Claire Dancer
@clairedancer.bsky.social
Materials Scientist. Working primarily on processing routes for ceramic materials and composites, and manufacturing metamaterials. Associate Professor and 125th Anniversary Fellow at the School of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham, UK.
I have just learned it is International Coffee Day - I think I'll mark the occasion with a (probably ill-advised) third cup! ☕
October 1, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I have just learned it is International Coffee Day - I think I'll mark the occasion with a (probably ill-advised) third cup! ☕
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If you're not from the University of Birmingham, please vote for our 3 shortlisted research groups, using our HPC-systems #BlueBEAR and #Baskerville for high-impact research in the 2025 #HPCWireAwards
Vote by Friday 3 October: hpcwire.com/2025-hpcwire...
Vote by Friday 3 October: hpcwire.com/2025-hpcwire...
September 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
If you're not from the University of Birmingham, please vote for our 3 shortlisted research groups, using our HPC-systems #BlueBEAR and #Baskerville for high-impact research in the 2025 #HPCWireAwards
Vote by Friday 3 October: hpcwire.com/2025-hpcwire...
Vote by Friday 3 October: hpcwire.com/2025-hpcwire...
I love graduation season so much, it's such a time of celebration. This week @unibirmingham.bsky.social has felt so festive, like a non-stop wedding! This evening I timed it well, and found graduation photos underway in the Green Heart - what a beautiful spot. Congratulations to all the graduates!
July 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I love graduation season so much, it's such a time of celebration. This week @unibirmingham.bsky.social has felt so festive, like a non-stop wedding! This evening I timed it well, and found graduation photos underway in the Green Heart - what a beautiful spot. Congratulations to all the graduates!
Audience votes are so brutal! #eurovision
May 17, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Audience votes are so brutal! #eurovision
Where is my usual #eurovision correspondent @profstucoles.bsky.social though?!
May 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Where is my usual #eurovision correspondent @profstucoles.bsky.social though?!
Tragically behind due to the big kid's bedtime being poorly coordinated with #eurovision - but very happy to see my favourite evening annually on academic twitter has transferred seamlessly to Bluesky! Iceland are probably my favourite so far but we are only up to Portugal...
May 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Tragically behind due to the big kid's bedtime being poorly coordinated with #eurovision - but very happy to see my favourite evening annually on academic twitter has transferred seamlessly to Bluesky! Iceland are probably my favourite so far but we are only up to Portugal...
Last chance to see Old Joe lit up for a while - need to let the peregrine falcons have some peace to nest! Hope to see them again later in the year.
March 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Last chance to see Old Joe lit up for a while - need to let the peregrine falcons have some peace to nest! Hope to see them again later in the year.
Reposted by Claire Dancer
This year's Annual UK Porous Materials conference is on June 3/4 at @uobchemistry.bsky.social in Birmingham - registration and abstract submission are open and it's going to be great!
More details here:
www.ukpormat.com
#ChemSky
More details here:
www.ukpormat.com
#ChemSky
March 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This year's Annual UK Porous Materials conference is on June 3/4 at @uobchemistry.bsky.social in Birmingham - registration and abstract submission are open and it's going to be great!
More details here:
www.ukpormat.com
#ChemSky
More details here:
www.ukpormat.com
#ChemSky
Reposted by Claire Dancer
If you have time in your life to read only one of @jeremymberg.bsky.social’s bluetorials, please read this one
Bluetorial: Women, courage, and leadership
What follows will include some generalizations based on population averages of what I have experienced over the course of my career. There are, of course, exceptions in every group who are substantially more to one extreme or the other.
What follows will include some generalizations based on population averages of what I have experienced over the course of my career. There are, of course, exceptions in every group who are substantially more to one extreme or the other.
a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
ALT: a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
media.tenor.com
March 9, 2025 at 8:08 AM
If you have time in your life to read only one of @jeremymberg.bsky.social’s bluetorials, please read this one
Back to my alma mater for International Women's Day. Goodness, Cambridge is just beautiful on a day like today!
March 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Back to my alma mater for International Women's Day. Goodness, Cambridge is just beautiful on a day like today!
Already almost a week into my new job at @unibirmingham.bsky.social! Lovely to be settling in, meeting colleagues in the School of Metallurgy and Materials and exploring the beautiful campus. Would love to catch up with other Birmingham folks, drop me a line if you'd like to go for coffee!
January 8, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Already almost a week into my new job at @unibirmingham.bsky.social! Lovely to be settling in, meeting colleagues in the School of Metallurgy and Materials and exploring the beautiful campus. Would love to catch up with other Birmingham folks, drop me a line if you'd like to go for coffee!
