Christmas social

The group held its annual Christmas social this year in three installments because of various competing travel plans etc. Firstly there was Secret Santa round one over coffee on campus, then dinner at Rudy’s pizza restaurant (with Secret Santa round 2, followed by bowling!

Thanks to our MSci students, Valentina and Oliver, for organising!

MSci project end

Our fourth-year MSci students, Will and Byron have handed in their theses and today we had a few drinks to celebrate. It seemed like only a short time ago they joined us but since October they’ve both done some really interesting experiments on materials formation, and uncovered some surprising facts about metal-organic frameworks and hybrid perovskites! Congratulations and good luck for the rest of the year (and beyond!), Byron and Will!

New MSci students start

The group has been joined by two new MSci students for their fourth-year research projects! Byron Read will be investigating the formation of hybrid perovskites, with a nod towards ionic conductivity, and Will Norman will be investigating the formation of metal-organic frameworks, comparing the effects of different components in the reactions. Welcome to the group, Byron (r) and Will (l)!