Past CMP seminars

Speaker: Professor Natalia AresLink opens in a new window (Department of Materials, University of Oxford)
Title: Exploring new frontiers in quantum devices through machine learning and nanoscale thermodynamics (click here for abstractLink opens in a new window)
Date: 28th January 13.00 - 14.00 (Week 18)
Room: MAS2.05/2.06

Speaker: Dr Dmitry KhalyavinLink opens in a new window (ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, RAL)
Title: Distortions and their coupling in crystalline materials (click here for abstractLink opens in a new window)
Date: 11th February 13.00 - 14.00 (Week 20)
Room: MAS2.05/2.06

Speaker: Dr Emma McCabeLink opens in a new window (Department of Physics, University of Durham)
Title: Breaking inversion symmetry and searching for chiral magnetism (click here for abstractLink opens in a new window)
Date: 25th Feb 13.00 - 14.00 (Week 22)
Room: MAS2.05/2.06

Speaker: Dr David Duncan (Diamond Light SourceLink opens in a new window and Department of Chemistry, University of NottinghamLink opens in a new window)
Title: Structure determination of 2D films beyond ideal graphene (click here for abstractLink opens in a new window)
Date: 11th March 13.00 - 14.00 (Week 24)
Room: MAS2.05/2.06

Speaker: Dr Max BirchLink opens in a new window (Strong Correlation Quantum Transport Research Team RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science)
Title: Emergent phenomena in nanosculpted devices of quantum materials (click here for abstractLink opens in a new window)
Date: Thursday 13th March 15.00 - 16.00 (Week 24)
Room: PS0.17

Speaker: Dr Susan CoxLink opens in a new window (Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King College London)
Title: Deriving structure and heterogeneity from microscopy data (click here for abstractLink opens in a new window)
Date: 22nd October 13.00 - 14.00 (Week 4)
Room: MAS2.05/2.06

Speaker: Dr Rhea StewartLink opens in a new window (ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, RAL)
Title: Characterising Superconductivity in mesoscopic and bulk systems using muon spin rotation (click here for abstractLink opens in a new window)
Date: 5th November 13.00 - 14.00 (Week 6)
Room: MAS2.05/2.06

Speaker: Dr Richard HillLink opens in a new window (School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nottingham)
Title: Diamagnetic levitation of liquid drops and bubbles (click here for abstractLink opens in a new window)
Date: 19th November 13.00 - 14.00 (Week 8) - POSTPONED
Room: MAS2.05/2.06

Speaker: Dr Chris Woodgate (Department of Physics, University of Bristol)
Title: Concentration waves in high-entropy alloys: Probing the (meta)stability of complex solid solutions within a DFT-based modelling framework (click here for abstract)Link opens in a new window
Date: 3rd December 13.00 - 14.00 (Week 10)
Room: MAS2.05/2.06

Speaker: Dr Ray McQuaidLink opens in a new window (School of Mathematics Physics, Queen's Belfast)
Title: Exploring Thermal Transport and Electrocaloric Effects in Ferroelectrics using Scanning Thermal Microscopy (click here for abstractLink opens in a new window)
Date: 30th January 13.00 - 14.00 (Week 16)
Room: P523

Speaker: Dr Philip DolanLink opens in a new window (Nu Quantum)
Title: Quantum Technologies with Photons (click here for abstractLink opens in a new window)
Date: 13th February 13.00 - 14.00 (Week 18)
Room: P523

Speaker: Professor Nigel CooperLink opens in a new window (Department of Physics, University of Cambridge)
Title: Quantum Oscillations in Small Gap Insulators (click here for abstractLink opens in a new window)
Date: 27th February 13.00 - 14.00 (Week 20)
Room: P523

Speaker: Dr Matthew PearceLink opens in a new window - Department of Physics, University of Oxford
Title: X-ray study of the valence transition of CeOs₄Sb₁₂ in pulsed magnetic fields (click here for abstractLink opens in a new window)
Date: Thursday 12th March 13.00 - 14.00 (Week 24)
Room: P523

Speaker: Professor Radu ColdeaLink opens in a new window (Department of Physics, University of Oxford)
Title: Exploration of a rare-earth candidate Kitaev quantum magnet (click here for abstractLink opens in a new window)
Date: 24th October 13.00 - 14.00 (Week 4)
Room: P523

Speaker: Dr Adam WrightLink opens in a new window (Department of Physics, University of Warwick)
Title: Preventing photoinduced halide segregation in mixed-halide perovskites (click here for abstractLink opens in a new window)
Date:7th November 13.00 - 14.00 (Week 6)
Room: P523

Speaker: Dr Igor MarkovicLink opens in a new window (Department of Physics, University of Birmingham)
Title: Spin-orbit coupling and crystal symmetry in electronic structure (click here for abstractLink opens in a new window)
Date: 21st November 13.00 - 14.00 (Week 8)
Room: P523

