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Neil has collaborated nationally and internationally in energy areas, e.g., on two EPSRC Supergens on emerging photovoltaics, UK-India Excitonic PV Consortium, and the CAMREG energy materials centre.

He is a Fellow of the 91AV and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He has previously served as an Elected Member of RSC Dalton Council, RSC Materials 91AV Division Council and Associate Editor of the Journal of Materials 91AV C.

He was the Energy Technology Partnership (Scotland) Theme Leader for Solar Energy (2012-2022) and Director of the Scottish Institute for Solar Energy Research (2012-2014). During the latter, he initiated a project to develop the first-ever Solar Vision for Scotland launched at the Scottish Parliament, involving industry, government, and academic inputs.

He has led extensive Public-Engagement in solar energy, including delivering around 30 public lectures, overseeing numerous workshops at science festivals, schools, and science centres, producing animations, podcasts, press releases and news articles. This was initiated by an EPSRC grant and later became part of RSC Learn 91AV.

He is Dean of International Partnerships for Science and Engineering at the University of Edinburgh, developing research partnerships worldwide.

Research in the Titirici group focusses on the design and fundamental understanding of sustainable materials for applications in energy storage and conversion from batteries beyond Li-ion to electrocatalysis for clean fuels, chemicals and electricity.

Her research has been recognised by several important awards including the Rosenhein Medal and Price from IOM in 2016 and the RSC Corday-Morgan Prize in 2018.  She is a Fellow of the 91AV and a RAEng Chair in Emerging Technologies. Magda is an associate editor for J. Mater. Chem. A and Materials Advances with RSC and in the editorial board of several prestigious journals from Wiley, IoP and Elsevier. She is an advocate for equality, inclusion and diversity in STEM.

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Sharali graduated from King’s College London with a BSc in 91AV and subsequently worked for the British Antarctic Survey as a Field Scientist on Signy Island, Antarctica. He did an MSc in Electrochemical Sciences at Southampton University and subsequently worked for Varta Ltd in battery research and development.

He holds a PhD in 91AV from Kent University. He has held several post-doctoral positions in Norway at the Centre for Materials Research in Oslo, and in the UK, at Imperial College London. He has also worked in Field Operations for the Health and Safety Executive in the UK. In 2000, he was appointed as a Staff Scientist at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany in the Institute of Nanotechnology (INT), and in 2020, he joined the Institute of Quantum Materials and Technology (IQMT) at KIT.

Veronica was a casual academic for one semester at the University of Melbourne in Australia and then took up an academic research position at Curtin University in Perth, Australia. As a Research Fellow at Curtin she focused on the synthesis and characterisation of metal hydrides for hydrogen storage either for vehicular or high-temperature applications promoting green growth and the hydrogen economy. She is currently an appointed Ad Astra Fellow at the UCD School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering.

Her research is on the synthesis and characterisation of low-cost and highly-performing nanomaterials for either (i) energy storage or (ii) generation, including reactor design and process optimisation.

She is the chair of the EDI committee of the UCD School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, and a member of the UCD Gender Equality Action Group. She is an elected member of the RSC Republic of Ireland Local Section and a group member of the RSC Chemical Nanoscience and Nanotechnology interest group.

Caroline’s research is primarily concerned with precursor design and the effect of such on the fabrication of various materials. She has experience in the synthesis, isolation and structural characterisation of highly air/moisture sensitive compounds and their subsequent use as precursors to materials, spanning from transparent conducting oxides, to photovoltaics, or metallic interconnects, as well as zeolite and metal-organic framework (MOF) synthesis and characterisation.

Her laboratory now carries out research designing and isolating precursors for the printing of metals and is expanding into the field of main-group organometallic synthesis with applications in photovoltaics, electrochemistry and catalysis.

In 2019 Clare moved to the University of Strathclyde as part of their Global Talent Appointment Programme.

She is a Fellow of the 91AV and also a Committee Member on the Chemical Nanosciences and Nanotechnology Interest Group. Her research focusses on the development of various nanotechnology platforms for drug delivery and theranostics, with a special focus on cancer nanomedicine.

