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Dr Hao-Cheng Thong and Dr Ze Xu from Tsinghua University visisted the group. Dr Thong gave a seminar on deep-learning based first-principles and molecular dynamics simulations for the study of ferroelectric materials, which provided an excellent opportunity for academic exchange and collaboration

Congratulations to Ji Soo Kim for giving a great invited talk on controlling Ec in ferroelectric HZO thin films at the ACCGE-24 conference in Stevenson, WA, USA (https://www.crystalgrowth.org/skamania25). Ji Soo was awarded a Prize for his excellent Graduate Talk!

Dr Yixuan Liu attended the IEEE ISAF 2025 conference held in Graz, Austria, where he delivered a talk. During the conference, he met with Prof. Dragan Damjanovic, President of the IEEE UFFC Society and Professor from EPFL

Judith was pleased to give a talk at the 17th International conference on Materials Chemistry (MC17) in Edinburgh. This meeting was the RSC's largest ever meeting!

Judith was pleased to visit University of St. Andrew’s  Chemistry dept. to deliver a talk. She is pictured here with Prof. John Irivine.  Thanks very much and hope you are doing well.

Our PhD student visited our collaborators at the Yildiz group in MIT, Boston. It was a great opportunity to visit their labs and discuss our ongoing collaboration. It was a fruitful and insightful visit, she is grateful for their warm hospitality!

The group had a great time getting together for a summer BBQ. 

Dr. Seb Dixon attended, as a UK delegate to a special session at GCIM2025 in Jeju, Korea, June 15 to 19, 2025.  https://gcim2025.org/index.php?GP=int/int01

We welcome Prof. Tuhin Maity from IISER Thiruvananthapuram, India.  Tuhun was a MC fellow in our group til Spring 2020. We welcome continued collaborations.

We wish Siddhi good luck as she starts her PhD in Oxford and Grenoble! You will be missed!

Babak presented at ISMC his work on thin film growth for neuromorphic applications (https://ismc2025.com/).

We welcome Prof. Neeraj Khare from IIT Delhi who is a Trinity Visiting fellow in our group. We are happy to have worked with Neeraj over more than 20 years after he first came on sabbatical in our group.

The group welcomed PhD student Dongchang Kim, who visited from the MPI, Halle, from the Parkin group. Dongchang gave an interesting update on his work and current and future collaborations. 

Professor Judith Driscoll was being elected Fellow of the Royal Society – one of the UK’s most prestigious honours for scientific achievement. She is internationally renowned for her work on complex oxide thin films and interfaces. Her election to the Royal Society is a richly deserved honour that reflects not only her scientific achievements, but …

We welcomed and hosted Dr. Long Qing Chen from Penn State University, and delivered a lecture in West Cambridge.