We are looking for 2 highly motivated PhD candidates willing to work at the University of Birmingham in the interception of material science, chemistry, fundamental and applied electrochemistry. Ideally, the candidate should have a 2.1 of higher degree in chemistry, or a related discipline. This project will investigate the (photo)electrochemicalâŠ
When: 14 July 2021, 15:00 BST Computational studies of homogeneous catalysis play an increasingly important role in furthering (and changing) our understanding of catalytic cycles and can help to guide the discovery and evaluation of new catalysts. While a truly ârational designâ process remains out of reach, detailed mechanistic informationâŠ
When: 15 June 2021, 15:00 â 16:00 GMTWhere: Virtual Following on from their 2020 âIntroduction to Patentsâ webinar, Abel + Imray will be hosting a âPatents for Chemistsâ webinar with details of some further key considerations to keep in mind when you want to protect your ideas. Obtaining adequate protectionâŠ
When: 26 April 2021, 15:00 GMT A joint webinar from 3 PhD students on catalysis. Alex Hawkins (Glasgow), Gareth Davies (Sheffield) and Gregory Sulley (Oxford) will talk about their PhD projects. Gareth Davies (Sheffield) – Operando studies of aerosol-assisted sol-gel (AASG) catalyst synthesis via combined optical trapping and Raman spectroscopy Aerosol-assisted heterogeneous catalystâŠ
When: 14 December, 15:00 Prof. Richard Catlow (UCL/Cardiff)â A seminar highlighting the use of computer modelling in conjunction with synchrotron and neutron techniques. Watch a recording of the webinar below:
When: 23 November 2020, 3 â 4pmWhere: Virtual Abel + Imray will be hosting an âIntroduction to Patentsâ webinar aimed at explaining what a patent is, why patents are relevant to you, as a chemist, and how you go about patenting an invention. Obtaining adequate protection for your ideas fromâŠ
When: 19 November, 15:00 Dr. Amanda Jarvis (Edinburgh) & Dr. Samantha Staniland (Johnson Matthey) Dr. Amanda Jarvis – A brief introduction to artificial metalloenzymesThis talk will briefly introduce artificial metalloenzymes (ArMs) â biohybrid catalysts that aim to bring together the benefits of transition metal catalysts and enzymes. Using examples fromâŠ
When: 27 October, 15:00 Prof. Nigel Scrutton (Manchester) will talk about biocatalyst engineering and engineering of microbial cell factories for chemicals production. Biocatalyst engineering and the engineering of microbial cell factories for chemicals production has promised to deliver new routes to chemicals production. Major hurdles to scaled production of chemicalsâŠ
When: 1 October, 15:00Where: Watch Now Prof. Dr. Matthias Beller (LIKAT Rostock) gave a seminar on recent advancements in catalysis. Prof. Dr. Matthias Beller (LIKAT Rostock) will give a 40 minute seminar followed by questions and discussion. Matthias Beller studied chemistry at the University of Göttingen, where he completed hisâŠ
When: 10 â 11 June 2021Where: Virtual The UK Catalysis Hub and the Scientific Computing Department of the Science and Technology Facilities Council invite you to participate in the [virtual] workshop on research data management for Catalysis Science which we are organising. Motivation The analysis of the UK Catalysis HubâŠ
