When: 6 August 2020Where: Virtual The UK Catalysis Hub and Supergen Bioenergy hub hosted their first joint webinar to explore the role of catalysis in delivering sustainable bioenergy and bioproducts, through efficient biomass conversions. The development of the UK bioenergy sector requires a whole systems approach, assessing the efficiency and sustainability…
Dr. Roong Jien Wong (RJ) completed his PhD in Chemical Engineering in 2017 under the supervision of Prof. Rose Amal at UNSW, Australia. He is currently a Research Fellow at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, and has a wide range of experience in heterogeneous catalysis research for renewable energy and…
Our group is focused on identifying design principles that will accelerate the development of new functional materials. More specifically, we have expertise in solid state materials synthesis and structural characterization at the average as well as local length scales. While we have traditionally focused on understanding how structural transformations influence…
The Royal Society Industry Fellowship and Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence schemes are currently open for applications. The Industry Fellowship is a great opportunity for scientist to work on a collaborative project with an academic organisation and an industry partner. The secondment can be held for up to 4 years…
Our Summer newsletter is out now with lots of new information about the UK Catalysis Hub projects, events and calls. You can read it online or download a copy. Newsletter highlights: We’ve had a busy year so far and there is lots coming up for autumn 2019. Here are some of the topics…
We have just launched a new blog on the UK Catalysis Hub website. We will publish articles from our Principal Investigators (PI), Post Docs and PhD students. You can find the blog at https://ukcatalysishub.co.uk/blog/
Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Glasglow What is your background? What made you decide to become a scientist? After leaving School at 16, I trained to be a laboratory technician in a paint factory before taking up a position as an Experimental Assistant in the Polythene Research Section of…
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Head of Year 1 Chemistry, Queen’s University Belfast. What is your background? What made you decide to become a scientist? I grew up in Edinburgh with my elder brother. We both ended up doing PhDs in chemistry in St Andrews in catalysis. I think…
Dept of Chemical Engineering, University College London What is your background? What made you decide to become a scientist? My background is in chemical engineering, while my PhD focused on catalytic reaction engineering and specifically on catalyst activity optimisation in pellets and reactors. The inspiration to become a scientist came…
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Durham I did my undergraduate degree in the University of Bristol and then obtained a PhD degree in the University of St Andrews working under the supervision of Prof. Paul Kamer and Prof. David Cole-Hamilton. My PhD was in the area of homogeneous catalysis, and…
