Well done to our undergraduate students, Alastair, Ben, Talia, and Yuerong, who recently successfully presented the results of their hard work from the past few months! We celebrated the occasion with some well-earned PIZZA 🍕!
We also took this opportunity to welcome the new PhD student, Haoqi Yu, who just joined the FRG from March!
A joyful moment as the group begins a new chapter together!
At the beginning of Spring this year, we celebrate the graduation of Faul Research Group members Dr John Worth, Dr Safa Al Siyabi, and Dr Ulzhalgas (Ulia) Karatayeva, who recently returned to Bristol from a distance to attend the graduation ceremony!
Warmest congratudations to all of them from the group!
Dr Geraldine Echue, former PhD student from FRG, now Deputy Editor at Advanced Materials, Advanced Portfolio, and Wiley In Research, gave a wonderful overview of publishing, with a focus on Advanced Portfolio journals. Great to have top tips, and the latest on the use of AI in scientific publishing, also afterwards over coffee.
Geri also generously spent time with members of the FRG and gave members an opportunity to share some of their latest results.
Great to have Geraldine Echue back in Bristol! Thank you for a wonderful visit! #BristolAlumni!
The biggest and warmest congratulations to FRG member Dr. John Worth (CoSEM CDT, joint with Prof. Valeska Ting) on successfully defending his viva on Oct 22nd!
A fantastic achievement with his thesis “Polytriphenylamine Conjugated Microporous Polymers and Polymer of Intrinsic Microporosity Composites as Platforms for Hydrogen Storage”, along with outstanding research outputs already published in Small (Wiley), and the Int. J. Hydrogen Energy!
Thank you to external examiner Dr. Andrea Laybourn, University of Leeds, and internal examiner, Dr. Sebastien Rochat!
It’s been a joyful week for the FRG, marked by the cultural festival and group brithday celebrations!
On Tuesday 16th August of Lunar Calendar, three members of the group took part in the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival event held at the Global Lounge, where they shared experiences of traditional customs associated with this important cultural occasion of family reunion.
Later in the week, the entire group gathered for a shared evening meal to celebrate the birthdays of three group members, including Charl Faul, Ben Harker, and Yuerong Tian! It was a wonderful opportunity to relax and enjoy good food!.
We are very pleased to have hosted Feiyang Li, a visiting undergraduate student from the Tsinghua Xuetang International Chemistry Exchange Programme. Feiyang joined the Faul Research Group for a two-month research experience, and is now heading back to Beijing!
During his time here, Feiyang worked alongside PhD student Jerry Mintah on porous polyimide materials for CO2 capture and conversion. His contribution to the project and enthusiasm were greatly appreciated!
As he returns to China, we wish him all the best in his future studies, and hope to see him in Bristol soon again!
It was a pleasure to host Professor Yulan Chen from the Collage of Chemistry, Jilin University, to give a research seminar as part of the “Functional Molecules and Materials” research theme. Her group works on polymer mechanochemistry and mechano-responsive polymeric materials.
Prof. Yulan Chen is currently visiting Bristol, accompanying the 40 senior UG students from Julin University participating in our Advanced Experimental Chemistry summer school here in Bristol.
This July celebrates the success of Faul Research Group members and their graduation! Congratulations once again to Dr Helal Alharbi, Dr Xue Fang, Shaohua Li, Amelia Reay, Becca Rees-Porter, Freddy Walden, and Paige Barker!
Warmest wishes from all of us in the group, and the very best to their next chapters, whether in academia, industry, or beyond!
Since June, four new summer interns have joined the FRG to experience the exciting research on functional materials!
From left to right: Shahin Sharafudheen (University of Bristol, MSc, techno-economic data analysis of porous material applications), Alastair Chua (University of Bristol, BSc, perylene-based bio-adhesives), George Taffinder (Loughborough University, BSc, naphthalene-based polyimide porous material), and Feiyang Li (Tsinghua University, BSc, optimization of triazine-based porous material architectures).
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