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We are Imperial’s world-changing Department Of Materials, where scientific imagination solves real-world problems.
🧪 What does it take to make a turbine blade? Céline Bourquin, our MEng student spent her student internship at Safran Aircraft Engines exploring superalloys and turbine blades firsthand.
Read more about Celine’s internship reflections: blogs.imperial.ac.uk/materials/20...
Read more about Celine’s internship reflections: blogs.imperial.ac.uk/materials/20...
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
🧪 What does it take to make a turbine blade? Céline Bourquin, our MEng student spent her student internship at Safran Aircraft Engines exploring superalloys and turbine blades firsthand.
Read more about Celine’s internship reflections: blogs.imperial.ac.uk/materials/20...
Read more about Celine’s internship reflections: blogs.imperial.ac.uk/materials/20...
🎉 A huge congratulations to Professor Molly Stevens DBE on her election to the US National Academy of Medicine (@nam.edu) in recognition of her exceptional contributions to biomaterials and regenerative medicine!
📖 More about her election: www.imperial.ac.uk/news/270253/...
📖 More about her election: www.imperial.ac.uk/news/270253/...
October 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
🎉 A huge congratulations to Professor Molly Stevens DBE on her election to the US National Academy of Medicine (@nam.edu) in recognition of her exceptional contributions to biomaterials and regenerative medicine!
📖 More about her election: www.imperial.ac.uk/news/270253/...
📖 More about her election: www.imperial.ac.uk/news/270253/...
Turning data into discovery: Materials PhD student Vincent Chung is finding new ways to predict real, makeable materials.
Read his story here: blogs.imperial.ac.uk/materials/20...
#PhD #Research #MaterialsScience #MachineLearning #ImperialPhD | @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
Read his story here: blogs.imperial.ac.uk/materials/20...
#PhD #Research #MaterialsScience #MachineLearning #ImperialPhD | @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
PhD Spotlight: Vincent Chung on unlocking new possibilities in data-driven materials discovery - Imperial Materials
Vincent Chung is exploring how data-driven approaches can help identify synthesizable materials and improve the efficiency of experimental validation.
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October 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Turning data into discovery: Materials PhD student Vincent Chung is finding new ways to predict real, makeable materials.
Read his story here: blogs.imperial.ac.uk/materials/20...
#PhD #Research #MaterialsScience #MachineLearning #ImperialPhD | @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
Read his story here: blogs.imperial.ac.uk/materials/20...
#PhD #Research #MaterialsScience #MachineLearning #ImperialPhD | @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
🔋Smarter #batteries start with smarter #materials.
At @imperialmaterials.bsky.social, Dr Ann Huang and her team are designing next-gen electrodes to make #EVs go farther and last longer.
Read more in our Impact at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social series: www.imperial.ac.uk/Stories/impa...
At @imperialmaterials.bsky.social, Dr Ann Huang and her team are designing next-gen electrodes to make #EVs go farther and last longer.
Read more in our Impact at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social series: www.imperial.ac.uk/Stories/impa...
Introducing Ann Huang, expert in energy storage materials
Making an impact by designing smart electrodes that improve battery performance
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October 7, 2025 at 10:31 AM
🔋Smarter #batteries start with smarter #materials.
At @imperialmaterials.bsky.social, Dr Ann Huang and her team are designing next-gen electrodes to make #EVs go farther and last longer.
Read more in our Impact at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social series: www.imperial.ac.uk/Stories/impa...
At @imperialmaterials.bsky.social, Dr Ann Huang and her team are designing next-gen electrodes to make #EVs go farther and last longer.
Read more in our Impact at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social series: www.imperial.ac.uk/Stories/impa...
🏅Celebrating recognition from the Royal Academy of Engineering (@raeng.org.uk): Professor John Kilner has been elected a Fellow for his work on materials for clean energy.
Joining him is our alumna Dr Eleanor Schofield, Director of Collections, Mary Rose Trust.
👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/news/268894/...
Joining him is our alumna Dr Eleanor Schofield, Director of Collections, Mary Rose Trust.
👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/news/268894/...
Imperial engineers honoured by Royal Academy | Imperial News | Imperial College London
Multiple Imperial academics have been honoured by the Royal Academy of Engineering, including the election of new Fellows.
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September 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🏅Celebrating recognition from the Royal Academy of Engineering (@raeng.org.uk): Professor John Kilner has been elected a Fellow for his work on materials for clean energy.
