Senior Staff:

Prof. Werner Blau was educated at the University of Regensberg, Germany, where he received his Ph.D. in Physics. He came to Trinity College in 1983 and worked as a BP Research Fellow before being appointed as a lecturer in the Physics Department in 1985. He was appointed Associate Professor in 1993 in recognition of his work in the field of Organic Materials for Nonlinear Optics.



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Dr. Diarmuid O' Brien graduated from Trinity College Dublin in 1994 and obtained his PhD in 1997 under the supervision of Prof. Donal Bradley at the University of Sheffield. Following a year as a Research associate at Princeton University, he returned to Trinity in October 1998, investigating high luminescence polymers for applications in LEDs and polymer lasers.



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Dr. Jonathan Coleman received his Ph.D. from the University of Dublin in 1999. His research was carried out in the group of Prof. Blau, entitled "Physical Properties of a Polymer Nanotube Composite". Upon completion of his doctorate, he chose to continue in the group, following interesting areas first raised by his thesis. His interests are in polymeric composites, Electron Paramagnetic Resonance, and Electronic Properties and Characterisation.



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Dr. Marc in het Panhuis obtained his Ph.D. from Trinity College in 1998. After a year and a half as Research Associate at UMIST (U.K.) he returned to Trinity in 2000. He employs computer simulation to investigate polymer nanotube composites and to develop a distributed approach to Non Linear Optical response.



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Dr. Takeyuki Kobayashi earned his Ph.D. from Keio University, Japan in 1999. He was a Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science from 1998 through 2000. After a year as a visiting researcher at Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, he joined the group of Prof. Blau at Trinity College.



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Anna Drury received her M.Sc. from Trinity College Dublin. Working closely with Andy Davey, she is involved in polymer synthesis and takes care of the general chemistry duties.




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