Group

Group Meeting at Deep North

Another group meeting at Deep North to ensure the team has the fuel for the science ahead.

IDRT Showcase 2025

Marc helps out with the Energy Materials and Systems Peak of Excellence display at the IDRT Showcase 2025

Christmas Group Meal

To see out 2024 we had a group meal at My Delhi and cofee at Lagom

Ruth gives talk at international conference in Japan

Ruth presents her latest research at ICEL 2024 in Kyoto, Japan.

Ruth has her first publication

Proud moment as Ruth publishes her first work in the Journal of Physical Chemistry B!

New Collaborative Work Published

A collaborative work with Dr Rebecca Salthouse and Dr Gareth Williams is now published

Marc gives a seminar at Newcastle University

Marc presents the group’s latest work on charge transfer and thermally activated delayed fluorescence at Newcastle University

Flint the Fluorofrog!

Our resident artist Will Tetlow has given our Fluorolog-QM a re-branding.

Everyone passes Annual Progression!

To celebrate everyone passing this year’s annual progression I gifted them their very own Hatch-branded Keep Cup

Ruth wins Poster Prize at the RSC PPG Early Career Meeting

Ruth wins a poster prize at the Royal Society of Chemistry Photophysics and Photochemistry Group Early Career Meeting in Sheffield

Rebecca Salthouse visits the group

Dr Rebecca Salthouse from UPC in Barcelona visits the group to give a seminar and discuss a new collaboration

ErrantScience Workshop

The group hosts ErrantScience to provide a workshop for communicating science through cartoons

Ruth is successful with an RSC Researcher Collaborations Grant

Ruth has been awarded some money from the Royal Society of Chemistry to visit the group of Dr Zac Hudson at the University of British Columbia

Will joins the group!

Will joins the group and presents his research from his visit to Uppsala University at the NUPV Group Meeting

ICSM 2024

Ruth and Marc represent the group at ICSM 2024

Group visit to Durham University Chemistry PGR Conference

The group visits the Durham University Chemistry Department Postgraduate Research Conference to see some of their latest research.

Hannah Hamilton visits from the Royal Society of Chemistry

The group hosts Hannah Hamilton from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) as she gives a presentation about the RSC’s energy and green portfolio of journals.

Group visit to Deep North

Today we had our group meeting at Deep North making sure the team has the right fuel for their science

Ruth hosts a Pint of Science event in Newcastle!

Ruth demonstrates our group’s commitment to outreach by getting involved in Pint of Science and hosting one of the local events.

RSC Sustainable Laboratories Grant Success!

The group has been awarded a Royal Society of Chemistry Sustainable Laboratories Grant to explore greener solvents for spectroscopy.

Latest publication in Nature Materials

Out latest research on the improvement of Blue OLEDs is published in Nature Materials

Ruth gives her first full talk at an international conference

Ruth presents her recent work at the TIDE conference in Cologne.

TCSPC Capabiity for Fluorolog-QM

Time-correlated single photon counting (TCSPC) capability is now available on our Fluorolog-QM

Eli visits Newcastle

Prof. Eli Zysman-Colman gives a seminar at Newcastle University and visits our group at Northumbria University.

Bring on 2024!

A new year brings new science!

Ruth gives a talk at CDT Week!

Ruth presents her latest results on methylation of nitrogen atoms and the impact on photophysics at CDT Week 2023.

Dr Silvia Motti visits!

Dr Silvia Motti from the University of Southampton visits the group to give a research talk

Prof. Andy Monkman from Durham University gives a talk during Enrichment Week

Prof. Andy Monkman gives a talk to our 2nd year Physics students on From molecules that glow to TVs that you can roll up and put in your pocket

Dr Giorgia Marucci from HORIBA gives a talk during Enrichment Week

Dr Giorgia Marucci from HORIBA gives a talk to our 2nd year Physics students on Spectroscopy, industry and curiosity - the unexpected paths of light.

HORIBA - Science in Action Blog

Marc is featured in the latest Science in Action blog by HORIBA

Aidan joins the group!

Aidan joins the Knowles-Etherington Group, our joint team bridging the interface of synthetic and physical chemistry.

Aidan joins the group!

Aidan joins the Knowles-Etherington Group, our joint team bridging the interface of synthetic and physical chemistry.

Ruth gives her first talk at Optical Probes 2023

Ruth presents some of her latest work as both a flash talk and poster at Optical Probes 2023 in Como, Italy.

Marc gives a flash talk and poster presentation at Optical Probes 2023

Marc presents some of the group’s latest work at the Optical Probes 2023 in Como, Italy.

Ruth presents a poster at the RSC Photophysics and Photochemistry Group Early Career Meeting 2023

Ruth presents some of her latest research at the RSC Photophysics and Photochemistry Group Early Career Meeting 2023 at the University of Strathclyde

Marc talks at RSC Photophysics and Photochemistry Group Early Career Meeting 2023

Marc presents some of the group’s latest work at the RSC Photophysics and Photochemistry Group Early Career Meeting 2023 at the University of Strathclyde

Fluorolog-QM's 2nd Birthday

We celebrate the 2nd Birthday of one of our crucial pieces of equipment.

Chris leaves the Group

Chris leaves the group for new pastures.

Article Published!

The first article in collaboration with Ewan Matheson and the NUPV group is published.

Take a Break

It’s always nice to have a coffee break with the team

Marc and Chris visit York

Marc and Chris have a trip to York to chat science with the McGonigal Group

Fabio Cucinotta visits the Group

Fabio Cucinotta from Newcastle University gives a seminar and visits the group to chat science.

Mark Thompson visits the Group

Mark Thompson from the University of Southern California visits Newcastle and the Group

Ruth presents at the 2023 PGR Conference

Ruth presents her research on the carbazole-pyridinium salts at the 2023 PGR Conference

Chris Hogg presents at Group Meeting

Chris presents his PhD work at our weekly Group Meeting

Chris Hogg Joins the Group

Chris Hogg joins the group as a Research Assistant