwave Technology Vol 42, pp. 243-250 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2023.3303779
- Deep ultraviolet CMOS-controlled micro light-emitting diode array
- McKendry Jonathan JD, Xie Enyuan, Hill Jordan, Zimi Hichem, Herrnsdorf Johannes, Gu Erdan, Henderson Robert K, Dawson Martin D
- IEEE Photonics Journal Vol 15, pp. 1-6 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2023.3330571
Professional Activities
- Royal Society (External organisation)
- Advisor
- 1/1/2025
- 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
- Royal Society (External organisation)
- Advisor
- 1/1/2023
Projects
- 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
- QuantIC - The UK Quantum Technology Hub in Quantum Imaging
- Dawson, Martin (Principal Investigator) Jeffers, John (Co-investigator) Strain, Michael (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2019 - 30-Jan-2024