Day 347

Best paper title ever. more...

Day 335

An end-of-the-year card from my students. They've been amazing and I shall miss them. more...

Day 328

Yummy Malaysian curry puffs, courtesy of my students. more...

Day 321

My students went to Spain over the Easter holidays and all I got was this lousy keychain. Well, actually, I thought it was awfully sweet of them. :) more...

Day 314

Today, Jeremy started a new job and I found out I wasn't shortlisted for a fellowship. Both these events seemed to call for ice cream. more...

Day 293

Hey, some days ya gotta do what ya gotta do. more...

Day 263

This is what I do all day. When I'm not tutoring or marking papers or lecturing or writing fellowship applications or making figures. This is the fun bit.

Please don't run away screaming now. more...

Day 258

Crystal structure was one of my worst subjects as an undergrad, and I had to teach it today. Ugh. more...

Day 252

Look what my sweet students brought me from Turkey! more...

Day 251

My new office. Moving in here was a bit of a headache, but I'm enjoying it now. more...

Day 228

A mountain of papers to mark. Ugh. more...

Day 224

Another worm dangled into the murky pool of job applications. Here, fishy fishy... more...

Day 174

For some reason I'm really struggling with this week's lecture prep. Ugh. more...

Day 139

Does this look like a diagram that took the better part of three days to construct? No, I didn't think so either. more...

Day 104

I finally finished my fellowship application yesterday, so today I got to clean off my desk and chuck all my notes in the recycling bin. Believe it or not, the application was only three pages! more...

Day 75

This would make a great science cartoon. more...

Day 34

Spotted in an office window down the hall from me. more...

Day 26

Together at last! more...

Day 25

Is there anything sadder than a power supply without a computer? My new laptop for work is still in the clutches of the IT guy, but he kindly (?) gave me the bag and cables. I want my computer! more...