Tianqi Dong, a PhD researcher at the University of Cambridge was recently awarded the Roger Kelly Award for Best Young Researcher Presentation after coming third place at the 4th International School on Lasers in Materials Science (SLIMS), held in Venice, Italy 13-20 July, 2014.

The 10 minute presentation was entitled “Femtosecond laser direct micro-cutting of graphene for device applications” and was aimed at a scientific and professional audience (18 Professors), there were also questions and discussions during a poster session.

Tianqi would like to thank the organisers of the First Year PhD Students’ Conference held at the Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge in May 2014 where she was awarded joint second place; she feels that this allowed her to gain the experience and confidence to compete at international level.

Tianqi started her PhD in February 2014 under the supervision of Prof. Bill O’Neill, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge. Read more about Tianqi’s research here.