Solid state chemist • spectroscopist • working on devices • Assoc Prof in Experimental Inorganic Chemistry at Oxford • she/herhttps://bsky.app/profile/bluebananna.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bluebananna.bsky.social/post/3lxtyvgesyk2uA year ago I walked up to the Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory on my first day back in Oxford after a bit more than a decade. Today, I’m between thinking “gosh how’s it been a year already” and “has it really only been a year”. Excited to see what year #2 will bring 🤩02 Sep 2025 11:23 +0000at://did:plc:vj7jty5h5tfu4hm3txasm464/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxtyvgesyk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/bluebananna.bsky.social/post/3lw7mqtcw5k2qAfter much umming & aahing, I’ve finally decided to update our group name/logo. I’m not a natural overthinker, but this definitely proved fertile ground for an extensive crisis of confidence 🙈 In any case, here’s the new one. And credit to @inkscape.org for not breaking at my limited skills 😅12 Aug 2025 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:vj7jty5h5tfu4hm3txasm464/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw7mqtcw5k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/bluebananna.bsky.social/post/3luyxvpwhl22hAs peak tourist season approaches in Oxford, I am particularly enjoying early mornings in my College office with a view of the calm and empty front quad ☺️ I treasure my early mornings at work as they provide space to think and write amongst the craziness of everyday life as an academic 🌟 #OxfordLife28 Jul 2025 06:33 +0000at://did:plc:vj7jty5h5tfu4hm3txasm464/app.bsky.feed.post/3luyxvpwhl22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/bluebananna.bsky.social/post/3ltyew4txgs2aLovely morning train journey to Teddington to visit the National Physical Laboratory for the @uksaf.bsky.social meeting today ☀️ Looking forward to a great program and my invited talk on an exciting interface explored using #HAXPES 💪15 Jul 2025 07:28 +0000at://did:plc:vj7jty5h5tfu4hm3txasm464/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltyew4txgs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/bluebananna.bsky.social/post/3ltlyylkx5s22Christmas came early 🤩 I am incredibly fortunate to step into the (giant) footsteps of St Edmund Hall’s inorganic chemists, including Mike Mingos, who has kindly gifted me his extensive collection of crystal structure models. A dream for any solid state chemist and an incredibly useful resource 💛🧡❤️10 Jul 2025 09:22 +0000at://did:plc:vj7jty5h5tfu4hm3txasm464/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltlyylkx5s22https://bsky.app/profile/bluebananna.bsky.social/post/3lrwus4plms23A sunny good morning from the Radcliffe Camera and its fabulous rainbow makeup 🌈 #MorningPerson #MagicalBubble19 Jun 2025 06:16 +0000at://did:plc:vj7jty5h5tfu4hm3txasm464/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrwus4plms23https://bsky.app/profile/bluebananna.bsky.social/post/3ldrfzodnhs2vAnd it’s a wrap 🎁 Final work day done and at least part of the to do list complete. Fantastic Fellows Christmas dinner in College to round off my first term back at Oxford and now on my final commute home for 2024 🚂 See you in the New Year, Oxford! 🍾🥂 #OxfordLife #ReadyForChristmas20 Dec 2024 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:vj7jty5h5tfu4hm3txasm464/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldrfzodnhs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/bluebananna.bsky.social/post/3ldqdqvnzes2iFinal work day pre-Christmas and about to head out for our group Christmas lunch 🎄 Going stereotypically Oxford by having it at the KA. We always used to go for group drinks there during my DPhil so nice to continue this tradition 🙌 The photo is from an early morning walk to work the other day 🧡20 Dec 2024 12:03 +0000at://did:plc:vj7jty5h5tfu4hm3txasm464/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldqdqvnzes2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/bluebananna.bsky.social/post/3ldncpmaq4s2nThe countdown to Christmas is truly on now 🎄 A couple more days filled with admission meetings, ALL those thing I promised myself to get done before the holidays, and Christmas lunches and dinners 🙌 #BusyFinale #AlmostThere #OxfordLife19 Dec 2024 07:06 +0000at://did:plc:vj7jty5h5tfu4hm3txasm464/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldncpmaq4s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/bluebananna.bsky.social/post/3ld3rvlz2os2mThis week has been a week of (coffee fuelled) early mornings ☕️ With undergraduate admissions in full swing I needed those extra hours in the morning to keep up with everything else 😅 Oxford feels extra special pre sunrise with hardly any people around 🌙 #OxfordLife #MagicalSpires12 Dec 2024 07:50 +0000at://did:plc:vj7jty5h5tfu4hm3txasm464/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld3rvlz2os2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/bluebananna.bsky.social/post/3lcnwyipx5k2dA fantastic week at #F24MRS is coming to an end. Lots of great science and the opportunity to catch up with old friends and new 💙 Big shout out to the @roysocchem.bsky.social grant for carers who made it possible for me to be here with my 2yo in tow 💪 #TravellingScientist #AcademicMama06 Dec 2024 19:44 +0000at://did:plc:vj7jty5h5tfu4hm3txasm464/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcnwyipx5k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/bluebananna.bsky.social/post/3lcl4ecccus24How about switching from Li and Na-based battery materials to fluorine ones? 