Joining him is our alumna Dr Eleanor Schofield, Director of Collections, Mary Rose Trust.
👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/news/268894/...
Joining him is our alumna Dr Eleanor Schofield, Director of Collections, Mary Rose Trust.
👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/news/268894/...
The modern world is built on steel — but can it ever be green? 🌍♻️
Dr Abigail Ackerman recently joined the @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social Rare Earth podcast (ep. World of Steel) to discuss its history, uses, emissions, and future. @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
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Dr Abigail Ackerman recently joined the @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social Rare Earth podcast (ep. World of Steel) to discuss its history, uses, emissions, and future. @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Rare Earth - World of Steel - BBC Sounds
Steel is the skeleton of the modern world, but can it ever be green?
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September 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The modern world is built on steel — but can it ever be green? 🌍♻️
Dr Abigail Ackerman recently joined the @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social Rare Earth podcast (ep. World of Steel) to discuss its history, uses, emissions, and future. @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Dr Abigail Ackerman recently joined the @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social Rare Earth podcast (ep. World of Steel) to discuss its history, uses, emissions, and future. @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
📢 Royal Society University Research Fellowships are opening soon!
We would especially welcome applications related to the following strategic research topics:
🔬 Biomaterials
⚛️ Functional Materials
🌱 Sustainable Materials
💻 Theory and Simulation of Materials
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We would especially welcome applications related to the following strategic research topics:
🔬 Biomaterials
⚛️ Functional Materials
🌱 Sustainable Materials
💻 Theory and Simulation of Materials
ow.ly/cTUP50WaS6p
July 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
📢 Royal Society University Research Fellowships are opening soon!
We would especially welcome applications related to the following strategic research topics:
🔬 Biomaterials
⚛️ Functional Materials
🌱 Sustainable Materials
💻 Theory and Simulation of Materials
ow.ly/cTUP50WaS6p
We would especially welcome applications related to the following strategic research topics:
🔬 Biomaterials
⚛️ Functional Materials
🌱 Sustainable Materials
💻 Theory and Simulation of Materials
ow.ly/cTUP50WaS6p
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New preprint from Isabel Uwagboe's PhD work - congratulations! Modelling airway-mechanical changes in respiratory disease using a photocured-matrix organoid system. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @imperialnhli.bsky.social @imperialmaterials.bsky.social
Does mechanobiology drive respiratory disease? Biomechanical induction of mucus hypersecretion in human bronchial organoids using a photocontrolled biomaterial gel
Respiratory diseases such as COPD, IPF and severe asthma are major causes of death globally, characterized by chronic inflammation and by fibrotic biomechanical remodelling of the lung ECM. However, p...
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June 30, 2025 at 10:48 AM
New preprint from Isabel Uwagboe's PhD work - congratulations! Modelling airway-mechanical changes in respiratory disease using a photocured-matrix organoid system. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @imperialnhli.bsky.social @imperialmaterials.bsky.social
Congratulations to Dr Chun Ann Huang on being awarded the RSC 2025 Faraday Early Career Prize: Marlow Prize by The Royal Society of Chemistry 🎉 @rsc.org
Learn more: ow.ly/rRS950WfZ8V
Learn more: ow.ly/rRS950WfZ8V
June 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Congratulations to Dr Chun Ann Huang on being awarded the RSC 2025 Faraday Early Career Prize: Marlow Prize by The Royal Society of Chemistry 🎉 @rsc.org
Learn more: ow.ly/rRS950WfZ8V
Learn more: ow.ly/rRS950WfZ8V
Design Study Project Complete ✅
Congratulations to our first-year undergraduate students who wrapped up their Design Study Module this week!
Over the past six months, they've transformed ideas into practical, real-world design projects, presenting their final projects to company directors 👏
Congratulations to our first-year undergraduate students who wrapped up their Design Study Module this week!
Over the past six months, they've transformed ideas into practical, real-world design projects, presenting their final projects to company directors 👏
June 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Design Study Project Complete ✅
Congratulations to our first-year undergraduate students who wrapped up their Design Study Module this week!
Over the past six months, they've transformed ideas into practical, real-world design projects, presenting their final projects to company directors 👏
Congratulations to our first-year undergraduate students who wrapped up their Design Study Module this week!
