I am delighted to announce that Sinead Rowe has passed her PhD viva today with minor corrections.Sinead presented at thesis entitled “Study of the anisotropic electronic, and atomic structures of novel layered materials using polarised x-ray absorption spectroscopy” and was examined by Gopinathan Sankar (UCL) and Gavin Mountjoy (internal). Well done, Sinead! – Silvia Ramos