Research output per year
Research output per year
Dr
EH14 4AS
United Kingdom
Research activity per year
The physics and technology of semiconductor ultrafast laser diodes and photonic systems are right at the core of our research. We are also keen to develop new applications enabled by ultrafast photonics in imaging, sensing, spectroscopy and metrology.
I have been passionately committed to ultrafast lasers and photonic systems since I was an undergraduate student at the Instituto Superior Técnico (Portugal), where I obtained a Physics Engineering degree and worked as a junior research assistant. Afterwards I completed my PhD in Physics at the University of St Andrews and then moved to the University of Dundee as a post-doctoral researcher. A year after my PhD graduation, I was awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering/EPSRC Research Fellowship and appointed to a Lectureship at the University of Dundee, being subsequently promoted to Senior Lecturer and Reader. I moved to Heriot-Watt University in August 2016.
I currently hold an ERC Starting Grant (UPTIME). I have been previously awarded the Philip Leverhulme Prize (2012-2015), the Royal Academy of Engineering/EPSRC Research Fellowship (2009-2014), the IEEE Photonics Society Graduate Student Fellowship (2007) and an International PhD Studentship from FCT, the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (2003-2007).
I am part of the Editorial Board for Scientific Reports and serve as a Guest Editor for the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics (Semiconductor Lasers issue). I’m also the Chair of the Semiconductor Lasers sub-committee for CLEO-Europe since 2014.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Forrest, A. (Creator) & Cataluna, M. A. (Creator), Heriot-Watt University, 31 Oct 2019
DOI: 10.17861/8e78ed17-c2c0-48de-bc73-185f20f16602
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Forrest, A. (Creator) & Cataluna, M. A. (Creator), Heriot-Watt University, 14 Mar 2019
DOI: 10.17861/92eba9c2-1a37-4bb6-a43a-d1a4a847f2e6
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Forrest, A. (Creator) & Cataluna, M. A. (Creator), Heriot-Watt University, 6 Jan 2020
DOI: 10.17861/e9612d0f-38ff-4c76-a0c4-91db32a37d45
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Cataluna, Maria Ana (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Election to learned society
Cataluna, Maria Ana (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Cataluna, Maria Ana (Recipient), 2009
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Maria Ana Cataluna (Guest editor)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
Maria Ana Cataluna (Chair)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Maria Ana Cataluna (Member)
Activity: Membership › Membership of peer review panel
Maria Ana Cataluna (Editorial board member)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
Maria Ana Cataluna (Member of programme committee)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference