Prof Lei Su
BSc, MRes, PhD, FHEA

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March 2025

QMCUR undergraduate students present their research at Posters in Parliament 7 March 2025 Two teams of undergraduate students from the Queen Mary Centre for Undergraduate Research (QMCUR) presented their research at the prestigious Posters in Parliament event, alongside highly selected representatives from other UK universities. This annual conference brings together the best undergraduate researchers from various universities across the UK, with each institutions … [more]

February 2025

Breakthrough in High-Strain Piezoelectric Materials published in Nature Communications 24 February 2025 Our recent work, led by a multidisciplinary team from Queen Mary University of London, has resulted in the development of a groundbreaking ceramic material with exceptional performance. Published in Nature Communications, the study titled 'Phase transformation in lead titanate based relaxor ferroelectrics with ultra-high strain', introduces a new lead titanate-based … [more]

October 2024

Queen Mary researchers pioneer advanced AI and robotics to transform vineyard harvests 29 October 2024 In a bid to revolutionise grape harvesting, Queen Mary researchers are piloting new robotic grape pickers in collaboration with Extend Robotics and the Saffron Grange vineyard. The project focuses on developing a robotic system equipped with advanced sensors and AI, to detect ripeness and gently pick grapes with pressure-sensitive "… [more]

August 2024

Congratulations to Dr Chen Liu for passing his PhD viva 7 August 2024 Chen's PhD thesis, titled 'Wearable Orthoses with Semi-Active and Active Absorbers for Hand Tremor Suppression', demonstrates groundbreaking work addressing the limitations of existing hand tremor treatments, by developing novel flexible wearable orthoses integrating both semi-active and active schemes. Key innovations in his research include: A semi-active absorber using self-sensing … [more]

October 2023

Xuechun successfully passed her viva with minor correction 2 October 2023 Many congratulations to Xuechun, who successfully defended her PhD thesis, titled "Multimode optical waveguide shape sensing based on specklegram classification". Xuechun was funded by a CSC-QMUL PhD studentship and was supervised by Dr Lei Su and Prof Kaspar Althoefer. During her PhD, Xuechun has developed a novel method … [more]

September 2023

Queen Mary researchers win £1m EPSRC manufacturing grant for adventurous ideas 25 September 2023 A Queen Mary team has been awarded a highly competitive £1m EPSRC Adventurous Manufacturing Grant, that rewards high-risk and ambitious ideas. Led by Dr Lei Su, Reader in Photonics, the team will develop scalable manufacturing technologies for single-crystal perovskite optical and electronic devices. This project follows the EPSRC Adventurous … [more]

August 2023

SEMS researchers win first Kidney Research UK MedTech Competition 9 August 2023 Kidney Research UK (KRUK) launched its first MedTech competition recently, specifically designed to support the use of technology to improve patients’ lives. This new approach to investing in innovative research is designed to help researchers learn the necessary steps to get their products from concept to patients. A shortlist … [more]

January 2023

Dr Lei Su is named in 2023 Photonics 100 31 January 2023 Dr Lei Su is selected among the 100 honorees in ElectroOptics "Photonics 100, 2023", " the industry's most innovative people". https://www.electrooptics.com/thephotonics100

November 2022

Pengfei successfully passed his viva with minor correction 16 November 2022 Many congratulations to Pengfei, who successfully defended his PhD thesis, titled "Deep Learning for Information Transmission through Multimode Optical Fibres". Pengfei was funded by a QMUL PhD studentship and was supervised by Dr Lei Su and Prof Kaspar Althoefer. During his PhD, Pengfei has demonstrated several novel deep-learning-based … [more]

September 2022

First single-crystal organometallic perovskite optical fibres 24 September 2022 Due to their very high efficiency in transporting electric charges from light, perovskites are known as the next generation material for solar panels and LED displays. We now have invented a brand-new application of perovskites as optical fibres. The results are published in Science Advances. Optical fibres are tiny wires … [more]

July 2021

Queen Mary researchers win EPSRC Transformative Healthcare Technology 2.0 Call Development Phase Grant 20 July 2021 Researchers from Queen Mary University of London and Imperial College London, clinicians from Royal London Hospital and the Royal Free Hospital together with the industrial partners are awarded the Development Phase Grant of EPSRC Transformative Healthcare Technology 2.0 Call, a high risk and high return initiative.  The Team, … [more]

February 2021

Michael Ruddlesden passed his viva with minor corrections 26 February 2021 Many congratulations to Michael, who successfully defended his PhD thesis in January, 2021. Michael's thesis is titled "Spatial information transmission through a multimode fibre". Michael's PhD was funded by a QMUL PhD studentship and was supervised by Dr Lei Su and Prof Wen Wang. During his PhD, Michael has experimentally demonstrated … [more]

Queen Mary Researchers demonstrated continuous transmission of high-density spatial information through an evolving single multimode fibre using deep learning 26 February 2021 Continuous transmission of high-spatial-density information accurately through a standard multimode optical fibre was previously deemed impossible, due to the high variability presented in multimode fibre information channels over time. Researchers at Queen Mary University of London demonstrated a deep-learning enabled high-spatial-density information transmission scheme for standard multimode optical fibres, where … [more]

December 2020

Lei Su's Group Wins EPSRC Adventurous Manufacturing Grant 16 December 2020 Lei Su's Group was awarded £300K by EPSRC to develop scalable manufacturing technologies for single-crystal perovskite optoelectronics. A proof-of-concept controllable and scalable manufacturing process will be delivered, to fabricate wafer-size single-crystal perovskite thin films based optoelectronic devices. [more]

