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2D Materials and Devices Group

Hugh Ramsden

 

Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy,
University of Cambridge,
27 Charles Babbage Road,
Cambridge, CB3 0FS

hor20@cam.ac.uk

 

 

Education:

  • PhD in The 2D Materials and Devices Group under Prof. Manish Chhowalla and Prof. Andrea Ferrari, University of Cambridge, 2019-present: Working title “Strain Engineering of Interfaces in 2D Lateral Heterostructures”
  • MRes in Graphene Technology (EPSRC CDT) (Distinction), University of Cambridge, 2018-19
  • MEng(Hons) in Materials Science and Engineering (1st Class), University of Manchester, 2014-18

 

 

Research Experience:

  • MRes Short Project 2: “Charge Transport in 2D Hybrid Perovskite Semiconductors” Supervised Prof. Henning Sirringhaus and Dr. Sam Stranks, 2019
  • MRes Short Project 1: “h-BN for Scalable Quantum Photonic Devices” Supervised by Prof. Mete Attature and Prof. Rachel Oliver, 2019
  • MEng Thesis: “Synthesis of Sulfonated Polymers via Aqueous RAFT Solution Polymerisation” Supervised by Lee Fielding, 2018

 

 

Industrial Experience:

  • Merck Chemicals, Scouting and Feasibility, 2016-17

 

Awards:

  • Shortlisted for the IOM3 R.H. Craven Award.
  • Winner of the Royal Society of Chemistry Most Innovative Poster award at the EPSRC Graphene CDT conference.

 

Contact Information

   hor20@cam.ac.uk

 

 

Latest Happenings in the 2DMD Sphere

2D TMDs Conference 2025

After the success of the 2D TMDs Conference in Cambridge and Hong Kong, the conference is back in Cambridge next year! The conference will gather leading researchers from academia and industry to present cutting-edge research in the field of atomically thin TMDs and related materials for fields including electronics, photonics, and energy storage. Click https://www.2dtmds2025.com/  to find out more and register!

20th - 24th July 2025

New Paper Alert!

Check out our latest paper "Effect of Substrate on Sulfur Vacancy Defect-Mediated Photoluminescence in Two-Dimensional MoS2" in the Journal of Physical Chemistry C here.

18th April 2025

New Paper Alert!

Check out our latest paper "Mapping Polysulfides in Sodium–Sulfur Batteries" in ACS Nano here.

28th February 2025

Group dinner with Prof. Jieun and Prof. Sakaushi!

The Group enjoyed a lovely dinner at The Old Spring to wrap up the week!

21st February 2025

Seminar by Prof. Sakaushi!

A very interesting talk by Prof. Sakaushi from NIMS, Japan on "Expanding the limit of human’s capability with artificial intelligence for accelerated discovery of advanced electrochemical materials" to end the week!

21st February 2025

Congratulations Dr. Li!

Congratulations to our latest PhD graduate, Dr. Li! We wish you all the best in your next step in life and we will miss you dearly!

21st February 2025

Seminar by Prof. Jieun Yang

It was great to have Prof. Yang, a former post-doc in the group give a talk on "Synthesis of two-dimensional iron sulfides for energy applications"!

19th February 2025