This talk will provide short vignettes across my career, which began in academic heterogeneous catalysis research, moved though pharmaceutical process R&D, and back into academia, exploring homogeneous catalysis in the origin of biological homochirality. Research across chemistry and chemical engineering positions in three different countries led me from autocatalysis (automotive)ā¦
Catalysis is one of the most complex and diverse phenomenon in synthetic science. It can be classified in various ways, although mostly often this is done based on the physical nature of the catalyst. In this talk, Dr Bao Nguyen will discuss his own personal journey in catalytic research, going through chemical processesā¦
This talk will give an overview of my experiences in academia and my path to becoming an academic, hopefully offering advise and guidance for anybody thinking of going into a career in academia. I will also give an overview of my research on main group catalysis and how I developed my ownā¦
Dr Rachel Cowen, Academic Lead for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Manchester will share her perspective on current UK research and innovation practices and culture. She will highlight the need to embrace diversity within the research workforce and make recommendations so that we can all play our part in developingā¦
In this lecture, I will discuss the role of the support in directing the nanostructures of monometallic and bimetallic nanoparticles. The role of support in relation to the catalytic properties of monometallic and bimetallic nanoparticles using different liquid phase reactions will be discussed in detail. The reactions include aerobic oxidationā¦
The chemical composition and structure of the catalyst surface is critical in determining the reactivity and selectivity of a catalyst. The techniques of surface analysis are able to provide the surface information. Electron Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis (ESCA) and related techniques are the most commonly used methods to characterise theā¦
Diversity and inclusion, with respect to gender, nationality, culture, sexuality, etcā¦ is unfortunately still missing in most places, and universities are definitely not a front runner. Research has shown that increased diversity in the working place, adding diversity in methods, approaches, etcā¦ leads to increased performance and output overall. Whereasā¦
The investigation of reaction mechanisms in catalysis is especially challenging due to the combination of fast transient changes and the complexity of the reactions that occur under normal operating conditions. In such circumstances, it is difficult to design and operate equipment that has a time resolution of a few secondsā¦