Jinshuai Zhang passed his PhD viva 14 December 2020 Many congratulations to Jinshuai, who successfully defended his PhD thesis in November, 2020. Jinshuai's thesis is titled "Synthesis and Optoelectronic Study of Geometry-Confined Lead Halide Perovskite Monocrystalline Thin Films". Jinshuai was funded by a CSC-QMUL PhD studentship and was supervised by Dr Lei Su and Prof Martin Knight. During his PhD, … [more]

September 2020

Queen Mary researchers develop non-distructive single-crystal perovskite surface nanopatterning technologies 25 September 2020 Single-crystalline perovskites are widely regarded as the future semiconductor materials and will be the next big wave in optoelectronics. To manufacture high-quality single-crystal perovskite optoelectronics, non-destructive surface nanopatterning technologies are required. Conventional photolithography-based nanopatterning methods cannot be used due to perovskite’s sensitivity to high temperature and solvents. Researchers at … [more]

October 2019

Lei Su nominated as committee member of IEEE Photonics Conference Council 2 October 2019 IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Conference Council regularly review the Society's meetings portfolio, including major conferences in the field of Photonics. The Conference Council is also responsible for reviewing and approving requests for technical co-sponsorship, Chairs and Representatives for selected conferences, and location and venue selections for … [more]

September 2019

Success for SEMS Academics in 2019 Promotion Round 17 September 2019 Following the 2019 Promotion Round we are very pleased to announce that eleven members of staff from SEMS have been promoted. This is a fantastic achievement that demonstrates the quality of work undertaken by staff in the School. In particular congratulations to our three new Professors - Julien Gautrot, Steffi Krause … [more]

March 2018

Marie Curie Fellowship Award for Dr Luming Zhao 12 March 2018 Congratulations to Dr Luming Zhao, who has been awarded a two-year H2020 Marie Curie Fellowship (€200k), supervised by Dr Lei Su, Prof Martin Knight and Dr Manoj Ramachandran. He will develop novel compact optical fibre lasers for clinical imaging and laser surgery. [more]

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Other News

[11/12/2023] Christmas Dinner 

[15/07/2022] Research Away Day

 

 

[16/12/2020] We are looking for a postdoctoral research associate (web link)

[07/09/2018] Welcome Yongfeng to the group.

[05/03/2018] Welcome Prof Luming Zhao, Dr Haitao Huang and Dr Lei Li to join the group.

[18/02/2018] Research Away Day in Richmond Park

[07/02/2018] PhD Studentship Available: We have one fully funded QMUL PhD studentship in  physics, optoelectronics, or photonics. Interesting applicants are encouraged to contact Dr Lei Su as soon as possible. 

[16/10/2017]: Welcome Tianrui to the group!

[05/10/2017]: Welcome Pengfei to the group!

[19/04/2017]: Our research work on a new power-flow theory for multimode optical fibre and beam tuning has been published on Nature Publishing Group Scientific Reports, "Power Flow in a Large-Core Multimode Fiber under External Perturbation and its Applications". A copy of the paper can be downloaded here.

[22/03/2017]: Our research work on imaging through turbid media has been published on OSA Applied Optics, "Lensless wide-field single-shot imaging through turbid media based on object-modulated speckles". A copy of the paper can be downloaded here.

[29/01/2017]: 2017 Chinese New Year Celebration in Kingston

[06/12/2016]: 2016 Christmas dinner

[05/12/2016]: Welcome Jiajia to the group!

[26/11/2016]: Welcome Haimei to the group!

[09/11/2016]: Michael presented in IGT Network+ Meeting in Edinburgh.

[07/11/2016] PhD Studentship Available: We have funding available for a PhD studentship in biomedical optics, optical sensing, fibre optics or imaging. Interesting applicants are encouraged to contact Dr Lei Su as soon as possible. 

[01/11/2016]: Welcome Karen to join the group!

[10/10/2016]: Lei Su serves as the symposium chair for the Mega Conference: CLEO-PR, OECC, and PGC 2017 in Singapore. Details about the conference can be found here.

[03/10/2016]: Welcome Jinshuai to join the group!

[19/09/2016]: Welcome Michael to join the group!

[17/05/2016]: Lei Su serves as a member of the Network Management Group of the newly formed EPSRC UK Image-Guided Therapy (IGT) Network+, representing QMUL.

[10/05/2016]: We received QMUL Innovation Fund (£10k) to develop a new imaging optical fibre

[09/05/2016]: Our research on the sensitivity enhancement of optical fibre speckle sensors was published on Optics Express, "Investigation on sensitivity enhancement for optical fiber speckle sensors". A copy of the paper can be downloaded from here.

[27/04/2016]: Lei Su serves as TPC for ICOCN 2016, Hangzhou, China.

[20/03/2016]: Lei Su serves as TPC for APOS 2016, Shanghai, China.

[24/02/2016] : Our research on plasmonic trapping of gold-nanoparticle dimers was published on Optics Express. A copy of the paper can be downloaded from here.

[11/01/2016] : Welcome Lipei to join the group!

[04/12/2015] PhD Studentship Available: We have funding available for a PhD studentship in biomedical optics, optical sensing, fibre optics or imaging. Interesting applicants are encouraged to contact Dr Lei Su as soon as possible.