There's a real sense of community at Emma,
it's great to live and work with such a diverse
group of people
Dr Daniel Popa
MSc, PhD
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Affiliated Lecturer in Engineering
Daniel is an Affiliated Lecturer in the Engineering Department. He studied for his MSc, in Electronics, at University of Rome "Tor Vergata", and for his PhD, in Photonics, at Pembroke College, Cambridge.
Daniel's interests lie broadly in the field of Photonics and Nanotechnology. He is particularly interested in research and applications of atomically thin materials. These materials have remarkable electrical, optical, thermal and mechanical proprieties, with numerous applications in electronics, optoelectronics, photonics and biology. In his research, Daniel uses nanomaterials to design and develop photonic devices, such as lasers, optical switches and modulators.
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Dr Tobias Wauer
It’s 8pm and I’m about to start a 12-hour shift at the national COVID-19 testing centre in Milton Keynes. Truckloads of boxes with transparent plastic bags just arrived and a brief announcement is made: 15,000 patient swabs. For now, the mood among the team is cheerful and enthusiastic, but I know it will have morphed into exhaustion and fatigue by the end of the night.