In the past month or so, I've had a lot of good time: I got to visit the Singh Nanotechnology Center at U Penn, to have a nice 10 days in Ecuador, to attend the CMi day at EPFL and CAM workshop in Halle. Next up: ICEM in Brno, and then it's going to get a bit more relaxed until September, hopefully

Very much enjoying the 9th Thermal Probe Workshop at Heidelberg Instruments Nano, which still feels like home to me 🤍

Nothing special, just me and my pot going to a Swiss Semiconductor Industry Day.

Our daycare sometimes offers us to take the food that they otherwise want to throw away, and yesterday they made way too much risotto, and I'm giving back the pot before going to listen to the industry gossip.

Occasionally, that happens to my picture gallery ❤️‍🔥🤣

Yay, I made my first meme!!!

Seriously, I think every time someone reposts about the brand-new state of matter, a physicist dies somewhere.

#majorana #majorana1 #quantumcomputer #qubit

Lab is always home.

As I am taking pictures of some Imina nanoprobers, I'm giving in to nostalgia.

These instruments (and an EBL machine, a wet bench, a 14T magnet, and a 250mK fridge) + literally 6 kilometres of skotch tape is what my PhD is made with.

Couldn't not share

If the last couple of years taught me anything, then it's this: "I'll just figure out how to brew coffee at home and save on going to a café" isn't saving neither time, nor money, but occasionally does produce good coffee. Not reproducibly though.

Last weekend, I was in Paris, and as I was trying to find the exit from Les Halles station, I found an interesting-looking mural featuring an even more interesting formulae. While I still need to check what it is all about, I thought I'd share it here.

#mysteriousmysteryofmysteries

Something cute to start the week!

I didn't even know there were blue geckos!

@profrachelgan.bsky.social there you go! Now it's officially my favourite nanofab story 🤣

So I happen to have a favourite specialty coffee shop (Friend or Foe in Bern).

It's in a cool basement around the corner from where Einstein is believed to have had his special relativity Eureka moment. The barista is a perfect example of Latino hospitality. And the coffee is outstanding.🧵

The hilarious book I'm currently reading. There's also a fascinating story of a nanofab built over indigenous burial site, and shaman fixing a yield issue, let me know if I should post the snapshot of that, too.

Was trying to take passport pictures of my older son yesterday 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

At least now we have bespoke WhatsApp stickers for the family chat.

On the 30th of December, my friends and I hiked to a nudist beach close to Tarragona, Spain, — no kids, no husbands, no dogs.

There, I found a human pelvic bone.

As we waited for the police, we had lovely tea with croissants, looked for fossils, and had a great cold plunge.

Living the best life.