Over the past six months, they've transformed ideas into practical, real-world design projects, presenting their final projects to company directors 👏
Congratulations to our Visiting Professor, Professor Sir Vernon Gibson, on being recognised in this year’s King’s Birthday Honours list! 🎉
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/265053/...
#ImperialCollegeLondon #OurImperial
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#ImperialCollegeLondon #OurImperial
Imperial academics receive King’s Birthday Honours | Imperial News | Imperial College London
Three members of Imperial's community have been celebrated in the King’s Birthday Honours list for this year.
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June 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Congratulations to our Visiting Professor, Professor Sir Vernon Gibson, on being recognised in this year’s King’s Birthday Honours list! 🎉
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/265053/...
#ImperialCollegeLondon #OurImperial
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#ImperialCollegeLondon #OurImperial
Metals are an essential part of our daily lives, found in everything from furniture and vehicles to buildings and large-scale infrastructure like bridges 🏗️ ✈️
In a new video, Dr Nima Haghdadi shares more about his latest research on improving the metals we use every day ⬇️ #ImperialCollegeLondon
In a new video, Dr Nima Haghdadi shares more about his latest research on improving the metals we use every day ⬇️ #ImperialCollegeLondon
June 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Metals are an essential part of our daily lives, found in everything from furniture and vehicles to buildings and large-scale infrastructure like bridges 🏗️ ✈️
In a new video, Dr Nima Haghdadi shares more about his latest research on improving the metals we use every day ⬇️ #ImperialCollegeLondon
In a new video, Dr Nima Haghdadi shares more about his latest research on improving the metals we use every day ⬇️ #ImperialCollegeLondon
Join us for the Great Exhibition Road Festival this weekend! 🎉
📅 Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 June
📍 South Kensington
Enjoy talks, performances, workshops, and exhibits celebrating science and the arts.
🎟️ Register now for free tickets: www.greatexhibitionroadfestival.co.uk
📅 Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 June
📍 South Kensington
Enjoy talks, performances, workshops, and exhibits celebrating science and the arts.
🎟️ Register now for free tickets: www.greatexhibitionroadfestival.co.uk
June 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Join us for the Great Exhibition Road Festival this weekend! 🎉
📅 Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 June
📍 South Kensington
Enjoy talks, performances, workshops, and exhibits celebrating science and the arts.
🎟️ Register now for free tickets: www.greatexhibitionroadfestival.co.uk
📅 Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 June
📍 South Kensington
Enjoy talks, performances, workshops, and exhibits celebrating science and the arts.
🎟️ Register now for free tickets: www.greatexhibitionroadfestival.co.uk
A warm welcome to our new academics Dr Daan Arroo and Dr Adrian Najer 👋
Learn more about their research: ow.ly/F39T50VZci2
Learn more about their research: ow.ly/F39T50VZci2
Department of Materials welcomes two new lecturers | Imperial News | Imperial College London
The Department of Materials has welcomed two new lecturers this month, Dr Daan Arroo and Dr Adrian Najer.
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June 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A warm welcome to our new academics Dr Daan Arroo and Dr Adrian Najer 👋
Learn more about their research: ow.ly/F39T50VZci2
Learn more about their research: ow.ly/F39T50VZci2
Dr Jess Wade has been appointed to the UK Quantum Strategic Advisory Board, together with Provost Professor Ian Walmsley 🎉
Find out more about the appointments: ow.ly/7OgW50VVxHe
Find out more about the appointments: ow.ly/7OgW50VVxHe
New appointments to UK Quantum Strategic Advisory Board | Imperial News | Imperial College London
Two Imperial quantum experts have been appointed to the UK Quantum Strategic Advisory Board.
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May 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Dr Jess Wade has been appointed to the UK Quantum Strategic Advisory Board, together with Provost Professor Ian Walmsley 🎉
Find out more about the appointments: ow.ly/7OgW50VVxHe
Find out more about the appointments: ow.ly/7OgW50VVxHe
Professor Neil Alford MBE FRS has been elected a Fellow of the The Royal Society! 🎉
Professor Alford has established an international reputation for his development of functional materials, notably oxides for radiofrequency/microwave applications.
Read more: www.imperial.ac.uk/news/264156/...
Professor Alford has established an international reputation for his development of functional materials, notably oxides for radiofrequency/microwave applications.
Read more: www.imperial.ac.uk/news/264156/...
Imperial researchers elected as Fellows of Royal Society | Imperial News | Imperial College London
Imperial experts in public health, physics, materials and AI have been announced as new Fellows of the Royal Society.
