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Presenting at the 255th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in New Orleans
One humid Sunday in March 2018, 16,585 chemists gathered in New Orleans for the 255th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. The ACS holds meetings twice a year, and the theme of this Spring meeting was “Nexus of Food,...
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Research placement at the National Renewable Energy Lab: Solar cells, snow and sunshine in Colorado!
During my PhD I was very fortunate to do a research collaboration placement at the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) in Colorado, USA. My placement took place over the course of autumn and winter so I certainly had some interesting...
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Fall MRS Meeting: Mentoring and Solar Cell Minerals in Boston
This year I attended the 2017 Fall MRS (Materials Research Society) Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. I presented research conducted in collaboration with Duke University on the properties of selected photoactive minerals, evaluating their potential for use as the light absorbing...
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Materials Research Society Conference in Boston
From 26 November to 1 December I attended the 2017 Boston MRS Fall Meeting. This major conference was a great experience, full of talks and poster sessions covering the hot topics of materials science. In addition, I was lucky enough...