16 December: Congratulations to Mark Daly!
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Today, a milestone for OIST and a milestone for the LMI Unit. Our very own, Mark Daly, was the first PhD student to defend his thesis in OIST! Ever!! History cannot be rewritten. The topic of Mark's thesis was "Light-Induced Interactions using Near-Field Optical Devices" and it was examined by Dr Phil Jones (UCL, UK) and Prof Limin Tong (Zhejiang University China). The exam was chaired by Prof Jonathan Miller (OIST). Well done, Mark! Hope to call you Dr Daly soon!!