Winter Conference – Registration open

On the 18th and 19th of December 2023 the UK Catalysis Hub will host its annual winter conference and networking meeting. The Conference will take place at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire. The event will be a hybrid event so we will have the option to attend virtually for those who can’t attend in…

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SCI  Materials Early Career Committee 

SCI’s Materials Early Careers Committee aims to engage early career scientists in the materials sectors across chemistry and chemical engineering. It has a broad range of interests including catalysis, energy materials, polymers and materials analysis.  The group brings together ECRs in industry and academia, fostering networks and relationships with the…

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Computational Modelling as a Tool in Catalytic Science

A special collection of thematically related manuscripts by UK Catalysis Hub members has been published by the Royal Society in 2023 PCCP Reviews, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2023, Advance Article. Computational modelling techniques now play a vital role in catalytic science. Atomic and molecular level simulation is used widely and…

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New newsletter out now!

Our new newsletter is out now with lots of information on Hub activity over the past year, articles on our new members and current research, events and publications.  Read articles on: Read the newsletter at http://ukcatalysishub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Newsletteron2022.pdf

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Postdoctoral position in supramolecular gels for application in sustainable catalysis at Universitat Jaume

A postdoctoral position is available to work on a collaborative project between the Bioinspired Supramolecular Chemistry and Materials Group (BIOSUPRAMAT-INAM) and the Molecular Materials Group at the Department of Physical and Analytical Chemistry of Universitat Jaume I, under the supervision of Prof. Beatriu Escuder and Prof. Rosa Llusar. Research topic:COMBINATION…

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Fellowships at University of Aberdeen

The University of Aberdeen has just put out an advert for 20 five-year fellows as part of our Aberdeen 2040 interdisciplinarity drive. These fellowships will provide exceptional researchers with an opportunity to carry out a large programme of independent research within the Aberdeen 2040 thematic areas. In the Department of Chemistry…

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Sustainable fuels and chemicals from biomass by Dr Christopher M. A. Parlett

A video on the sustainable fuels and chemicals from biomass by Dr Christopher M. A. Parlett, University of Manchester – Diamond Light Source Research Fellow in Catalysis Lignocellulosic biomass represents a sustainable feedstock for the production of carbon-based chemicals and fuels, which can function as drop-in replacements for conventional fossil…

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