Jen kicked off the year by presenting her second ILL PhD seminar, this time on her own research. These seminars give students an opportunity to present a relatively long seminar on their work in a friendly environment, and share with each other all the interesting science going on in the graduate school. Jen presented anContinue reading “Jen Presents her ILL Seminar”
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Christmas 2021
This year has been a very exciting one for our group – Kate passed her viva, Jen moved to France, Aly moved to ISIS, and we welcomed 6 new group members! Next year promises to be exciting as well, we have lots of papers in the works and will be advertising for 2 new post-docContinue reading “Christmas 2021”
Tristan and Grady Attend the 2021 ISIS Student Meeting
Tristan and Grady got the opportunity to attend the ISIS student conference this week in Oxford. The conference was a lot of fun and it was great to actually engage with other humans in person as opposed to virtually. Upon arrival, they both took a tour of the ISIS facility including the multiple coloured beamlines suitableContinue reading “Tristan and Grady Attend the 2021 ISIS Student Meeting”
New Group Members
This has been a busy month for our group as we welcome five new students! We have two new PhD students starting this week, Grady Beckett, who has just completed his MPhys at the University of Warwick and Amie Troath, who completed their MSci in Chemistry at the University of Birmingham last year. Grady willContinue reading “New Group Members”
Jen works with the ILL Summer School
For the past month, Jen has been supervising a student, Linn Rykkje, as part of the ILL and ESRF summer school – a month long school which gives undergraduate and Masters levels students the chance to learn about and experience working at central facilities. As part of the school, students get to take the leadContinue reading “Jen works with the ILL Summer School”
Dr Kate Tustain Passes her Viva!!
Congratulations to Dr Kate Tustain for her successful PhD viva! Well done Kate, we are pleased to announce that Kate has passed her viva with minors, and she stands as the first Clark group member to achieve this. Her examiner expressed that she had written one of the best theses they had read due toContinue reading “Dr Kate Tustain Passes her Viva!!”
Kate Submits her Thesis!!!
Today is a bittersweet day for the group, as our first-ever PhD student, Kate Tustain, marks her final day and last group meeting with us. We are so incredibly proud of Kate for all she has achieved over the past four years, and for the intelligence, commitment and kindness she has given to her workContinue reading “Kate Submits her Thesis!!!”
Jen Presents at PNCMI 2021
Today, Jen gave a talk at the Polarised Neutron for Condensed Matter Investigations conference held virtually by NIST. This conference aims to connect the worlds scientists whose principle technique involves polarised neutrons, and this conference includes updates on instrumentation and science highlights from across the world. This year has been a great conference, with manyContinue reading “Jen Presents at PNCMI 2021”
A week full of X-Rays!
This has been a very exciting week for our group – Sam, Tristan and Aly took a trip to the I19 beamline at Diamond, along with Sarah (Champness group) to explore lots of the single crystals that Sam and Tristan have been synthesising over the past few months. This was great, as it was Tristan’sContinue reading “A week full of X-Rays!”
Jen Wins the ILL PhD Clip Show!
On Thursday, Jen took part in the ILL’s annual clip show – where each student has 4 minutes to present an overview of their thesis. This year there was a total of 50 presentations, taking a marathon zoom session of 4.5 hours to complete! The clips are then judged by the ILL’s directors and headContinue reading “Jen Wins the ILL PhD Clip Show!”
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