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The Call will close on the 20 December 2021 at 12.00. Please send a 2 page (A4, Arial 11 point, margins 2.0 cm) proposal for these projects to The Project Manager, Josie Goodall josie.goodall@rc-harwell.ac.uk before 12.00 on the closing date . Please use the Subject line: ‘Application for New Call 2021’. It is strongly advised…
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Congratulations to Prof. David Lennon winner of the ISIS Economic Impact Award for his work on probing the interactions of atoms and molecules with the surfaces of catalysts. Read all about it at https://www.isis.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/The-2021-ISIS-Impact-Award—Economy.aspx
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Congratulations to Prof. Charlotte Williams (Oxford) for being elected a Fellow of the Royal Society this year for her contributions to sustainable polymer chemistry and catalysis. “I am delighted and honoured to be elected to the Royal Society. All my research is conducted within teams and I sincerely thank and…
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An article has been published in ACS Catalysis to commemorate the 70th birthday of Prof. Graham Hutchings and his diverse and distinguished career in catalysis, working in industry and academia. The article outlines his career and highlights some of the contributions he has made to the field of catalysis. Graham Hutchings has made…
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Our External Advisory Board Member (EAB) Walter Leitner has been nominated for the European Inventor Award 2021 – https://www.epo.org/news-events/events/european-inventor/finalists/2021/gurtler.html. There is a “popular vote” as part of the competition. You can take part and vote for Walter so our community can emphasise the importance of catalysis to the public. Vote now at https://www.epo.org/news-events/events/european-inventor/popular-prize.html
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We are happy to announce Professor Graham Hutchings is the winner of the 2021 Michel Boudart Award in Fundamental Catalysis. Graham received this prestigious award for his groundbreaking work on gold and selective oxidation catalysis. Read more at https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/2507567-international-catalysis-award-for-cardiff-professor
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You will join our team to work on a newly funded EPSRC project – Nitridic and Carbidic Interstitial Pd Nanoparticles for Directed Catalysis. This is an interdisciplinary partnership between researchers at the University of Southampton (Dr Peter Wells, Dr Marina Carravetta, and Prof. Chris-Kriton Skylaris), Queen’s University Belfast (Prof. Alexandre Goguet),…
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The project will involve a wide range of synthetic, computational and instrumentation techniques in collaboration with an interdisciplinary project team comprised of: Paul Pringle and Natalie Fey (Bristol), Ulrich Hintermair (Bath), Hans deVries (LIKAT), Robert Franke (Evonik), Stuart Bartlett and Anna Kroner (Diamond). Research in the Pringle group is centred on…
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A research associate is sought for a project, led by Professor Ian Fairlamb in the Department of Chemistry, co-funded by the EPSRC UK Catalysis hub and GlaxoSmithKline under the Catalysis for the Circular Economy & Sustainable Manufacturing theme. The project aims to deliver a versatile platform to enable a large number of…
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The successful candidate will work on hydrogen technologies within the £4m Manchester Fuel Cell Innovation Centre (MFCIC), part of the Advanced Materials and Surface Engineering (AMSE) Research Centre. The centre is home to electrochemists, materials scientists and engineers who use state-of-the-art electrochemical techniques to investigate materials and diagnostic tools for…
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