💡 @brentmelot.bsky.social providing a convincing case to get creative with F ions at #F24MRS 💪 🔋05 Dec 2024 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:vj7jty5h5tfu4hm3txasm464/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcl4ecccus24https://bsky.app/profile/bluebananna.bsky.social/post/3lckw5byld22bStart of another day of #F24MRS and thick snow on the 30th+ floor of my hotel ❄️ Energy levels are somewhat running low at this point of the week and it’s tempting to crawl back into bed and watch the snow fall, but plenty of great science still to come 💪 #KeepGoing #TravellingScientist05 Dec 2024 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:vj7jty5h5tfu4hm3txasm464/app.bsky.feed.post/3lckw5byld22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/bluebananna.bsky.social/post/3lcivavu2k22dReally fantastic work by @virtualatoms.bsky.social on searching (theoretically) for crystalline anisotropic dielectrics 🙌 Check out atomate2 if you wanna have a go yourself: materialsproject.github.io/atomate2/04 Dec 2024 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:vj7jty5h5tfu4hm3txasm464/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcivavu2k22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/bluebananna.bsky.social/post/3lcijl5w2xc2gWant to work on oxides for power electronics? We have a 3.5 year DPhil (PhD) project on gallium oxide available in our group starting Oct 25 🙌 Do get in touch if you have any questions 💡 https://chem.web.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/regoutz-anna-dphil-studentship.pdf04 Dec 2024 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:vj7jty5h5tfu4hm3txasm464/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcijl5w2xc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/bluebananna.bsky.social/post/3lcfyumcp2c2dJoel Varley from LLNL always promises high quality oxide theory and once more he didn’t disappoint 🤩 A true tour-de-force of gallium oxide theory and the complexity not only of oxygen defects but also gallium vacancies 🙌 #UWBG #OxidesAreFun #ItsComplicated03 Dec 2024 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:vj7jty5h5tfu4hm3txasm464/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcfyumcp2c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/bluebananna.bsky.social/post/3lcdtlxvvpc2bInspiring talk by @lonepair.bsky.social at #F24MRS including fascinating assessments of the traditional roles of modelling and experiment compared to the role of the data-driven approach „Captain“ 🧑‍✈️02 Dec 2024 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:vj7jty5h5tfu4hm3txasm464/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcdtlxvvpc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/bluebananna.bsky.social/post/3lcd4nrvlik2lGood morning Boston ☀️ Excited for #F24MRS. A fully packed program with one too many interesting talks at the same time. Tough decisions will have to be made 😅 #TravellingScientist02 Dec 2024 12:26 +0000at://did:plc:vj7jty5h5tfu4hm3txasm464/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcd4nrvlik2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bluebananna.bsky.social/post/3lbzlj32a7s2xChristmas comes early in Oxford #OxMas I’ve watched several Christmas trees arrive today and was fascinated by the engineering operation involved in positioning the tree on top of the medieval well in the front quad. A nice distraction during tutorial work today 🎄 #OfficeView #OxfordLife28 Nov 2024 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:vj7jty5h5tfu4hm3txasm464/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbzlj32a7s2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/bluebananna.bsky.social/post/3lbcaqagw4224Spending today at the IoP for a workshop on the topic of physics & AI. Curious to hear from a broad range of colleagues and stakeholders on what the drivers, opportunities and challenges are around the use and development of AI 💫19 Nov 2024 10:41 +0000at://did:plc:vj7jty5h5tfu4hm3txasm464/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbcaqagw4224https://bsky.app/profile/bluebananna.bsky.social/post/3keajkuyx6a2bWe currently have a project on gallium oxide thin films available through the competitive DTP route at UCL (Project ID: 2228cd1383) 🙌Deadline 8th January 2024 📢 Get in touch if you're interested! More info on the scheme here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epsrc-doctoral-training/prospective-students/apply-ucl-epsrc-dtp-studentship15 Nov 2023 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:vj7jty5h5tfu4hm3txasm464/app.bsky.feed.post/3keajkuyx6a2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/bluebananna.bsky.social/post/3ke52ofya3c2vAre you a #HAXPES user at beamline P22 at DESY? 💫The beamline team is looking for responses to a survey on their current review and scheduling processes ✍️ If you haven't received a link yet, but would like to add your thoughts, DM me 🙌14 Nov 2023 07:58 +0000at://did:plc:vj7jty5h5tfu4hm3txasm464/app.bsky.feed.post/3ke52ofya3c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/bluebananna.bsky.social/post/3kd23prxfl62xOn the outskirts of Oxford this morning to take part in an exciting project 🤩 Always a pleasure (and challenge) to work in a professional recording environment 😅 The result will be revealed in the not too distant future 🤓31 Oct 2023 10:14 +0000at://did:plc:vj7jty5h5tfu4hm3txasm464/app.bsky.feed.post/3kd23prxfl62xhttps://bsky.app/profile/bluebananna.bsky.social/post/3kc72uvwgqa2xShort but productive trip to beamline P22 at DESY for a test experiment on the Polaris ambient pressure #HAXPES end station 🤩 Great team and many useful discussions 💪 Now hoping that my plane will make it through #StormBabet back to London 😅 #TravellingScientist20 Oct 2023 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:vj7jty5h5tfu4hm3txasm464/app.bsky.feed.post/3kc72uvwgqa2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/bluebananna.bsky.social/post/3kbcao2lblc2pOff to Trieste for a couple of days of meetings at Elettra 💫 Looking forward to discussing all things photoelectron spectroscopy and to catch up with collaborators who have become close friends over the years (and possibly to some Italian treats) 🤩🍝 #TravellingScientist09 Oct 2023 05:13 +0000at://did:plc:vj7jty5h5tfu4hm3txasm464/app.bsky.feed.post/3kbcao2lblc2p