Projects
Currently, starting from 2024, I am a task leader in EPSRC Programme Grant project "CPLAS. New perspectives in photocatalysis and near-surface chemistry: catalysis meets plasmonics".
From 2021 to 2024 I was a task leader in ERC Advanced Grant project "iCOMM. New frontiers in nanophotonics: Integrating complex beams and active metasurface devices".
From 2015 to 2021 I was a task leader in EPSRC Programme Grant project "Reactive plasmonics: Optical control of electronic processes at interfaces for nanoscale physics, chemistry and metrology", leading the direction "Optimisation of hot electron transfer in semiconductor-based Schottky junctions".
From 2010 to 2015 I was designated as a task leader in three research directions of EPSRC Programme Grant project "Active plasmonics: Electronic and all-optical control of photonic signals on sub-wavelength scales": "Dielectric-loaded plasmonic waveguide (DLPW)", "Phase modulation in DLPW and MIM waveguides with BST", "Intensity modulation in DLPW-based components", where my experience is utilised to develop the prospective research program, organise the relevant research, lead and oversee the task team.
From 2006 to 2010 I was a leading investigator of "Active components" workpackage of EC FP6 project "PLASMOCOM: Polymer-based nanoplasmonic components and devices". In close collaboration with University of Southern Denmark, Universit de Bourgogne and ICFO, I took an active role in all the aspects of project development, from sample design and fabrication to creating the theoretical framework and performing the experimental investigation.
Apart from this, I took part in creation and now taking active role in the development of two consecutive spin-off projects from EPSRC Programme Grants Reactive plasmonics and Active plasmonics . It resulted in multi-institutional research collaboration (King s College London, Imperial College London, Queen s University Belfast) and gave me an opportunity to establish and pursue an independent research programme.