Peter de Groot Memorial Scholarship Established

A memorial scholarship has just been established in memory of Professor Peter de Groot, former head of the Physics and Astronomy department and the QLM Group at the University of Southampton. Professor de Groot was an experimental physicist, distinguished for his work on high temperature superconductors, optical and magnetic properties of ultra-thin films, and metamaterials.

To mark Peter’s successful career and his contribution to the department, a scholarship has been set up to support either the best photonics or nanotechnology undergraduate student for their 4th year of study.

This final year scholarship is worth £500 and will be awarded to the best student pursuing MPhys with Photonics or MPhys with Nanotechnology at the end of their 3rd year. There is no need to apply for the scholarship. It will be awarded by the exam-board in June.