A PHYSICS Professor at Strathclyde University has won an international award for his contribution to the field of micro-LED (light-emitting diodes) research.
Professor Martin Dawson, director of research at the university's Institute of Photonic and head of the Strathclyde-hosted Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics, has been named as the 2021 winner of the Global SSL Award of Outstanding Achievement by the International SSL (solid state lighting) Alliance (ISA).
The award is given to people or organisations "who stay at the forefront of SSL development" and whose work has changed our lives and impacted human society.
Professor Dawson has won the award jointly with Professor Hongxing Jiang of Texas Tech University.
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Professor Dawson said: "I am deeply honoured and very grateful to receive the Global Solid State Lighting Award of Outstanding Achievement from ISA, the International Solid State Lighting Alliance.
"ISA promotes the sustainable development and application of solid-state lighting worldwide and previous awardees include leading academics, organisations and businesses contributing to the research, development, roll out and exploitation of solid-state lighting.
"The award this year, under the category of Science and Technology, recognises the importance of micro-LEDs, and a new electronic visual display technology in which the University of Strathclyde has been a pioneer.
"I am particularly pleased that my co-honouree is Professor Hongxing Jiang, a close colleague for the past 20 years in the establishment and development of the micro-LED field."
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A member of the judging panel for the awards stated: "This is a nominee of enormous vision who is driving forward the potential of SSL across an impressive range of applications and throughout a lifetime of highly productive academic work."
The award is the second international award Professor Dawson has won this year after he received The Optical Society's (OSA) Nick Holonyak Jr Award.
His career has focused in applied research in academia and industry in the UK and USA and he has been involved in the formation and technical development of several spinout businesses.
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