Microwave and THz Metamaterials for Antennas and Propagation: Roadmapping the UK Landscape
About
The use of Microwave and THz Metamaterials is in the process of transitioning from the domain of specialist electromagnetics scientists and engineers to being used by systems, communications and control engineers and designers.
To better understand this moment, the UK Metamaterials Network’s Microwave and THz Special Interest Group has assembled contributions from UK academia, government and industry into a Roadmap. This sets out the state-of-the-art, draws key challenges still to be solved, and sets out recommendations for next steps in both fundamental and applied research.
This webinar will introduce and discuss this roadmap and its key findings, with particular focus on the current and future impact of metamaterials on the field of antennas and propagation.
The webinar will be moderated by Dr Viktor Doychinov, Lecturer in Electronics and Software Engineering, University of Huddersfield and A&P TN Executive team member.
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29 Jan 2026
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Organiser
- Antennas and Propagation TN
Speakers
Dr Miguel Navarro-Cia
Head of the Metamaterials and Nanophotonics Group - University of Birmingham
Miguel Navarro-Cía (S’08–M’10–SM’15) received the MEng and PhD degrees in Telecommunication Engineering, and MRes degree in Introduction to Research in Communications from the Universidad Publica de Navarra, Spain, in 2006, 2010, and 2007, respectively. From 2006 to 2010, he was a Pre-Doctoral Researcher, FPI Fellowship recipient, with the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department, Universidad Publica de Navarra, where he was also a Research and Teaching Assistant from 2010 to 2011. Between 2008 and 2011, he also held several Visiting Researcher positions at the Valencia Nanophotonics Technology Center, Spain, Imperial College London, UK, and University of Pennsylvania, USA. He was a Research Associate in 2011 and a Junior Research Fellow from 2012 to 2015 at Imperial College London, UK. Between these two positions, he was a Research Associate with University College London, UK, where thereafter held a Visiting Researcher position until 2018.
He is currently a Reader in TeraHertz Science and Engineering jointly with the School of Physics and Astronomy, and the School of Engineering, University of Birmingham, UK. He is also a Visiting Researcher with Imperial College London.
His current research interests include theory, technology and applications of (near-field) time-domain spectroscopy/microscopy/imaging, metamaterials, plasmonics, antennas and frequency-selective surfaces at millimeter-wave, terahertz, and infrared.
Dr. Navarro-Cía a is a Senior Member of the Optical Society of America and a member of the Institute of Physics, the European Optical Society and the European Microwave Association. He was a recipient of the Best Doctoral Thesis in Basic Principles and Technologies of Information and Communications, and Applications corresponding to the XXXI Edition of Awards “Telecommunication Engineers” 2010, the CST University Publication Award (twice) for the best international journal publication using CST Microwave Studio in 2012 and 2016, and the 2011 Junior Research Raj Mittra Travel Grant.
Dr Stephen Henthorn
Lecturer in Wireless Communications - University of Sheffield
Stephen has been a Lecturer in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Sheffield since 2023, having previously been Academic Fellow, Research Associate and postgraduate researcher at the same institution.
His research has focussed on the design, modelling, fabrication and measurement of microwave metamaterials, often with reconfigurable aspects. He co-leads the UK Metamaterials Network’s Microwave and THz Special Interest Group, organising research meetings and sandpits to bring together academia, industry and government organisations.
Dr Viktor Doychinov
Lecturer in Electronics and Software Engineering - University of Bradford
Viktor is a Lecturer in Electronics and Software Engineering at the University of Bradford, affiliated with the Bradford-Renduchintala Centre for Space AI.
He has worked on a wide range of single- and multi- disciplinary projects, all of which have involved the use of RF and wireless technology in one form or another, such as additive manufacture of conformal antennas, implantable antennas for neuroscience studies, and wireless communications for infrastructure robotics.
Viktor’s interests are in wireless communications and wireless electronics, particularly in the context of satellite communications. He is currently a Researcher in Residence at the Satellite Applications Catapult, working on resilient communications for satellites and UAVs.