Hello, PV community! I'm so excited to share our latest work about the hottest kid on the block - BaZrS3! We talk about how and why the synthesis of phase pure BaZrS3 is difficult. We find that competing phases are VERY close in thermodynamic energy! arxiv.org/abs/2212.01429

Northumbria University are hiring new Vice-Chancellor's Fellows (leading to permanent position): northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/unive…. Please pass on! Always happy to have informal chats with people who are interested.

Feburary 10! a belated album release party IKLECTIK & the launch of a new EP on L⎈ST MAP w/ a stellar line up inc. the return of the legendary James B Stringer, Obscenity State launching a beautiful new EP & transcendent djs Chooc Ly Tan💫 , James Ormiston & 〄 join us x

Thanks Lammo! SDF on BBC Radio 6 Music drivetime.. put a brick on the accelerator >>

Deadline ⭐️tomorrow⭐️to register for "Open Science with the Atomic Simulation Environment" workshop: cecam.org/workshop-detai… Including talks, tutorials and code sprint with a particular emphasis on automation, interoperability and reproducibility.

💡Stand Out Skills is a new webinar series with a mission to help ECRs thrive within their research communities. Join Lucy Whalley for the first episode and learn how to set up your own academic website using Github Pages. Register: royce.ac.uk/events/stand-o…

Woohoo! 🎈2000 papers published🎈congrats JOSS. A summary of submission stats here: blog.joss.theoj.org/2023/05/JOSS-p…

Lecturer and Assistant Prof. jobs are available at Northumbria in Electrical Engineering. Looking especially for those interested in AI & Energy applications. Always happy to chat with those interested about life here: work4.northumbria.ac.uk/#en/sites/CX_1…

Point defects in halide perovskites are difficult to model, and there are several conflicting reports (both from experiment and theory). I highlight the high sensitivity to available lattice relaxation pathways in this new paper: pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

Really enjoyed working with 85 people from the UK #photovoltaics community and beyond to produce a roadmap on PV materials. Here is the preprint. Feedback welcome - DM me Henry Royce Institute arxiv.org/abs/2310.19430

Nice nice! Some cool DFT calculations on BaZrS3 🩵chalcogenide perovskites just made it to #NOMAD courtesy of Lucy Whalley and Prakriti Kayastha! 🎇

🌟Thrilled to announce my appointment as the (first female) Head of Physics at Northumbria Uni Maths Physics and Elec. Eng. @ Northumbria Ready to inspire and lead with innovation🔭🚀 Grateful for this opportunity and excited for the journey ahead! #BreakingBarriers #WomenInSTEM IOP North East Institute of Physics

For more discussion like this 👇, come to Rising Stars 2025 - keep an eye on the Henry Royce Institute website (royce.ac.uk/events/) or register here mainstraem.github.io/upcoming.html for updates. Thanks to Nature Communications and Natalie Lok Kwan Li for covering.