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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'.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, Characterisation and application of a mode-locked (mode-locked, Q-Switched) cw Nd:YAG laser, Imperial College London
Award Date: 30 Jun 1985
Bachelor of Science, Imperial College London
Award Date: 1 Aug 1981
Unknown, Associateship of Royal College of Science (ARCS), Imperial College London
Award Date: 31 Jul 1981
External positions
Senior Research Scientist, Sharp Laboratories of Europe Limited
Apr 1991 → Feb 1996
Visiting Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Iowa
Sept 1988 → Mar 1991
Research Scientist/Visiting Asst. Professor, University of North Texas
Sept 1985 → Aug 1988
Research Assistant in Laser Optics, Imperial College London
Oct 1984 → Aug 1985
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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plaTform drIving The ultimAte coNnectivity (TITAN) (Future Communications Systems Hub)
Haas, H. (Principal Investigator), Dawson, M. (Co-investigator), Herrnsdorf, J. (Co-investigator) & Tavakkolnia, I. (Co-investigator)
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/05/23 → 30/04/26
Project: Research
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QuantIC - The UK Quantum Technology Hub in Quantum Imaging
Dawson, M. (Principal Investigator), Jeffers, J. (Co-investigator) & Strain, M. (Co-investigator)
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/12/19 → 31/05/25
Project: Research
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Modulation of nanowire emitter arrays using micro-LED technology
Xia, Z., Jevtics, D., Guilhabert, B. J. E., McKendry, J. J. D., Gao, Q., Tan, H. H., Jagadish, C., Dawson, M. D. & Strain, M. J., 16 Apr 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: ACS Nano. 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ultralow photon flux OWC links using UV‐C single‐photon detection
Liu, F., Farmer, J., Faulkner, G., McKendry, J. J. D., Xie, E., Zheng, Q., Wang, Z., Wang, J., Hill, J., Herrnsdorf, J., Dawson, M. D. & O'Brien, D., 24 Mar 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Laser and Photonics Reviews. 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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Data for: "High-Speed Optical Camera Communications Using CMOS-driven Micro-LED Projector"
Shao, Y. (Creator), McKendry, J. (Creator), Dehkhoda, F. (Creator), Xie, E. (Creator), Herrnsdorf, J. (Creator), Strain, M. (Creator), Henderson, R. (Creator) & Dawson, M. (Creator), University of Strathclyde, 21 Nov 2022
DOI: 10.15129/d4163a0c-1cdf-4cb7-8b05-d05e0784eba2
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Data for: "Size-Dependent Study of Ultraviolet-C Mini-/Micro-Light-Emitting Diodes"
Maclure, D. (Creator), McKendry, J. (Creator), Hill, J. (Creator), Xie, E. (Creator), Gu, E. (Contributor), Herrnsdorf, J. (Contributor) & Dawson, M. (Supervisor), University of Strathclyde, 30 May 2022
DOI: 10.15129/8c2da90b-b753-4782-8c6d-1d593aea0546, https://www.iwn2022.org/
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Prizes
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45th Edwards Lecture (City University, London) including WCSIM Medal
Dawson, M. (Recipient), 1 Feb 2023
Prize: Other distinction
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Aron Kressel Award (IEEE Photonics Society)
Dawson, M. (Recipient), 4 Oct 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Royal Society (External organisation)
Dawson, M. (Advisor)
1 Jan 2025 → 31 Dec 2027Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee
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IEEE (External organisation)
Dawson, M. (Advisor)
2025 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee
Impacts
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One thousand LEDs on a pinhead
Dawson, M. (Participant)
Impact: Impact - for External Portal › Economic and commerce