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2026

Lobster dinner at the Gordon Research Conference on Solid State Chemistry
Lobster night at the solid state GRC, New Hampshire.
Group hike during the Gordon Research Conference on Solid State Chemistry
A hiking excursion from the solid state GRC. Matt, Colin Morrell (CalTech), Erick Lawrence (UCSB), Jonathan Van Buskirk and Clare Grey (Cambridge), Rachel Nixon (MPI CPfS, Dresden).
Seshadri group members past and present at the solid state Gordon Research Conference
Seshadri affiliates, old and new, at the solid state GRC, New Hampshire, August 2026.
Volunteers from the United Way Lunch Bunch summer programme
Our recent Lunch Bunch cohort. Graduate students from UC Santa Barbara's Materials and Chemistry departments come along for lunch and games with the kids attending United Way of Santa Barbara.
LEAP project meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Archana Raja (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab), Katie, Laila and Matt in Santa Fe.

2025

Nobel Prize talk at UC Santa Barbara
UCSB Professors John Martinis and Michel Devoret give a talk after winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Kickoff meeting for the LEAP research grant
Low-Energy, AI-Informed Phase Transitions (LEAP) kickoff.
Conference dinner at the International Workshop on Advanced Materials
Attendees of IWAM 2025, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE, February 2025.
At the International Workshop on Advanced Materials, Ras Al Khaimah
IWAM, Ras Al Khaimah. Matt, Anya and Sir Tony.
Amelia Reach, Ram Seshadri and Tony Cheetham
Amelia Reach, Ram Seshadri and Tony Cheetham.
Giving a talk at the Materials Research Laboratory, UC Santa Barbara
Matt giving a talk at the MRL, UCSB.
Seshadri group trivia night at a local brewery
Seshadri group trivia night at Draughtsmen Aleworks. Unfortunately, it was a poor performance.
The Seshadri Lab group photograph, October 2025
The Seshadri Lab, October 2025. (L to R) Anya Mulligan (grad student), Jacey Li (undergrad), Angie Wu (undergrad), Mira Smith (undergrad), Aditya Chezhiyan (undergrad), Josephine Wong (undergrad), Haowen Tian (grad student), Laila Reimanis (grad student), Katie Brockmeyer (grad student), Stephen Browne (grad student), Matt Wright (postdoc), Alex Bologna (grad student), Professor Ram Seshadri.

2024

The NOMAD beamline at the Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge
NOMAD, Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Starting at the Materials Research Laboratory, UC Santa Barbara
Matt starts at the MRL, UCSB.
Rosseinsky group PhD graduation, University of Liverpool
The Rosseinsky group graduates eight new PhDs, June 2024, Liverpool. (L to R) Dr Alexandra Morscher, Dr Samanta Durdy, Dr Katie Scott, Dr Matt Wright, Dr Eleanor Stemple, Dr Jon Newnham, Dr Oliver Rogan, Dr Adam Tollitt.

2023

HAXPES instrument at the Photon Science Institute, Manchester
HAXPES at the Photon Science Institute, University of Manchester.
Graduation celebration in Liverpool
Graduation party night out, Liverpool.
Rosseinsky group day out, August 2023
The Rosseinsky Group (in part), August 2023. (L to R) Josh Mackley, Adam Tollitt, Alex Ghannam, Ahmad Malik (seated), Luke Johnson, Katie Scott, Marco Zanella, Catriona Crawford, Bowen Liu (seated), Datta Markad, Jon Newnham, Vikki Berryman (kneeling), Bengt Tegner, Matt Wright, Hong Cai (kneeling), Luke Daniels, Eleanor Stemple (kneeling), Manel Sonni, Sumanta Sarkar, Xiang Zhou, Hongil Jo, Haribabu Bathula, Chi Zhang, Hang Qu, Teresa Manzanera, Ruiyong Chen, Batoul Almoussawi, Dongshen Wen, Cristi Garrett, Moinak Dutta.
Summer barbecue in Sefton Park, Liverpool
Summer BBQ, Sefton Park, Liverpool. Alex Katsoulidis takes charge.
Royal Society of Chemistry Christmas conference, Edinburgh
RSC Christmas conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2023. (L to R) Matt Dyer, Nataliia Hulai, Anna Krowitz, Moinak Dutta, Cara Hawkins, Dmytro Antypov, Alexandra Morscher, Sam Goodwin, Matt Wright, Jae Evans, Luke Skilander.

2022

Eurovision watch party
Eurovision watch party at Matt's house. Avery centre stage.
Prize talk at the Johnson Matthey Academic Conference
JMAC conference prize talk.
Prize winners at the Johnson Matthey Academic Conference
JMAC prize winners.
Leverhulme conference visit to Anfield, Liverpool
Anfield, home of Liverpool Football Club, with the UEFA Champions League trophy, Leverhulme conference 2022. (L to R) Josh Mackley, Katie Scott, Jon Newnham, Matt Wright, Alex Ghannam, Adam Tollitt, Grace Farmer, Anna Krowitz, Nataliia Hulai, Batoul Almoussawi, Quinn Gibson.
At the Leverhulme conference, 2022
Leverhulme conference 2022. Matt, Katie Scott and Grace Farmer.
Christmas at the Materials Innovation Factory, Liverpool
Christmas in the Materials Innovation Factory, December 2022.
Rosseinsky group meal
Rosseinsky group meal.
Group photograph at a wedding
Partial group photo, Tom B's wedding.
XANES and EXAFS measurements on beamline B18, Diamond Light Source
XANES and EXAFS at B18, Diamond Light Source.

2019–2021

Christmas at the Materials Innovation Factory, Liverpool
Christmas in the Materials Innovation Factory, December 2021.
Powder X-ray diffraction on beamline I11, Diamond Light Source
PXRD at I11, Diamond Light Source, Harwell, UK.