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May 20, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Professor Neil Alford MBE FRS has been elected a Fellow of the The Royal Society! 🎉
Professor Alford has established an international reputation for his development of functional materials, notably oxides for radiofrequency/microwave applications.
Read more: www.imperial.ac.uk/news/264156/...
Professor Alford has established an international reputation for his development of functional materials, notably oxides for radiofrequency/microwave applications.
Read more: www.imperial.ac.uk/news/264156/...
📣 New PhD opportunity!
Dr Adrian Najer is hiring a Research Postgradaute to investigate Antipathogenic Nanomedicines and Protein Corona Engineering.
Find out more and apply: ow.ly/Uyjn50VRaj0
#MaterialsScience #STEMPhD #ImperialCollegeLondon #EngineeringPhD #MaterialsSciencePhD
Dr Adrian Najer is hiring a Research Postgradaute to investigate Antipathogenic Nanomedicines and Protein Corona Engineering.
Find out more and apply: ow.ly/Uyjn50VRaj0
#MaterialsScience #STEMPhD #ImperialCollegeLondon #EngineeringPhD #MaterialsSciencePhD
May 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
📣 New PhD opportunity!
Dr Adrian Najer is hiring a Research Postgradaute to investigate Antipathogenic Nanomedicines and Protein Corona Engineering.
Find out more and apply: ow.ly/Uyjn50VRaj0
#MaterialsScience #STEMPhD #ImperialCollegeLondon #EngineeringPhD #MaterialsSciencePhD
Dr Adrian Najer is hiring a Research Postgradaute to investigate Antipathogenic Nanomedicines and Protein Corona Engineering.
Find out more and apply: ow.ly/Uyjn50VRaj0
#MaterialsScience #STEMPhD #ImperialCollegeLondon #EngineeringPhD #MaterialsSciencePhD
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🧪 Meet Professor Milo Shaffer – Professor of Materials Chemistry at Imperial and expert in carbon and inorganic nanomaterials.
🔗 Learn more about Royce at Imperial: lnkd.in/dPac-AH
#Nanomaterials #MaterialsChemistry #RoyceResearchers #ImperialCollegeLondon #OurImperial #GrapheneResearch
🔗 Learn more about Royce at Imperial: lnkd.in/dPac-AH
#Nanomaterials #MaterialsChemistry #RoyceResearchers #ImperialCollegeLondon #OurImperial #GrapheneResearch
April 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🧪 Meet Professor Milo Shaffer – Professor of Materials Chemistry at Imperial and expert in carbon and inorganic nanomaterials.
🔗 Learn more about Royce at Imperial: lnkd.in/dPac-AH
#Nanomaterials #MaterialsChemistry #RoyceResearchers #ImperialCollegeLondon #OurImperial #GrapheneResearch
🔗 Learn more about Royce at Imperial: lnkd.in/dPac-AH
#Nanomaterials #MaterialsChemistry #RoyceResearchers #ImperialCollegeLondon #OurImperial #GrapheneResearch
We recently celebrated the incredible work of our Postgraduate Researchers in the Department of Materials 🌟
Congratulations to our prize, poster, and image competition winners! 🎉
Find out more about the day: ow.ly/1UfC50VA7my
#ImperialCollegeLondon #PhDStudents #STEMPhD #MaterialsScience #STEM
Congratulations to our prize, poster, and image competition winners! 🎉
Find out more about the day: ow.ly/1UfC50VA7my
#ImperialCollegeLondon #PhDStudents #STEMPhD #MaterialsScience #STEM
Department of Materials celebrates Postgraduate Research Day 2025 | Imperial News | Imperial College London
The Department of Materials held its annual Postgraduate Research (PG) Day on Monday 31 March 2025.