Speaker: Dr Chris Hooley - MPI-PKS Dresden - Joint CMP and Theory Group seminar
Title: Frustration and spin liquid physics in Ca₁₀Cr₇O₂₈ (click here for abstractLink opens in a new window)
Date: Thursday 30th November 13.00 - 14.00 (Week 9)
Room: PS0.17

Speaker: Professor Paul KoenraadLink opens in a new window - Department of Applied Physics - Eindhoven University of Technology - CMP Seminar by Distinguished Visiting Professor
Title: Isoelectronic doping atoms in III/V materials studied at the atomic scale by cross-sectional scanning tunneling microscopy (click here for abstractLink opens in a new window)
Date: Friday 1st December 15.00 - 16.00 (Week 9)
Room: P5.23

Speaker: Dr Hannah SternLink opens in a new window (Department of Physics, University of Cambridge)
Title: A quantum coherent spin in a two-dimensional material at room temperature (click here for abstractLink opens in a new window)
Date: 5th December 13.00 - 14.00 (Week 10)
Room: P523

Speaker: Prof. Kam Sing WongLink opens in a new window(Department of Physics, Hong-Kong University of Science and Technology) - CMP Seminar by Distinguished Visiting Professor
Title: Hot-carrier cooling and relaxation processes in perovskites and semiconductor quantum dots (click here for abstractLink opens in a new window)
Date: 12th December 13.00 - 14.00 (Week 11)
Room: P523

Speaker: Dr Pablo DocampoLink opens in a new window (School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow)
Title: Perovskite stability and extracting meaning from ion migration (click here for abstractLink opens in a new window)
Date: 7th February 13.00 - 14.00 (Week 19)
Room: MAS2.05/2.06

Speaker: Dr Hungyen LinLink opens in a new window (School of Engineering, University of Lancaster)
Title: Thin film characterisation with terahertz time-domain spectroscopy
Date: 14th February 13.00 - 14.00 (Week 20)
Room: TEAMS Seminar

Speaker: Dr Rob WeatherupLink opens in a new window (Department of Materials, University of Oxford)
Title: Soft X-ray spectroscopy of electrochemical interfaces (click here for abstractLink opens in a new window)
Date: 28th February 13.00 - 14.00 (Week 22)
Room: TEAMS Seminar (click here to join the seminarLink opens in a new window)

Speaker: Prof. Susie SpellerLink opens in a new window (Department of Materials, University of Oxford)
Title: High temperature superconductors for fusion applications (click here for abstractLink opens in a new window)
Date: 14h March 13.00 - 14.00 (Week 24)
Room: MAS2.05/2.06

Speaker: Prof. Edward LairdLink opens in a new window (Department of Physics, University of Lancaster)
Title: Quantum technology and the search for dark matter
Date: 25th October 13.00 - 14.00 (Week 4)
Room: MAS2.05/2.06

Speaker: Prof. Amalia ColdeaLink opens in a new window (Department of Physics, University of Oxford)
Title: Electronic signatures of the quasiparticles in the iron-chalcogenide superconductors. (Click here for abstractLink opens in a new window.)

Date: 8th November 13.00 - 14.00 (Week 6)
Room: MAS2.05/2.06

Speaker: Dr Sam HoltLink opens in a new window (Department of Physics, University of Southampton)
Title: Magnetic Skyrmions in Chiral Magnets (Click here for abstract.Link opens in a new window)
Date: 22nd November 13.00 - 14.00 (Week 8)
Room: MAS2.05/2.06

Speaker: Dr Ian FarrerLink opens in a new window (Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Sheffield)
Title: Growth of Self-Assembled Quantum Dots for Quantum and Photonic Applications (Click here for abstract.Link opens in a new window)

Date: 6th December 13.00 - 14.00 (Week 10)
Room: MAS2.05/2.06

Speaker: Dr Wing Ying ChowLink opens in a new window (Department of Physics, University of Warwick)
Title: Biological structures in the extracellular context. (Click here for abstractLink opens in a new window)
Date: 3rd May 13.00 - 14.00 (Week 31)
Room: PLT

Speaker: Dr Mingmin Yang Link opens in a new window(Department of Physics, University of Warwick)
Title: Novel Effects Induced by Inversion Symmetry Breaking (Click here for abstractLink opens in a new window)
Date: 17th May 13.00 - 14.00 (Week 33)
Room: L5

Speaker: Dr Jakes Ayres (Department of Physics, University of Bristol)
Title: Magnetoresistance scaling in overdoped cuprates
Date: 1st February 13.00 - 14.00 (Week 18)
Room: Teams (CMP Seminar)

Speaker: Dr Niels SchroterLink opens in a new window (Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics - Halle)
Title: New fermionic quasiparticles in chiral crystals

