Kate Lancaster
@drkatel.bsky.social
All about lasers/plasmas/fusion/bread/miscellany. Senior lecturer in physics. She/Her
Post me from a different era. Aged 23 in 2002 putting the finishing touches to the neutron time-of-flight arrays for my PhD project. So wholesome.
November 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Post me from a different era. Aged 23 in 2002 putting the finishing touches to the neutron time-of-flight arrays for my PhD project. So wholesome.
Back to teaching this week so back to jazzy Thursday! This weeks effort was firework themed, black base and nail varnish pens for the detail. 🎆🎇
November 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Back to teaching this week so back to jazzy Thursday! This weeks effort was firework themed, black base and nail varnish pens for the detail. 🎆🎇
RIP my Eurofusion mug. It’s my fav mug for my morning cuppa and a hairline crack means it’s no longer viable 😭
November 1, 2025 at 10:04 AM
RIP my Eurofusion mug. It’s my fav mug for my morning cuppa and a hairline crack means it’s no longer viable 😭
Since next week is consolidation week (so no lectures) I needed to do my spooky Jazzy Thursday nails this week! The base is a charity nail varnish called “the blackest sabbath” where the proceeds go to Cure Parkinson’s. The stickers on top are spooky! Overall a Halloweeny treat. 🦇🕷️🕸️🧛♀️
October 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Since next week is consolidation week (so no lectures) I needed to do my spooky Jazzy Thursday nails this week! The base is a charity nail varnish called “the blackest sabbath” where the proceeds go to Cure Parkinson’s. The stickers on top are spooky! Overall a Halloweeny treat. 🦇🕷️🕸️🧛♀️
This weeks Jazzy Thursday was an experiment! I did a dusky pink base and then used purple and pink nail varnish pens to get a leopard print effect 🐆🥰
October 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This weeks Jazzy Thursday was an experiment! I did a dusky pink base and then used purple and pink nail varnish pens to get a leopard print effect 🐆🥰
This weeks Jazzy Thursday was a simple but very shiny affair. Just a couple of coats of the prism polish “help me, I’m feeling”. Liquid silver gorgeousness. Lots of the students playing along which is very wholesome 🥰
October 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
This weeks Jazzy Thursday was a simple but very shiny affair. Just a couple of coats of the prism polish “help me, I’m feeling”. Liquid silver gorgeousness. Lots of the students playing along which is very wholesome 🥰
A Virgin Mary the Yorkshire way (with Hendo’s) 🥰
October 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
A Virgin Mary the Yorkshire way (with Hendo’s) 🥰
This week’s jazzy Thursday - Cherry and berry realness 😍
October 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This week’s jazzy Thursday - Cherry and berry realness 😍
RIP Brian Patten. He featured in one of my favourite poetry books when I was a teen 😢
September 30, 2025 at 9:23 PM
RIP Brian Patten. He featured in one of my favourite poetry books when I was a teen 😢
I always have a greggles brekker on Fridays as a treat. Finally treated myself to their reusable cup. Fits perfectly into the cup holder in my car 🥰
September 26, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I always have a greggles brekker on Fridays as a treat. Finally treated myself to their reusable cup. Fits perfectly into the cup holder in my car 🥰
First jazzy Thursday of the season. I did magnetic nail polish from Prism (called “follow the screams”). A bit sparkly, a bit physics-y 🥰 🧲 💅
September 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
First jazzy Thursday of the season. I did magnetic nail polish from Prism (called “follow the screams”). A bit sparkly, a bit physics-y 🥰 🧲 💅
As tradition dictates - the first maths lecture of the season gets the maths dress! 😀
September 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
As tradition dictates - the first maths lecture of the season gets the maths dress! 😀
Day 1, week 0 autumn semester! A picture for posterity (and to track the decay 😂)
September 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Day 1, week 0 autumn semester! A picture for posterity (and to track the decay 😂)
September garden is just 🥰🥰🥰🥰
September 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
September garden is just 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Yes I’m a giant baby but the new Sylvanian family range at uniqlo is 🥰
August 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Yes I’m a giant baby but the new Sylvanian family range at uniqlo is 🥰
Hello I’m a competent human
August 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Hello I’m a competent human
Picked 800g of delicious cherry tomatoes and turned them into a delicious tomato sauce for pasta 🥰🥰🥰🥰🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅
August 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Picked 800g of delicious cherry tomatoes and turned them into a delicious tomato sauce for pasta 🥰🥰🥰🥰🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅
The curtain track for some reason broke and fell down. I swear there is no job more fiddley and annoying that putting up curtain track (with the exception of wiring in pendant lights). Be prepared for the air to be even more blue around me for the next hour 🤯🤬
August 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The curtain track for some reason broke and fell down. I swear there is no job more fiddley and annoying that putting up curtain track (with the exception of wiring in pendant lights). Be prepared for the air to be even more blue around me for the next hour 🤯🤬
Not seen this Choo Choo before! The White Rose!
July 19, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Not seen this Choo Choo before! The White Rose!
When was the last time you had a banana split? Why aren’t you eating one now?
July 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
When was the last time you had a banana split? Why aren’t you eating one now?
Another great Glastonbury. It was as ever simultaneously relentless, dusty and hot whilst being incredible, amazing and the greatest show on earth. Highlights include: Anohni and the Johnsons, Alanis Morrissette, Doechii, Pulp, Jade, Self esteem, Beth Gibbons, P P Arnold, Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso
June 30, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Another great Glastonbury. It was as ever simultaneously relentless, dusty and hot whilst being incredible, amazing and the greatest show on earth. Highlights include: Anohni and the Johnsons, Alanis Morrissette, Doechii, Pulp, Jade, Self esteem, Beth Gibbons, P P Arnold, Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso
In an office sort out at the YPI a draft version of “The Physics of Laser Plasma Intereactions” by W. L. Kruer was found! What a total find! Pictures show a newer copy of the book this draft became. Very much a “how it started / how it’s going” situation 🥰
June 13, 2025 at 9:54 AM
In an office sort out at the YPI a draft version of “The Physics of Laser Plasma Intereactions” by W. L. Kruer was found! What a total find! Pictures show a newer copy of the book this draft became. Very much a “how it started / how it’s going” situation 🥰
I was at this event as part of the final panel on communication of research at a wider level (outreach etc) with @emmayhnell.bsky.social and Clau Nader and expertly chaired by Andrew Barker 😀
June 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I was at this event as part of the final panel on communication of research at a wider level (outreach etc) with @emmayhnell.bsky.social and Clau Nader and expertly chaired by Andrew Barker 😀