Last week, I had a fantastic time at the second DAEMON Cost meeting in Den Haag. We made great progress in developing strategies to democratize and promote diversity in machine learning for materials science.

I had a great time @CCSC2024 atomic-scale in Heidelberg. It was a great venue to meet old friends and to network. Amongst great presentations by leaders of the field, I had the opportunity to present my research on atomic scale insights into frictional energy dissipation.

I am honoured to have been selected as a finalist for the Gerhard Ertl Young Investigator Award by the Surface Section of the German Physical Society. This allowed me to present my groundbreaking research on atomic-scale friction to a diverse audience of scientists at #dpg2024.

Great news! I have won a poster prize from the RCS Birmingham and West Midlands section for my work on ultra-low friction interfaces. See for a thorough investigation of the impact that the structure of molecule/metal interface has on friction.

Our new publication explores the in-plane interactions of adsorbed molecules with lateral force microscopy. See to learn how we were able to directly image hydrogen atoms, which have long eluded direct measurement due to their small size.

I am very proud to have been able to present a poster dedicated to my latest work at the "International Symposium on Machine Learning in Quantum Chemistry"! If you want to learn more, please check out the publication connected to it:

I am proud to have published a new paper on engineering ultra-low friction interfaces. See for a thorough investigation of the impact that the structure of molecule/metal interface has on the static friction coefficient.

I am very proud to have received a UFO postdoctoral fellowship from the Austrian state of Styria. The project has a duration of one year and will research switchable superlubricity, a state of ultra-low friction that can be switched on and off.