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Some of the group attended the Spring Meeting of the European Materials Research Society in Strasbourg (25-29 June). Yixuan, Manisha and Markus each gave invited talks in Symposium M: "Emergent Ferroelectric Thin Films". Overall it was a very fun week full of interesting discussion and great to catch up with friends and collaborators!

28 April 2026: We wish farewell to Yixuan Liu and wish him well at Tsinghua University, Beijing

Last week, the first Summer School for the MASAUTO doctoral network was held in Cambridge. With Seminars and Skills Classes held in the Ray Dolby Centre, tours of our labs in Materials Science & Metallurgy, Electrical Engineering and Physics as well as a lovely dinner in the Alhusen Room in Trinity College. A stand out moment for a lot of the Docto…

"Our work on high performance, precision tuned Hafnia memristors is receiving broad attention"Please read this article in SciTechDaily

Markus Hellenbrand, Assistant Research Professor, published his paper "Achieving High ON State Current through Ferroelectric Polarization-Dependent Interfacial Resistance Switching in Undoped Orthorhombic HfO2 Films" in Advanced Functional Materials. This work, done in collaboration with the group of José P.B. Silva, University of Minho, will be in…

We had a fun group dinner at Kimchili to say bye to Bennie, Ziyi and Yixuan.We are so grateful for all their hard work and help to everyone. We will miss them a lot but will be in touch.

Judith Giving Talk in Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy on paper by Benedetta Gaggio & herself: 'Anecdotes & Guidance Notes: Surviving & Thriving as a Woman in Science'. After the talk we had a very interesting open discussion, getting perspectives from people in many different roles, academic and technical, and at many different career …

Judith enjoyed the 17th Annual International Workshop on Advanced Materials, held in Ras Al-Khaimah, UAE, February 2nd-4th 2026. A stand out moment from this amazing event was a great talk by Omar Yaghi, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2025

We are very happy that The Driscoll group and our fantastic collaborators’ JPhys Energy article about How to Survive and Thrive as a Woman in science: https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7655/ae26cb is front and centre of IOPP's International Day of Women and Girls in Science marketing campaign: Celebrating Women Shaping the Future of Scientific Publishin…

NeuMat Live Discussion Meeting – A Standout Day for the CommunityNeuMat’s 2nd Live Discussion Meeting on 30 January 2026 was nothing short of inspiring. Hosted in the magnificent Armourers’ Hall, with its vaulted ceilings, suits of armour and weapons lining the walls, and centuries of history, the venue provided a spectacular backdrop for a day tha…

Judith was very honoured to deliver the Dorn Lecture at Northwestern University, Chicago. She was very excited to hear of all the amazing research being done by the faculty there, particularly the early career faculty.