Date: 15th February 13.00 - 14.00 (Week 20)
Room: Teams (CMP Seminar)

Speaker: Dr John GriffinLink opens in a new window (Department of Chemistry, University of Lancaster)
Title: Development of new materials for solar energy conversion and storage
Date: 1st March 13.00 - 14.00 (Week 22)
Room: Teams CMP Seminar

Speaker: Dr Dominik KubickiLink opens in a new window (Physics Department, University of Warwick)
Title: New approaches to determining the atomic-level structure of advanced materialsLink opens in a new window

Date: 15th March 13.00 - 14.00 (Week 24)
Room: Lecture Theatre L3

Speaker: Dr James GottLink opens in a new window (Department of Physics, University of Warwick)
Title: Using Electron Microscopy to Study Defects in III-V Semiconductor Nanowires
Date: 9th November 13.00 - 14.00 (Week 6)
Room: Teams (CMP Seminar)

Speaker: Dr Claire DonnellyLink opens in a new window (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids)
Title: Three-dimensional nanomagnetism: from textures in the bulk to 3D magnetic nanostructures

Date: 23rd November 13.00 - 14.00 (Week 8)
Room: Teams (CMP Seminar)

Speaker: Dr Audrey GrockowiakLink opens in a new window (Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais - Brazil)
Title: Hot hydride superconductivity above 550 K
Date: 30th November 13.00 - 14.00 (Week 9) - RESCHEDULED
Room: Teams CMP Seminar

Speaker: Dr Rebecca ScatenaLink opens in a new window (Diamond Light Source)
Title: Magnetic superexchange mechanism and pressure-induced orbital reordering in a hybrid organic-inorganic quantum magnet

Date: 7th December 13.00 - 14.00 (Week 10)
Room: Teams (CMP Seminar)Link opens in a new window

Speaker: Dr Ekaterina PomjakushinaLink opens in a new window (Dept. of Materials, Paul Scherrer Institut)
Title: "Big little things"; important for a successful crystal growthLink opens in a new window

Date: 18^th May 2021 13.00-14.00 (Week 33)
Room: Teams CMP SeminarLink opens in a new window

Speaker: Dr Yvonne GrunderLink opens in a new window (Department of Physics, University of Liverpool)
Title: In-situ studies of the atomic structure/charge distribution at the electrochemical interfaceLink opens in a new window

Date: 1^st June 2021 13.00-14.00 (Week 35)
Room: Teams CMP SeminarLink opens in a new window

Speaker: Professor Nicola SpaldinLink opens in a new window (Department of Materials, ETH Zurich)
Title: From Condensed Matter to Cosmology: Studying the early universe under the microscopeLink opens in a new window

Date: 15^th June 2021 13.00-14.00 (Week 37)
Room: Teams CMP SeminarLink opens in a new window

Speaker: Professor Mark DowsettLink opens in a new window (Department of Physics, University of Warwick)
Title: High Sensitivity Synchrotron XRD of Copper Alloy Artifacts from the Mary RoseLink opens in a new window

Date: 29^th June 2021 13.00-14.00 (Week 39)
Room: Teams CMP SeminarLink opens in a new window

Speaker: Dr Connor Mosley (University of Lancaster)
Title: Enhanced polarisation control in terahertz time-domain spectroscopy, and extreme terahertz electric fieldsLink opens in a new window

Date: 2nd February 13.00-14.00 (Week 18)
Room: Teams CMP SeminarLink opens in a new window

Speaker: Dr Chris BellLink opens in a new window (University of Bristol)
Title: Epitaxial engineering and the materials physics of uranium thin filmsLink opens in a new window

Date: 16th February 13.00-14.00 (Week 20)
Room: Teams (CMP Seminar)Link opens in a new window

Speaker: Dr Elsa LhotelLink opens in a new window (Institut Neel - Grenoble)
Title: Magnetic frustration in pyrochlore iridatesLink opens in a new window

Date: 2nd March 13.00-14.00 (Week 22)
Room: Teams (CMP Seminar)Link opens in a new window

Speaker: Professor Neil WilsonLink opens in a new window (Department of Physics, University of Warwick)
Title: Visualising electronic structure in 2D heterostructuresLink opens in a new window

Date: 16th March 13.00-14.00 (Week 24)
Room: Teams (CMP Seminar)Link opens in a new window

Speaker: Dr John SingletonLink opens in a new window (National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Los Alamos)
Title: Neutral fermions and a new state of matter: experiments at fields of up to 75 T on YbB₁₂, a weird metal disguised as an electrical insulator
Date: 10th November 13.00-14.00 (Week 6)
Room: Teams (CMP Seminar)Link opens in a new window

Speaker: Dr Vincent JacquesLink opens in a new window (Laboratoire Charles Coulomb, Montpelier)
Title: Exploring antiferromagnetic order at the nanoscale with a single spin microscope