Last day at Warwick - mixed emotions for sure, it's been almost 12 years since I first headed into the IMC for my first day, and a lot has happened in that time! Sad to say goodbye, but I'll be back to see students, and, after a rest over Christmas, I'm so excited to get started at Birmingham!
December 19, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Last day at Warwick - mixed emotions for sure, it's been almost 12 years since I first headed into the IMC for my first day, and a lot has happened in that time! Sad to say goodbye, but I'll be back to see students, and, after a rest over Christmas, I'm so excited to get started at Birmingham!
Reposted by Claire Dancer
🔬 Every euro invested in fundamental research pays back 6–10x in the long run!
Wolfgang Löffler explains how research fuels innovation and future technologies. 🚀✨
@pranoti.bsky.social
@underthemicroscope.bsky.social
#QuantumPhysics #SciComm #Physics 🧪🔬🎙️⚛️
Full video: youtu.be/ak9WHrumboI
Wolfgang Löffler explains how research fuels innovation and future technologies. 🚀✨
@pranoti.bsky.social
@underthemicroscope.bsky.social
#QuantumPhysics #SciComm #Physics 🧪🔬🎙️⚛️
Full video: youtu.be/ak9WHrumboI
December 17, 2024 at 5:46 PM
🔬 Every euro invested in fundamental research pays back 6–10x in the long run!
Wolfgang Löffler explains how research fuels innovation and future technologies. 🚀✨
@pranoti.bsky.social
@underthemicroscope.bsky.social
#QuantumPhysics #SciComm #Physics 🧪🔬🎙️⚛️
Full video: youtu.be/ak9WHrumboI
Wolfgang Löffler explains how research fuels innovation and future technologies. 🚀✨
@pranoti.bsky.social
@underthemicroscope.bsky.social
#QuantumPhysics #SciComm #Physics 🧪🔬🎙️⚛️
Full video: youtu.be/ak9WHrumboI
Packing up my office at Warwick today 🥲 Lots of books to move, but lots of decisions too - do I take my PhD lab books or is it time to let them go?!
December 11, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Packing up my office at Warwick today 🥲 Lots of books to move, but lots of decisions too - do I take my PhD lab books or is it time to let them go?!
Slightly surpsied to see my own face while perusing the Physics World e-alert, advertising the Physics World Weekly podcast which is on metamaterials this week! Though it did remind me to send out the link on here, so that's good. Listen here, if you like! physicsworld.com/a/how-the-uk...
How the UK Metamaterials Network supports scientific and commercial innovation – Physics World
Network leads Alastair Hibbins and Claire Dancer are our podcast guests
physicsworld.com
December 10, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Slightly surpsied to see my own face while perusing the Physics World e-alert, advertising the Physics World Weekly podcast which is on metamaterials this week! Though it did remind me to send out the link on here, so that's good. Listen here, if you like! physicsworld.com/a/how-the-uk...
As it's now officially announced www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/125... - you'll find me at the University of Birmingham from 1st January 2025. Old and new colleagues alike please do let me know if you'd like to meet for a coffee! I'll be based in the School of Metallurgy and Materials.
November 28, 2024 at 1:31 PM
As it's now officially announced www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/125... - you'll find me at the University of Birmingham from 1st January 2025. Old and new colleagues alike please do let me know if you'd like to meet for a coffee! I'll be based in the School of Metallurgy and Materials.
Heading to London and somewhat relieved that my train is only delayed by 26 minutes (so far). Hearing much bigger numbers on the tanoy for other trains!
November 25, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Heading to London and somewhat relieved that my train is only delayed by 26 minutes (so far). Hearing much bigger numbers on the tanoy for other trains!
Yeah, this seems about right.... bulk materials ftw! From scholargoggler.com + Google Scholar
November 23, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Yeah, this seems about right.... bulk materials ftw! From scholargoggler.com + Google Scholar
It seems I haven't ever actually posted here! So, I'm Claire, I'm an academic and materials scientist working on ceramic processing and how we can get better at manufacturing metamaterials. Currently at Warwick but in January 2025 I will move to the University of Birmingham.
November 14, 2024 at 2:46 PM
It seems I haven't ever actually posted here! So, I'm Claire, I'm an academic and materials scientist working on ceramic processing and how we can get better at manufacturing metamaterials. Currently at Warwick but in January 2025 I will move to the University of Birmingham.
Reposted by Claire Dancer
Back for a little while here, I tried this ‘starter pack’ for photonics & optics people: anyone else can follow up to 50 people at the click of a button: go.bsky.app/QrtPj7R. Put your name below and I will add you to the pack.
November 10, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Back for a little while here, I tried this ‘starter pack’ for photonics & optics people: anyone else can follow up to 50 people at the click of a button: go.bsky.app/QrtPj7R. Put your name below and I will add you to the pack.