This post represents an exciting opportunity for an ambitious individual to join a team of staff in Keele University’s Faculty of Natural Sciences. The faculty is responsible for the School of Chemical and Physical Sciences. A postdoctoral research associate position is available within the groups of Dr Sebastian C. Cosgrove &…
The growing global interest in carbon capture and conversion/utilization (CCU) technologies means that new supply chains can be created to add value from an otherwise waste gas. This means new fossil carbon use can be avoided in a move towards a circular economy. The Flu2Chem project is funded by Innovate…
When: 14 November, 14:00 – 16:00 GMTWhere: Online The UK Catalysis Hub held a virtual seminar “Catalysts for Polymer Degradation: Progress and Potential” for early career researchers on Monday the 14th November 2022 to discuss different catalytic solutions to plastic. The meeting hosted a series of talks in four sessions…
When: Tuesday 4 October 2022, 15:00 – 16:00 GMTWhere: Online Director of the UK Catalysis Hub Matthew Davidson gave a webinar – Towards Sustainable Plastics: New Catalytic Approaches for Bio-based Polymers. Biography Matthew Davidson is Director of the UK Catalysis Hub, Whorrod Professor of Sustainable Chemical Technologies and Director of…
When: 2 – 3 November, 11:45 – 17:25 GMTWhere: Online The UK Catalysis Hub and Centre for Rapid Online Analysis of Reactions (ROAR) hosted a virtual meeting to discuss the impact of automation and digital chemistry on catalysis. The discovery, design and optimisation of catalysed reactions are undergoing profound and…
A video presentation given by Dr. Josie Goodall at the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Engineering Net Zero virtual event June 2022 with an overview of how catalysis is essential to achieve net zero goals.
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…
Video on Net Zero research work by PhD student James Counter at the B07 beamline, Diamond Light Source Heterogeneous catalysis research has as one of its main objectives the derivation of structure-activity links. These relationships relate catalytic performance, such as reactant conversion, product selectivity, and reaction mechanism, with physical sample…
We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) to work within the Spectroscopy Group at Diamond Light Source in collaboration with the UK Catalysis Hub, on the development of experimental systems and infrastructures for operando catalysis experiments with hard X-ray spectroscopies. The post holder will work on the analysis, design…
There is a new opportunity to work on exciting and ambitious research in engineering efficient and stable electrocatalysts for water splitting to green hydrogen and oxygen, and to develop novel technologies for producing hydrogen from renewable energy sources. The successful electro-catalysis technology will bring game-changing revolution on low-cost and scalable hydrogen…
