PhD viva success – Dr. Fangfang Wei and Dr. Xiaokang Liu

Published: 11 Dec, 2020

Congratulations to Dr. Fangfang Wei and Dr. Xiaokang Lian, the latest PhD graduates of the Photonics Research Centre!

On 11 December 2020 Fangfang Wei successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled “High sensitivity Magnetic Field Sensors Based on Optical Microfiber Couplers and Magnetic Fluid”.

The panel consisted of Prof. Elfed Lewis (University of Limerick) and Dr. Yuri Panarin (TU Dublin). Fangfang was supervised by Prof. Yuliya Semenova, Prof. Gerald Farrell, Dr. Qiang Wu and Prof. Gang-Ding Peng.

Xiaokang Liu successfully defended his PhD thesis “Mode Analysis and Applications of Three-Layer Step-Index and Depressed-Core Optical Fibers”. The panel consisting of Prof. Lin Zhang (Aston University, UK) and Prof. Izabela Naydenova (TU Dublin) recommended PhD award with no corrections required to the thesis. Xiaokang was supervised by Prof. Yuliya Semenova, Dr. Qiang Wu and Prof. Gerald Farrell.

Well done, Fangfang and Xiaokang!