Dr. Lewis Hill

Dr. Lewis Hill is a Senior Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Erlangen, Germany. He earned his PhD in Physics from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, in 2021, in partnership with the National Physical Laboratory, London.

Following his doctorate, Dr. Hill held an internationally collaborative postdoctoral fellowship between the Max Planck Institute and the University of Strathclyde. He later joined the Max Planck Institute full-time as a Senior Scientist, where he continues to advance cutting-edge research into the photonic effects within Kerr resonators.

Throughout his academic journey, Dr. Hill has received several prestigious honors. These include the Professor John Parrot Prize (Cardiff University), the Fred Stern Prize (University of Strathclyde), and a national recognition award across all natural and life sciences at the 2021 UK Doctoral Awards. He was recently named one of Scotland’s emerging researchers by the Scottish Government and the Scottish Funding Council.

He has been awarded numerous competitive scholarships, including a Mac Robertson Scholarship for a visiting position at the University of Auckland, a UK Government BEIS scholarship for advanced training in Science and Technology Leadership and Management, a SALTO award from the Max Planck Society for an extended research exchange at the Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne (CNRS) in France, and most recently a Traveling Lecturer Award from Optica to journey to Québec as a visiting scholar at Concordia University, undertaking a research project funded in part by the Ministère des Relations internationales et de la Francophonie and speaking as guest lecturer at several research institutes in the area including INRS - Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Université Laval, École de technologie supérieure and Concordia.

In addition to his research, Dr. Hill is passionate about student and Early Career development and supervision. He previously served as Development Officer for the Strathclyde Doctoral School, contributing to institution-wide initiatives to enhance the doctoral experience, and currently holds the chair of the global Optica Nonlinear Optics Technical Group, and is the acting chair of the Future Photonics Leaders Group that represents the UK-wide interests of young photonics talent.