Date: 24th November 13.00-14.00 (Week 8)
Room: Teams (CMP Seminar)

Speaker: Dr Lucy ClarkLink opens in a new window (University of Birmingham)
Title: Exploring a New Family of S = 1/2 Kagome Antiferromagnets

Date: 8th December 13.00-14.00 (Week 10)
Room: Teams (CMP Seminar)

Speaker: Dr Arturo Hernandez-SerranoLink opens in a new window (Warwick University)
Title: Optical devices fabricated using an artificial dielectric with refractive index below 1 for the Terahertz frequency range
Date: Tuesday 19th May, 13:30-14:00
Room: Teams (CMP Seminar)Link opens in a new window

Speaker: Dr Jonathan PetersLink opens in a new window (Warwick University)
Title: Polar exploration: ferroelectrics at the atomic level
Date: Tuesday 12th May, 13:30-14:00
Room: Teams (CMP Seminar)

Speaker: Dr Matthew CoakLink opens in a new window (Warwick University)
Title: Tuning dimensionality, magnetism and conduction in van-der-Waals Mott insulators
Date: Tuesday 5th May, 13:30-14:00
Room: Teams (CMP Seminar)

Speaker: Professor Caterina DucatiLink opens in a new window (Cambridge University)
Title: TEM analysis of photoactive perovskite nanomaterials and devices
Date: Tuesday 3rd March at 13:00
Room: P521

Speaker: Professor Bruce D. GaulinLink opens in a new window (McMaster University)
Title: The case for an octupolar ordered ground state in 5d2 double perovskites
Date: Tuesday 25th February at 13:00
Room: MAS2.06

Speaker: Dr Mauro Brotons-GisbertLink opens in a new window (Heriot Watt University)
Title: Quantum dots in two-dimensional heterostructures
Date: Tuesday 18th February at 13:00
Room: P521

Speaker: Dr Daniel O'FlynnLink opens in a new window (British Museum)
Title: Cats, crocodiles and cuneiform: X-ray imaging in the British Museum
Date: Tuesday 4th February at 13:00
Room: P521

Speakers: Dr Andrew Feeney and Dr Kathrin GoetzeLink opens in a new window (Warwick University)
Title: Flexural ultrasonic transducers, and The unusual phase boundary of the magnetic-field-tuned valence transition in CeOs₄Sb₁₂ 
Date: Tuesday 14th January at 13:00
Room: P523

Speaker: Dr Sian DuttonLink opens in a new window (Cambridge University)
Title: Magnetism as a probe of functional materials
Date: Tuesday 26th November at 13:00
Room: MAS2.06

Speaker: Professor Amalia PataneLink opens in a new window (Nottingham University)
Title: Searching for transformative materials and quantum systems: The rise of two-dimensional indium selenide
Date: Tuesday 12th November at 13:00
Room: MAS2.06

Speaker: Dr Budhika MendisLink opens in a new window (Durham University)
Title: Inelastic scattering in the TEM: new applications and simulation methods
Date: Tuesday 29th October at 13:00
Room: MAS2.06

Speaker: Dr Timur KimLink opens in a new window (Diamond Light Source )
Title: Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy of iron-based superconductors
Date: Tuesday 15th October at 13:00
Room: MAS2.06

Speaker: Dr Dhiren KaraLink opens in a new window (Cambridge University)
Title: Quantum emitters in atomically thin material
Date: Thursday 20th June at 13:00
Room: MAS2.06

Speaker: Professor Laura LewisLink opens in a new window (North Eastern University)
Title: Progress Towards a New and Sustainable Advanced Permanent Magnet
Date: Tuesday 11th June at 13:00
Room: MAS2.06

Speaker: Dr Ilie RaduLink opens in a new window (Max Born Institute Berlin)
Title: Controlling Magnetism by Light
Date: Thursday 6th June at 14:00
Room: MAS2.06

Speaker: Dr Gareth ParkinsonLink opens in a new window (Institute of Applied Physics, TU Wien, Vienna )
Title: Single-atom catalysis: an atomic-scale view
Date: Tuesday 4th June at 13:00
Room: MAS2.06

Speaker: Dr Jessica Marshall (Warwick University)
Title: Novel W-B-Fe-based borides as candidate compact radiation shielding materials
Date: Tuesday 14th May at 13:00
Room: MAS2.06

Speaker: Professor Lukas EngLink opens in a new window (TU Dresden)
Title: Nanoscale Topologies – Magnetic Skyrmions, Conductive Domain Walls, and Near-Field THz Nanoscopy
Date: Thursday 2nd May at 14:00
Room: PS0.17

Speaker: Dr Joe PaddisonLink opens in a new window (Cambridge University and ORNL)
Title: tbc
Date: Tuesday 30th April at 13:00
Room: MAS2.06