Professor Elena Semouchkina, Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics and Senior Research Associate, MRI, has been appointed with the European Commission Research Directorate as an expert-evaluator. As an acting evaluator for the Commission, Elena will be in the evaluation of research proposals. Additionally, Dr. Semouchkina has been invited to give a lecture on her topic: “Dielectrics for metamaterials,” at the Women in Photonics (WiP) School on Photonic Metamaterials in Paris in April.