Awards

  • September 2016, David Fermín has been appointed Visiting Research Associate at Caltech, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. He will join the Lewis Research Group during his year-long study leave in 2016/2017

  • 5th March 2016, Jo Humphrey has been shortlisted for SET Britain 2016, sponsored by the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee of the House of Commons

  • June 2015, talk entitled "Structure-dependent electroreduction of CO2 at Au-Pd Nanostructures" by Jo Humphrey receives the 1st prize at the Great Western Electrochemistry Meeting

  • May 2015, Jo Humphrey receives the Graduate Prize at the Symposium A - CO2 Conversion - of the European Material Research Society Meeting in Lille

  • February 2015, Jo Humphrey was been awarded a prize at the Royal Society Early Career Energy Sector Symposium

  • November 2014, Veronica Celorrio is was awarded a Travel Bursary by the UK Solar Fuels Network to attend the Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society 2014

  • September 2014, Flurin Eisner received a prestigious High Commendation by the International Undergraduate Awards for his paper entitled "Electron Deep Trap States in Oriented TiO2 Nanotubes Arrays"

  • September 2014, Flurin Eisner was awarded the Norman Thompson Prize for the Best MSci Research Project in 2014

  • June 2014, Mike Mercer was awarded the prize for the best talk, while Tom Risbridger was awarded a prize for the best poster at the Great Western Electrochemistry Meeting 2014

  • May 2014, Julie Stephenson is shortlisted for the final of the 3 Minutes Thesis competition

  • April 2014, Daniela Plana received a Travel Bursary by the International Society of Electrochemistry to attend the 65th Annual Meeting in Lausanne

  • March 2014, Project Student Presentation Prize (Colloids Section), University of Bristol. Emma Long won 2nd prize for her talk on "Protein Orientation at Electrode Surfaces".

  • November 2013, Early Career Energy Sector Chemists Symposium. Jo Humphrey won a poster prize for her poster based on her work on Copper/Platinum alloyed nanoparticles.

  • October 2013, Young Scientists Prize of the Spanish Carbon Group (Grupo Español del Carbon, GEC), Veronica Celorrio won 2nd prize.

  • September 2013, Bristol Centre for Functional Nanomaterials Annual Conference, Nessrin Kattan won a poster prize for her poster based on her work on Kesterite crystal structure analysis.

  • July 2013, Bristol Centre for Colloid and Interface Science Postgraduate Research Day, Nessrin Kattan won a poster prize for her poster based on her work on Kesterite crystal structure analysis.

  • June 2013, Great Western Photoelectrochemistry Meeting in Bath, Kieren Bradley won a poster prize for his poster based on his work on Zinc Oxide photocurrent measurements.

  • June 2013, ISE Satellite Student Regional Symposium, Nessrin Kattan won a poster prize for her poster based on her work on Kesterite crystal structure analysis.

  • March 2013, MSci Presentation Prize (Colloids Section), University of Bristol. Oliver Weber won 3rd prize for his talk on "Oxygen Evolution Catalysts Based on Complex Oxides" and George Carter won 2nd Prize for talk on "Nanoscale Analysis of Copper Electrodeposition"

  • May 2012, Low Carbon South West Project Presentation Evening, University of Bristol. Jo Humphrey won 1st prize for her talk; "Insulating diamond powders as chemically robust electrocatalyst supports for fuel cell applications"

  • March 2012, MSci Presentation Prize (Colloids Section), University of Bristol. Julie Stephenson won 1st prize for her talk; "Sustainable Materials for the Low Temperature Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to Methanol"

  • July 2011, Poster Prize, 2011 Faraday Discussion 152: Gold, University of Cardiff. Lupita Montes de Oca Yemha won 1st prize for her poster; "Electrocatalytic properties of Au-Pd core-shell nanostructures towards CO and formic acid electrooxidation"

  • June 2011, Presentation Prize, 2011 Great Western CO2 meeting, University of Bath. Daniela Plana won the postdoctoral presentation prize for her talk; "Copper and Gold Electrocatalysts for CO2 Reduction"