Mr
Dan
Gillard
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Post Doctoral Research Associate
Full contact details
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- Profile
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Daniel J. Gillard, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher in 2D Materials, Nanophotonic and Microcavity Devices
Semiconductor Photonics and Quantum Technologies, University of Sheffield
Royal Society Short Industrial Fellowship, Aegiq, 2026 - Present
PDRA, 2D Materials and Nanophotonics, Sheffield, 2022 - Present
PhD, Condensed Matter Physics, Sheffield, 2022
MSc, Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield, 2017
ORCiD: 0000-0002-0001-4918
Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=efjQF4EAAAAJ
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-gillard-phd-306a4b1b3
- Research interests
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2D Materials, Correlated Many-Body Effects, Nonlinear photonics, Microcavity, Cryogenics, Strong Coupling, Exciton-Polaritons, Quantum Photonics Design and Simulation
Research project(s)
Dr Daniel Gillard’s research sits at the intersection of condensed matter physics, nanophotonics, and advanced semiconductor materials. Following his PhD at the University of Sheffield focusing on exciton and cavity-polariton dynamics in 2D heterostructures, his work has specialised in engineering and characterising spin, magneto-optical, nonlinear, and many-body effects in microcavity and nanophotonic architectures.
His most recent research explores emerging quantum material systems—most notably investigating magnetically correlated excitons in the van der Waals antiferromagnet CrSBr coupled to nanophotonic Bound States in the Continuum (BIC) cavity architecture. To support these studies, Daniel has developed comprehensive expertise in end-to-end experimental setup design, with automated data acquisition pipelines supporting a team of 5 PhDs through technical leadership and research expertise.
- Publications
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Journal articles
- Singlet fission mediates carotenoid-to-bacteriochlorophyll energy transfer in purple photosynthetic bacteria. Nature Chemistry, 18(9), 1611-1619. View this article in WRRO
- Polarization- and time-resolved nonlinear multi-photon spectroscopy for confocal microscopy of semiconductor nanostructures. Review of Scientific Instruments, 97(2).
- The importance of accounting for non-radiative decay when screening materials for singlet fission: the case of Pigment Red 254. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 13(33), 16981-16997. View this article in WRRO
- Resonant band hybridization in alloyed transition metal dichalcogenide heterobilayers. Advanced Materials, 36(19). View this article in WRRO
- Spin-order-dependent magneto-elastic coupling in two dimensional antiferromagnetic MnPSe3 observed through Raman spectroscopy. npj 2D Materials and Applications, 8(1). View this article in WRRO
- Understanding the impact of heavy ions and tailoring the optical properties of large-area monolayer WS2 using focused ion beam. npj 2D Materials and Applications, 7. View this article in WRRO
- Giant effective Zeeman splitting in a monolayer semiconductor realized by spin-selective strong light–matter coupling. Nature Photonics, 16(9), 632-636. View this article in WRRO
- Strong exciton-photon coupling in large area MoSe2 and WSe2 heterostructures fabricated from two-dimensional materials grown by chemical vapor deposition. 2D Materials, 8(1). View this article in WRRO
- Interplay between spin proximity effect and charge-dependent exciton dynamics in MoSe2/CrBr3 van der Waals heterostructures.. Nat Commun, 11(1), 6021.
- Spin relaxation of localized electrons in monolayer
- Spin–valley dynamics in alloy-based transition metal dichalcogenide heterobilayers. 2D Materials, 8(2), 025011-025011.
Datasets
- Datasets for figures and supplementary figures for 'Singlet Fission Mediates Carotenoid-to-Bacterichlorophyll Energy Transfer in Purple Photosynthetic Bacteria'.
- Raw Data for: Spin-order-dependent magneto-elastic coupling in two dimensional antiferromagnetic MnPSe3 observed through Raman spectroscopy.
Preprints
- Magnetic switching of exciton lifetime in CrSBr, arXiv.
- Polarization- and time-resolved nonlinear multi-photon spectroscopy for confocal microscopy of semiconductor nanostructures, arXiv.
- Singlet fission contributes to solar energy harvesting in photosynthesis, arXiv.
- Spin relaxation of localized electrons in monolayer MoSe$_2$: importance of random effective magnetic fields, arXiv.
- Spin-order-dependent magneto-elastic coupling in two dimensional antiferromagnetic MnPSe$_3$ observed through Raman spectroscopy, arXiv.
- Resonant band hybridization in alloyed transition metal dichalcogenide heterobilayers, arXiv.
- Understanding the impact of heavy ions and tailoring the optical properties of large-area Monolayer WS2 using Focused Ion Beam, arXiv.
- Giant effective Zeeman splitting in a monolayer semiconductor realized by spin-selective strong light-matter coupling, arXiv.
- Interplay between spin proximity effect and charge-dependent exciton dynamics in MoSe$_2$ / CrBr$_3$ van der Waals heterostructures, arXiv.
- Strong Exciton-Photon Coupling in Large Area MoSe$_2$ and WSe$_2$ Heterostructures Fabricated from Two-Dimensional Materials Grown by Chemical Vapor Deposition, arXiv.
- Spin-valley dynamics in alloy-based transition metal dichalcogenide heterobilayers, arXiv.
- Singlet fission mediates carotenoid-to-bacteriochlorophyll energy transfer in purple photosynthetic bacteria. Nature Chemistry, 18(9), 1611-1619. View this article in WRRO
- Research group
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SPQT, 2D Materials