Before joining the NanoDTC, Tom graduated with a first-class BA and MSci in Natural Sciences (Materials Science) from Cambridge in 2023, gaining the departments Armourers & Brasiers Prize. He has experience in a variety of research areas; as an intern at BAE Systems characterising electrical channels and waveguides, as a student studying the electrical properties of thin film memory devices, and as a researcher on the structural and optical characterisation of photopolymers. He recently graduated from the MRes with Distinction. Outside of the lab he is an undergraduate supervisor and holds the Brian Moore accompanist scholarship at Wolfson College. 

His PhD investigates the compatibility of photopolymer structures for passive radiative cooling. By developing an intuition for the nano-structural variation in photonic properties of waveguide encoded lattice films across the visible and infrared spectrum, he aims to optimise their design for solar panel coatings. This addresses a gap in the development of passive radiative cooling coatings for solar geoengineering purposes.

PhD supervisors: Prof. Rachel Evans & Prof. Louise Hirst

Research topic: Passive radiative cooling in photopolymer waveguides