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April 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
We recently celebrated the incredible work of our Postgraduate Researchers in the Department of Materials 🌟
Congratulations to our prize, poster, and image competition winners! 🎉
Find out more about the day: ow.ly/1UfC50VA7my
#ImperialCollegeLondon #PhDStudents #STEMPhD #MaterialsScience #STEM
Congratulations to our prize, poster, and image competition winners! 🎉
Find out more about the day: ow.ly/1UfC50VA7my
#ImperialCollegeLondon #PhDStudents #STEMPhD #MaterialsScience #STEM
Our third-year students recently put their communication and engagement skills to the test for the "How to #Outreach" module during their visit to a school! 🌟
"How to Outreach" is an optional i-Explore module offered to third-year students at Imperial, led by Dr Eleonora D'Elia 🏫💡
"How to Outreach" is an optional i-Explore module offered to third-year students at Imperial, led by Dr Eleonora D'Elia 🏫💡
April 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Our third-year students recently put their communication and engagement skills to the test for the "How to #Outreach" module during their visit to a school! 🌟
"How to Outreach" is an optional i-Explore module offered to third-year students at Imperial, led by Dr Eleonora D'Elia 🏫💡
"How to Outreach" is an optional i-Explore module offered to third-year students at Imperial, led by Dr Eleonora D'Elia 🏫💡
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Meet Dr. Reshma Rao, a Lecturer in Nanomaterials and Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow at Imperial’s Department of Materials and Grantham Institute.
Learn more about our team: www.imperial.ac.uk/royce-facili...
#MaterialsScience #OurImperial #ImperialCollegeLondon
Learn more about our team: www.imperial.ac.uk/royce-facili...
#MaterialsScience #OurImperial #ImperialCollegeLondon
March 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Meet Dr. Reshma Rao, a Lecturer in Nanomaterials and Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow at Imperial’s Department of Materials and Grantham Institute.
Learn more about our team: www.imperial.ac.uk/royce-facili...
#MaterialsScience #OurImperial #ImperialCollegeLondon
Learn more about our team: www.imperial.ac.uk/royce-facili...
#MaterialsScience #OurImperial #ImperialCollegeLondon
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Postgrad seminar day! The group gave great talks and posters on thin film growth and all things wonderful microscopy from cryo atom to electron diff ptychography 🔬😎 @imperialmaterials.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social #microscopy
March 31, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Postgrad seminar day! The group gave great talks and posters on thin film growth and all things wonderful microscopy from cryo atom to electron diff ptychography 🔬😎 @imperialmaterials.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social #microscopy
#ImperialCollegeLondon have joined a €19.95m European project to accelerate battery innovation 🎉
FULL-MAP aims to revolutionise battery research through Artificial Intelligence #AI, automation, and high-throughput experimentation.
Find out more: ow.ly/zI4q50VjXaE
#ResearchNews #MaterialsScience
FULL-MAP aims to revolutionise battery research through Artificial Intelligence #AI, automation, and high-throughput experimentation.
Find out more: ow.ly/zI4q50VjXaE
#ResearchNews #MaterialsScience
Imperial joins €19.95m European project to accelerate battery innovation | Imperial News | Imperial College London
Imperial College London has been awarded £962,928 as part of FULL-MAP, a major new European-funded initiative.
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March 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
#ImperialCollegeLondon have joined a €19.95m European project to accelerate battery innovation 🎉
FULL-MAP aims to revolutionise battery research through Artificial Intelligence #AI, automation, and high-throughput experimentation.
Find out more: ow.ly/zI4q50VjXaE
#ResearchNews #MaterialsScience
FULL-MAP aims to revolutionise battery research through Artificial Intelligence #AI, automation, and high-throughput experimentation.
Find out more: ow.ly/zI4q50VjXaE
#ResearchNews #MaterialsScience
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The Nano 2 MEng and MSc @imperialmaterials.bsky.social students presented their group posters yesterday. What a great way to end the teaching term !
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March 12, 2025 at 8:14 AM
The Nano 2 MEng and MSc @imperialmaterials.bsky.social students presented their group posters yesterday. What a great way to end the teaching term !
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Join our world-changing Department of Materials 🌟
We're hiring a Teaching Laboratory Technician to support our students in teaching laboratories, providing essential technical support for the preparation and running of taught courses in materials science.
Find out more and apply: ow.ly/zMMC50V720Z
We're hiring a Teaching Laboratory Technician to support our students in teaching laboratories, providing essential technical support for the preparation and running of taught courses in materials science.
Find out more and apply: ow.ly/zMMC50V720Z
March 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Join our world-changing Department of Materials 🌟
We're hiring a Teaching Laboratory Technician to support our students in teaching laboratories, providing essential technical support for the preparation and running of taught courses in materials science.
Find out more and apply: ow.ly/zMMC50V720Z
We're hiring a Teaching Laboratory Technician to support our students in teaching laboratories, providing essential technical support for the preparation and running of taught courses in materials science.
Find out more and apply: ow.ly/zMMC50V720Z