Watch now – UK Catalysis Hub Summer Conference 2022
On the 20th and 21st of June 2022 the UK Catalysis Hub held its annual summer conference and networking meeting. The Conference took place at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire. The event was a hybrid event with the option to attend virtually for those who could not attend in person.
The conference began at lunchtime on the 20th with lectures, a poster session and exhibition on the evening of the 20th June and dinner by invitation.
Exhibitions on the evening of the 20th June featured work developing catalytic processes for Net zero including more effective use of water and energy, waste minimisation, and material reuse and reduction by scientists from institutions across the UK connected with the UK Catalysis Hub. Exhibitions included; A step towards net zero carbon emissions, Catalysis in Schools Outreach, How Catalysis can Enable a Sustainable Future Beyond Oil: The Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2022, Replacing mercury with gold catalysts for a cleaner route to production of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), Prof. Charlotte Williams’ Group and poster prize sponsors Enabled Future.
A poster session ran alongside the exhibition showcasing work from the Hub postdocs. Our poster prize winners this year were Edward Jones, Catherine Spencer, Shaojun Xu and Anastasia Zaleska.
Prof. Andrew Harrison, OBE, FRSE, FRS, CEO, Diamond Light Source gave a public lecture at the UK Catalysis Hub summer conference. He spoke about his work at Diamond on Covid and the scientific opportunities with Diamond II for scientific research.
Speakers at the UK Catalysis Hub summer conference included researchers from the Catalysis Hub, internationally renowned speakers and industrialists covering a range of topics in catalysis.
Speakers included:
Dr. Devis Di Tommaso, Queen Mary University of London
Dr. Thomas McGuire, Oxford
Dr. Cristina Stere, Manchester
Prof. Thomas Ward, Basel
Prof. Jenny Y. Yang, UCI – CO2 Capture, Concentration, and Conversion – Watch recording
Dr. Abraham Nieva de la Hidalga (Cardiff) – Presenting the UK Catalysis Hub Research Data Policy - Watch recording
Prof. Fernando Rey Garcia, Director, ITQ – Studies of charge compensation in zeolites - Watch recording
Assoc. Prof. Sheima Khatib, Texas Tech
Dr. Silvia Osuna, Girona
Dr. Michael Higham, UCL – Mechanism of Ammonia Synthesis on a Fe3Mo3N Surface - Watch recording
Prof. Bright Kwakye-Awuah, KNUST – Catalytic activity of zeolite types LTA and LSX using waste sachet water in a re-designed jacketed reactor - Watch recording
