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JMT Medal 2023 Call Open

The UK Catalysis Hub has launched the call for the JMT Medal 2023. The JMT Medal is awarded to a person of outstanding achievement in catalysis or a closely related field every year. In addition, the winner of the medal will also be invited to deliver a lecture on catalysts…

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Summer Conference 2023 Programme Announced!

The UK Catalysis Hub Summer Conference 2023 will be held on 17th & 18th of July 2023 at Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire.  Talks will be starting at lunchtime on the 17th July with a poster session on the evening of the 17th July followed by a dinner at a local venue.…

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Supercomputing simulations of advanced materials

Royal Society Publishing has recently published special issue of Philosophical Transactions A entitled Supercomputing simulations of advanced materialsOrganised and edited by Scott M Woodley, C Richard A Catlow, Nora H De Leeuw and Angelos Michaelides. The development and optimisation of materials is critical to several contemporary scientific and technological challenges, including renewable energy…

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Royal Society Open Science collection published

We are delighted to announce a special collection of thematically related manuscripts by UK Catalysis Hub members has been published by Royal Society Open Science. The papers in the collection explore catalytic chemistry and represent institutions in each of four constituent nations of the United Kingdom; they also showcase the…

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Modern Developments in Catalysis Vol II published

The UK Catalysis Hub have published a new edition of Modern Developments in Catalysis with publishers World Scientific. Modern Developments in Catalysis, Volume 2 provides a review and update of current research and practice on catalysis. Topics range from the treatment of water using novel techniques for carbon neutrality, cutting-edge techniques…

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British Science Week 2023

To celebrate British Science Week we share Dr Yagya Regmi and Dr Laurie King’s thoughts on the importance of catalysis for achieving a net zero society andour most popular webinar on Catalysing green hydrogen generation. It is critical to develop a broad portfolio of affordable and efficient technologies that can…

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International Women’s Day 2023

Happy International Women’s Day! Here are 5 popular webinars by inspirational scientists who have spoken to our catalysis community:  To watch more webinars and register for upcoming ones visit our Webinars page.

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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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2022 JMT Medal winner announced!

The UK Catalysis Hub have named Professor Stuart Taylor from Cardiff University as winner of the Sir John Meurig Thomas Catalysis Medal at the UK Catalysis Hub Winter Conference on the 29th of November 2022. Professor Stuart Taylor was selected from the nominations for top mid-career scientists working in the United…

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Death of Queen Elizabeth II

It is with great sadness that we hear of the death of Her Majesty The Queen, Queen Elizabeth II. As the longest serving monarch in British history, The Queen has been a constant for the UK through the changing world of the last 70 years.  Her long reign has seen transformative advances…

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