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Read more at: Dr Markus Hellenbrand wins prestigious postdoc award

Dr Markus Hellenbrand wins prestigious postdoc award

20 June 2023

We are delighted to announce that Dr Markus Hellenbrand from our group won this year’s Armourers and Brasiers postdoc award for outstanding contributions to research, teaching, and outreach. Congratulations for this prestigious award for truly outstanding work in all three of these areas! The Armourers & Brasiers’...


Read more at: Prof. Myung Soo, Prof. Tuhin Maity and PhD student Manisha Bansal join the DMG group

Prof. Myung Soo, Prof. Tuhin Maity and PhD student Manisha Bansal join the DMG group

19 June 2023

Prof. Myung Soo Lee joins the group from SK Hynix as a visitor for 1 year. Prof. Tuhin Maity and PhD student Manisha Bansal join the DMG group from ISER Thiruvanathapuram in India. Manisha is going to be visiting the group for the next 6 months. More information on their research and the group Visitors here .


Read more at: BeMAGIC conference in Turin

BeMAGIC conference in Turin

19 June 2023

Last week, the early stage researchers of the BeMAGIC ITN hosted their conference, 'Beyond Magnetoelectric Materials' in Turin, Italy. The General Chair of the conference was Muireann de h-Óra, a PhD student in Driscoll group. There were talks from across the field of magnetoelectrics. Among the speakers was visiting...


Read more at: Raman spectroscopy to identify Cromwell's Book of Hours from Trinity

Raman spectroscopy to identify Cromwell's Book of Hours from Trinity

12 June 2023

9/6/23: Judith was very happy to connect Trinity College’s Librarian Dr Nicolas Bell with Joanna Symonowic in Dr Giuliana Di Martino’s group to do Raman microscopy to identify the jewel used on an an ancient book in the Trinity library. It is the Book of Hours and is now believed to have belonged to Thomas Cromwell, Chief...


Read more at: Judith at EM-Nano 2023 in Japan

Judith at EM-Nano 2023 in Japan

8 June 2023

5-8 June 2023: Judith had a great time meeting new colleagues and delivering a plenary at EM-Nano 2023 in Kanazawa, Japan.


Read more at: Judith And Prof. Lee visiting the company Sunam and meet old friends afterwards

Judith And Prof. Lee visiting the company Sunam and meet old friends afterwards

31 May 2023

31/5/23: Judith and visiting Prof. Shinbuhm Lee had a great visit to SuNam, Korea, followed by a wonderful dinner with many great friends and colleagues old (from Stanford, Sunam, Los Alamos, Cambridge) and new (soon to visit us in Cambridge!).


Read more at: Judith visits SAIT Samsung, Korea

Judith visits SAIT Samsung, Korea

30 May 2023

30/5/23: Judith and visiting Prof. Shinbuhm Lee had a great visit to SAIT, Samsung, Korea. Pictured are Dukhyun`Choe, Judith and Shinbuhm.


Read more at: Congratulations to Dr Tahmida Huq on passing her viva!

Congratulations to Dr Tahmida Huq on passing her viva!

23 May 2023

18 May 2023. Many congratulations to Tahmida Huq upon passing her PhD viva (with minor corrections). Tahmida’s thesis was on: " Developing next-generation, non-toxic, inorganic materials for photovoltaics and thin-film transistors ”. More specifically, she worked on the PV materials BiOI, which we she showed (with...


Read more at: PhD student Muireann at University Freiburg

PhD student Muireann at University Freiburg

17 May 2023

Many thanks to Prof. Ulrike Wallrabe for hosting Muireann de h-Óra during her secondment at Voxalytic, University of Freiburg. Also thanks to Hidelberto Macedo-Zamudio for helping Muireann model her 3D nanostructures using COMSOL. These secondments are part of the BeMAGIC project that focuses on magnetoelectric materials...


Read more at: Press release by former student Rob Jagt

Press release by former student Rob Jagt

11 May 2023

10 May: We are happy to announce a press release on a paper published by a former PhD student in the group, Rob Jagt. It is on his work on a new very sensitive X-ray detector material - https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/sustainable-solar-cell-material-shown-to-be-highly-promising-for-medical-imaging .