23 Oct 2025
Celebrating Research Excellence at ECME 2025
We’re proud to recognise Dr. Shabnum Maqbool and Dr. Yang Lu for their outstanding presentations at the 17th European Conference on Molecular Electronics (ECME).Dr. Shabnum Maqbool presented on “2D Coherent Phonon Dynamics in 2D/3D Heterostructures”, highlighting the role of Pb-Br bond bending modes and ultrafast spectroscopy in hybrid perovskite s…
23 Oct 2025
MATSUS Fall 2025: Valencia
We're thrilled to be part of the MATSUS Conference in Valencia, where leading minds in materials science, chemistry, and engineering are converging to tackle some of the planet’s most pressing challenges. This year’s focus: sustainability and responsible materials use — driving innovation in energy efficiency, reducing environmental impact, and adv…
9 Oct 2025
StranksLab Team Retreat: A Week of Insight, Adventure, and Camaraderie in the Peak District
StranksLab Team Retreat: A Week of Insight, Adventure, and Camaraderie in the Peak DistrictLast week, the StranksLab team embarked on a memorable retreat to the Peak District, blending research, relaxation, and team bonding in a stunning countryside setting.The journey began on Monday with a cultural stop in Nottingham, including a visit to England…
26 Sep 2025
ECME Perovskite Dinner 2025
During the ECME Conference in Cambridge, Professor Sam Stranks hosted a dinner for fellow Perovskite Collaborators. Dinner was enjoyed by all the The Punter in Cambridge.
18 Sep 2025
Konstantina Armadorou Wins Competitive Poster at PSCO
Konstantina Armadorou just presented her work on decay law profiles at PSCO conference in Italy.
18 Sep 2025
Tariq Hussein Journal Debut
Tariq recently had the chance to write a small "tools of the trade" article for Nature Reviews Clean Technology on the use of transient absorption for OPVs.
18 Sep 2025
Konstantina Armadorou Wins Competitive Poster Prize at PSCO
Konstantina Armadorou wins the competitive Poster Prize sponsored by RSC!
18 Sep 2025
Dr Weidong Xu Presents at PSCO 2025
Our amazing Dr Weidong Xu giving a wonderful closing remark of PSCO 2025 with systematic works on PL Characterization of Solar Cells!
18 Sep 2025
Dr Yang Lu Presents PSCO
Dr Yang Lu kicking off the mid-afternoon session at PSCO, with his presentation on layer-by-layer epitaxial growth of perovskites!
18 Sep 2025
Congratulations to Liv Hawkins
Well done to Liv Hawkins for finishing her PES CDT Mini project with us, superbly supervised by Dr Yang Lu and Yuqi. Some very interesting results around stimulated emission and ASE towards electrical lasing. Best of luck for your PhD work!
18 Sep 2025
Farewell to Sara Cepic
Best wishes to Sara Cepic for finishing her visit with us for the last 6 months and well done on some interesting results on your scintillator materials!
18 Sep 2025
Congratualtions to Ji-Hee Yun
Big shout out to Ji-Hee Yun, and supervisors Taeheon Kang & Dr Danbi Kim, for submitting her report and making very good progress on all-perov tandems for photoelectrochemical devices as part of her MPhil ACE programme - some important findings and device developments that will drive several projects going forward. Best of luck for your PhD at EPFL…
18 Sep 2025
Congratulations to Peihao Huang
Congrats to Peihao Huang for finishing his PES CDT Mini project with us, with great supervision from Dr Weidong Xu - some very good progress on automating voltage-dependent hyperspectral mapping that will be a useful platform for further developments and experiments
18 Sep 2025
Congratulations to Joudi Al Ahmadi
Well done & Best Wishes to Joudi on finishing her internship with us for her KAUST Summer School Energy Program, and to Dr Rob Westbrook for excellent supervision. She achieved some very interesting results in a short space of time that will make for important contributions to understanding and quantifying doping in lead-tin systems. Well done and …
15 Sep 2025
Congratulations Dr Yorrick Boeije
We’re incredibly proud of everything you’ve achieved, and while we’ll miss your cheerful personality and signature Dutch-cheese-humour around the office, we’re excited to see what’s next for you.Your contributions to the 2D materials field, especially in spectroscopy, have left a lasting impact—not just within our group, but across the global resea…