SU2P Photonics Confrence, Scotland

Nelson Gray delivered the final talk at the SU2P Photonics conference held at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland, on 23 March, under the title “If You Build It, Will They Fund It?” The Universities of Strathclyde, St Andrews, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow, together with Stanford University and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), are collaborating in a the SU2P project  designed to capitalise on leading research in the photonics sector, in fields including life sciences and renewable energy, and the commercial opportunities the research offers.
It also aims to bolster existing links between universities and businesses in Scotland and the US. 
 The three-year venture between the six institutions will focus on: §                                         Biophotonics, including stem cell imaging and neuroscience photonics§                                         Solar cell devices and characterisation§                                         Integrated photonics§                                         Solid-state laser engineering and nonlinear optics§                                         Photonics sensors, including atom and quantum optic sensors and environmental science and technology