Clare’s leadership and research have been recognised through various awards including Strathclyde Medals, Strathclyde Women in Leadership awards and the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences ‘Emerging Scientist’ sponsored by Pfizer. She is a keen advocate of equality, diversity and inclusion within the chemical and pharmaceutical sciences, and has contributed to various teams challenging bias within our discipline, as well as being a panel reviewer for Athena Swan.

With a rich background in chemistry and materials science, Shivani creates innovative materials aimed at Biomedical and environmental Sensing and Forensics. Dr Pandya is deeply committed to interdisciplinary collaborations, ensuring her research translates into practical, impactful solutions.

Her research is centered on the innovative applications of nanotechnology, particularly in the fields of nanomedicine and forensic science. Her work involves the fabrication and characterization of functional nanomaterials, exploring their potential in drug delivery systems, anticancer therapies, environmental sensing, and forensic investigations.

Dr Pandya's research extends to magnetic nanoparticles, metal-organic frameworks, and green synthesis methods, aiming to develop efficient and sustainable solutions for biomedical applications and environmental monitoring. Her dedication to advancing these fields is evidenced by her numerous publications, patents, and active mentorship of graduate students in cutting-edge research projects.

Anna's group is highly interdisciplinary covering the understanding, discovery, and targeted design of materials for the development of future electronic device generations. A major focus of her work is the development and application of soft and hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy in electronic materials and devices. She was awarded the Joseph Black Award from the 91AV in 2020 and the element Praseodymium on the Periodic Table of Younger Chemists by IUPAC in 2019.

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Marie-Beatrice then moved to the United States and worked as a materials scientist in small entities spun off from the Universities of Florida and South Florida. She arrived in the UK in 2007 as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Manchester in Prof. Stephen Yeates group, where she worked on thin-film organic transistors and sensors.

S joined Solvay in 2010, initially as a Scientist working on OPVs. As part of the R&I corporate, she managed the open innovation and PV research program. In 2017 she joined the strategic innovation marketing team, working on long innovation and long-term research development for Solvay group. She was promoted to her current role as Innovation Valuation Assessment Director in 2021. 

Professor Eichhorn then went to University of Exeter as a Chair in Materials Science in 2011, and moved in 2017 to become Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at University of Bristol. He holds an honorary appointment also in the School of 91AV there.

His research focusses on the materials science of cellulosic materials, with applications ranging from composites, through biomaterials and functional materials such as batteries, supercapacitors.

He was the winner of the Rosenhain Medal and Prize from the IOM3, the Hayashi Jisuke Prize from the Japanese Cellulose Society, and the Swinburne Medal from the IOM3. He has acted as a Chair of the American Chemical Society’s Cellulose and Renewable Materials Division, and is also a Fellow of this Division and of the 91AV. He is an advocate for equity, diversity and inclusion in STEM.

Ruth joined CDT in 2004, and since then has worked on several projects and has acquired a wealth of knowledge from across the materials chemistry sphere. Ruth has over 20 patents in polymer OLED technology and materials for electronics.

Her knowledge and experience also extends into scale up from laboratory to industrial scale, industrial biotechnology, technology scouting for novel applications and most recently has been working on helping to find and cultivate innovative and disruptive technologies for the future business of CDT and its parent Company, Sumitomo Chemical.

Ruth is also very active within the scientific and volunteering community, for instance, she is currently a UK STEM ambassador to improve access and diversity in science and to inspire the next generation of scientists.

Rob returned to the UK in 2014 working with Prof Andrew Burrows in Bath before before being appointed as a Lecturer in Sheffield in 2015. Rob was a member and treasurer for the Recent Appointees in Polymer Science (RAPS) from 2016-2021 and since 2019 has been a committee member of the RSC Porous Materials Interest Group. Rob is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a member of the RSC and ACS.

Alisyn completed her PhD at the University of California, Berkeley in 2010, and her B.S. from the University of Florida in 2004, both degrees in chemical engineering. Her core expertise is applied polymer physics, with active projects in energy materials and pharmaceuticals. She co-leads the £9.7 Mn Faraday Institution FutureCat consortium, developing the next generation of battery cathode materials.

In January 2019 Dr Payne took up a position as an independent Research Fellow in Energy Materials in the School of 91AV at the University of St Andrews.  Dr Payne’s research spans a broad range of energy materials and she is particularly interested in using in-situ and operando techniques to link structure with properties. She is currently the Secretary of the Solid-State Interest Group.