School hosts RSC Electrochemistry Symposium 2019

Professor Kevin Sivula opens the Royal Society of Chemistry Scotland and North of England Electrochemistry Symposium 2019
Professor Kevin Sivula opens the Royal Society of Chemistry Scotland and North of England Electrochemistry Symposium 2019
Earlier this month, on Tuesday 9 April, the Royal Society of Chemistry Scotland and North of England Electrochemistry Symposium 2019, also known as the “Butler Meeting”, was hosted at the School.

Over 80 delegates gathered for the one-day symposium, which presented an opportunity for PhD students and PDRAs from across Scotland and the North of England to meet their peers and showcase their research in any field related to fundamental and applied electrochemistry.

Speakers

The meeting was opened by Professor Kevin Sivula, Head of the Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Optoelectronic Nanomaterials (LIMNO) at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), and closed by Dr Eileen Yu, Head of the Bioelectrochemical Systems and Engineering Research Group at Newcastle University.

Awards

The following students received awards:

  • Best Oral Presentation in Electrochemistry: Priscila Valverde (University of Strathclyde)
  • Best Oral Presentation in Bioelectrochemistry: Emily Cross (University of Glasgow)
  • Best Poster Awards: Nigel Lucas (University of Edinburgh) and Shahin Nikman (Lancaster University)

Jointly organised by the University of Edinburgh and The Royal Society of Chemistry, Electrochemistry Group, the organising committee were the School’s Dr Ignacio Tudela-Montes, Dr Jonathan Terry, Dr Stewart Smith, Dr Jamie Marland, Dr Norbert Radacsi and Dr Francisco Garcia Garcia alongside Dr Ilka Schmeueser from the School of Chemistry.

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