Congratulations to Professor Andrew Beale who has won the Royal Society of Chemistry2022 Materials Chemistry Division mid-career Award: Peter Day Award! For the development of novel methodologies using bright light sources to identify active species in catalysis and energy storage. Professor Beale’s group studies chemical reactions and processes as they…
Congratulations to Professor Christopher Hardacre who has won the Royal Society of Chemistry 2022 Tilden Prize! For outstanding contributions to the areas of liquid and gas phase heterogeneous catalysis. Professor Hardacre’s group focuses on the use of solids as catalysts for the production of commodity and fine chemicals and the removal of…
UK Catalysis Hub researchers including; Prof. Richard Catlow, Prof. Graham Hutchings, Prof. Christopher Hardacre and Prof. Andrew Beale are collaborating with Prof. Anatoly Zayats from King’s College London to investigate steering of chemical processes with plasmonic nanostructures. This multidisciplinary research programme combines the expertise of King’s and Imperial College London and UK Catalysis…
When: 22 September, 10am – 4pmWhere: Meeting Room 1 &2, Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0FA & Online The Harwell XPS & UK Catalysis Hub Workshop took place on Thursday September 22 at the Research Complex at Harwell. Attendees gathered for a day long…
Dr Alexander O’Malley has received this year’s BTM Willis Prize for outstanding neutron scattering science, for his novel and influential applications of neutron spectroscopy in catalytic science. The BTM Willis prize is named in honour of Prof. Terry Willis – founder of the UK Neutron Scattering Group, and the well-known…
When: 20 – 21 June 2022Where: Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Fermi Avenue, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX On the 20th and 21st of June 2022 the UK Catalysis Hub will host its annual summer conference and networking meeting. The Conference will take place at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus,…
When: 4 May 2022, 10:30 – 16:30 BSTWhere: The Cosener’s House, Abingdon & Online The UK Catalysis Hub Town meeting will be held on 4th May to discuss a potential evolution and future of the UK catalysis Hub. Registration for the Town meeting is free and includes lunch for those…
Our new newsletter is out now with articles on our new members and current research, the new UK Catalysis Hub projects and publications. Visit https://ukcatalysishub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Newsletteron2021v2.pdf to read and download.
Applications are invited for a 3.5 year PhD studentship across the Davidson and Buchard groups in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Bath, UK. In this project you will develop innovative synthetic and catalytic methodologies to produce novel monomers and polymers for sustainable materials, and investigate their applications,…
The University of Bath is inviting applications for the following PhD project commencing in October 2022 under the supervision of Dr Simon Freakley. We seek a motivated student based at the University of Bath as part of a collaborative project between the UK Catalysis Hub and leading groups in plasmonic materials…
