Theoretical Physicist and Computational Materials Scientist. Currently an EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellow in the School of Physics at the University of Bristol. In free time, a bell ringer, an archer, and a runner…https://bsky.app/profile/chriswoodgate.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/chriswoodgate.bsky.social/post/3mi5fbnkzfk24Pleased to be able to share another #research publication, this time examining the computational efficiency of various proposed parallelisation schemes for the Wang–Landau sampling scheme, useful for studying phase transitions. 📝 Read more in Computer Physics Communications: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2026.11012528 Mar 2026 19:41 +0000at://did:plc:y7ikv6wane63ss4nmdgpsv5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi5fbnkzfk24https://bsky.app/profile/chriswoodgate.bsky.social/post/3mhckb62rdk2bMy latest #publication examines why Ni diffuses so sluggishly in Fe-Ni #alloys, with local lattice distortions—and associated magnetism—playing a key role. 🧲 You can find out more about this #research in Physical Review Materials: https://doi.org/10.1103/4q1c-97bp18 Mar 2026 03:29 +0000at://did:plc:y7ikv6wane63ss4nmdgpsv5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhckb62rdk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/chriswoodgate.bsky.social/post/3mdlmjduu4c2sCheck out my latest #research #article, published today in Acta Materialia! 🚀 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2026.121965 Here, we present a combined #experimental and #computational investigation into how an applied #magnetic field can affect #spinodal #decomposition in Cu-Ni-Fe #alloys. Enjoy! 🧲29 Jan 2026 20:22 +0000at://did:plc:y7ikv6wane63ss4nmdgpsv5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdlmjduu4c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/chriswoodgate.bsky.social/post/3m7biqahzqk2mReally pleased to be able to share my latest research article, published today by @joss-openjournals.bsky.social https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.08346 BraWl is a lightweight Fortran package for exploring the configuration space of multicomponent alloys using conventional and enhanced sampling techniques. 🤖05 Dec 2025 22:07 +0000at://did:plc:y7ikv6wane63ss4nmdgpsv5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7biqahzqk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/chriswoodgate.bsky.social/post/3m7bijp2apk2mIt was really great to be able to go on an extended visit to the group of Dr. Alannah Hallas in the Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute at the University of British Columbia this Autumn. Lots of interesting discussions, and hopefully some cool publications coming down the line! #physics05 Dec 2025 22:03 +0000at://did:plc:y7ikv6wane63ss4nmdgpsv5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7bijp2apk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/chriswoodgate.bsky.social/post/3lw7pkq2y3s2fThrilled to share my latest #research #article, published today in Journal of Physics: Materials https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7639/adf468 We model the #thermodynamics, #phase #stability, and #properties of two #refractory #HighEntropy #superalloys. Check it out! @ioppublishing.bsky.social12 Aug 2025 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:y7ikv6wane63ss4nmdgpsv5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw7pkq2y3s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/chriswoodgate.bsky.social/post/3lnnypyehhk2rIt was really great to speak in the webinar series for the MuST Program for Disordered Materials today, talking about some of the work we have been doing recently on #HighEntropyAlloys 🔩 You can find a recording of my talk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1DxKTKzDC0 🚀25 Apr 2025 19:52 +0000at://did:plc:y7ikv6wane63ss4nmdgpsv5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnnypyehhk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/chriswoodgate.bsky.social/post/3ll4fv6eq422vHad a great time presenting at the 2025 @apsphysics.bsky.social Global #Physics Summit in Anaheim last week! My invited talk in a session focussing on #DisorderedMaterials was well-received, with plenty of interesting discussions afterwards. Until next time! 🚀 #Physics #MaterialsScience #Theory24 Mar 2025 09:09 +0000at://did:plc:y7ikv6wane63ss4nmdgpsv5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll4fv6eq422vhttps://bsky.app/profile/chriswoodgate.bsky.social/post/3lg2hb6rd222nHad a really great week attending the 16th Joint MMM-Intermag Conference, held in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA! This joint meeting is one of the world's premier #magnetism conferences 🧲 There were lots of great presentations throughout the week, and plenty of interesting discussions, too!18 Jan 2025 23:22 +0000at://did:plc:y7ikv6wane63ss4nmdgpsv5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg2hb6rd222nhttps://bsky.app/profile/chriswoodgate.bsky.social/post/3lfpmm2jems24Great to be here in New Orleans for the 2025 Joint MMM/Intermag meeting, one of the premier global magnetism conferences! 🧲 I have two talks on Wednesday and Thursday mornings, and am also chairing a session on Friday. Come along to find out more about some of our recent work! #Magnetism14 Jan 2025 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:y7ikv6wane63ss4nmdgpsv5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfpmm2jems24https://bsky.app/profile/chriswoodgate.bsky.social/post/3letbdsmzb22nAs @bsky.app is a (relatively) new platform and I am a (relatively) new user here, I thought I would share a thread of my 'back catalogue' of publications so the community can get a flavour of the sort of problems on which I work. Here goes! #Physics #MaterialsScience #MaterialsModelling03 Jan 2025 09:23 +0000at://did:plc:y7ikv6wane63ss4nmdgpsv5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3letbdsmzb22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/chriswoodgate.bsky.social/post/3lc4kr3sqns2sReally pleased to be able to share this research article, published today in npj Computational Materials: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41524-024-01435-y Here, we examine how alloying additions may be used to control chemical ordering tendencies and magnetic properties in FeNi-based magnets! 🧲 #Physics #MaterialsScience29 Nov 2024 21:49 +0000at://did:plc:y7ikv6wane63ss4nmdgpsv5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc4kr3sqns2shttps://bsky.app/profile/chriswoodgate.bsky.social/post/3lbzpmbjfjk2mCheck out our latest research article examining the thermodynamics and phase stability of the Al-CrFeCoNi #HighEntropyAlloy: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41524-024-01445-w Really great to have been able to work with the group of Livia Bartók-Pártay on this project! #MaterialsScience #Phyiscs #Chemistry28 Nov 2024 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:y7ikv6wane63ss4nmdgpsv5n/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbzpmbjfjk2m